Investments

This was one initial public offering that Nasdaq executives sure didn’t “like”.

Grandeur Peak Global Advisors is adding a new fund to its portfolio.

Residential and commercial real estate are finally enjoying a solid recovery. Housing prices are rebounding nationwide, and residential construction was a leading contributor to overall U.S. growth last year. The market for multi-family apartment buildings is on fire, and money is also pouring into office buildings and retail space. But national numbers only tell part of the story.

Global investor confidence rose in May, inching up 1.8 points to 94.8 from 93.0 the month before, according to the State Street Investor Confidence Index.

Advisors are expected to up the exchange traded fund allocations in their clients’ portfolios in 2013, according to Cerulli's Exchange Traded Fund Markets 2013 report.

Vanguard today reports that expense ratios have dropped for several of its mutual funds and the Dividend Appreciation ETF.

As new issuance of municipal bonds has been muted and interest rate risk remains low, the fees that bankers are paid to underwrite deals has been steadily declining.

Vanguard has swapped indexes for a $15.7 billion fund. The Vanguard Tax-Managed International Fund traded the MSCI EAFE Index for the FTSE Developed ex North America Index, effective today.

The secrets proxy statements can tell you.

The Board of Trustees of Touchstone Funds Group Trust has decided to appoint Forum Securities Limited as sub-advisor to the Touchstone Global Real Estate Fund (TGACX), replacing current interim sub-advisor Russell Implementation Services, a subsidiary of Russell Investment, effective May 24.

Fresh off of its announced partnership with a Chinese venture capital shop, Philadelphia-based VTL Associates is looking to add two exchange-traded funds to its roster: RevenueShares Emerging Market Fund and RevenueShares Ultra Dividend Fund.

Vanguard today reports that expense ratios have dropped for several of its mutual funds and the Dividend Appreciation ETF.

Investing in a fund holding mining stocks is not the same as investing in a bullion fund. Advisors should know which mining companies are included in precious metals funds, and where they operate.

Advisors are expected to up the exchange traded fund allocations in their clients’ portfolios in 2013, according to Cerulli's Exchange Traded Fund Markets 2013 report.

Chalk this one up to bad PR.

Arrow Funds has hired an ex-Direxion exec as its new national sales director. John Cadigan joins the firm in the title role.

Total money market mutual fund assets increased by $19.53 billion to $2.601 trillion for the week ended Wednesday, May 22, according to the Investment Company Institute.

Investors continue to pour dollars into 40 Act products, looking for returns outside of U.S. borders and income from taxable fixed income funds.

The Board of Trustees of the Tatro Tactical Appreciation Fund (TCTNX), a series of the Northern Lights Fund Trust, has decided to shut down the fund “in the best interests of its shareholders,” according to a filing.

Flows into municipal bond mutual funds scraped and clawed into positive territory the week of May 22, at $63 million.