Investments

BlackRock suggests scaling back on lower-rated municipal debt even as the bonds rally the most in almost five years.

Janus Capital Group has appointed Michael Stern as regional sales director to spearhead the expansion of Janus’ intermediary distribution and sales in New York City.

Eaton Vance has proposed a new form of fund that is a hybrid between a mutual fund and an exchange-traded fund, called an exchange-traded managed fund (ETMF).

Advisors are busy this week with questions and concerns from clients about gold in free-fall, negative numbers coming out of China, tax-advantaged investments, and more.

Investors (and advisors) should be focused on the true facts of the U.S. economy and corporations and tune out the hype and happy talk from the media and Fed heads. Instead investors should focus on the real data.

Eaton Vance Corp has hired Bob Cunha as Managing Director of Marketing and Distribution Strategy, responsible for leading Eaton Vance's marketing efforts across all distribution channels, including the company's brand positioning and media relations efforts.

What a neat run have exchange-traded funds had.

The TCW Group is readying an emerging markets fund to add to its short list of emerging markets funds.

Securities and Exchange Commission commissioners and panelists at a roundtable Tuesday wrestled with how to improve the transparency of municipal bond trading and prices, particularly for retail investors.

The Nationwide Fund (NWFAX) is firing two sub-advisors and hiring another one to take their place.

Aristotle Capital Management is adding to its client service and marketing team. Catalina Llinás joins the firm as a managing director on the team.

Community Capital Management is expanding it’s northeastern presence with a new hire and a new office.

Montpelier, VT-based Sentinel Investments has liquidated its Sentinel Mid Cap II (SYVCX) Fund and transferred all of the fund’s assets into the Sentinel Mid Cap Fund (SNTNX), effective April 12.

FINRA fined Merrill $1.05 million and ordered the firm to pay more than $323,000 in restitution for over 12,000 trades executed on its ML BondMarket platform.

BlackRock's first-quarter earnings rose 10% as its exchange-traded equities funds drew client cash and assets increased.

New rules to reduce risk in money-market mutual funds will be proposed in the next two months by the Securities and Exchange Commission, which won’t be slowed by a leadership change, a commissioner said.

Vanguard reported that expense ratios have changed for three of its mutual funds and exchange-traded funds.

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority fined a firm $37,500 for trade and books and records violations, and a broker $5,000, giving him a four-month suspension, for telling a customer he redeemed bonds rather than sold them without the customer's permission.

Broadridge today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has greenlighted 16 original patent claims as well as five new claims of U.S. Patent No. 6,122,635 (‘635 Patent’).

Vanguard last week reported that expense ratios have changed for three of its mutual funds and exchange-traded funds.