Investments

Overriding client emotions and persuading them to do what they ought to do can be tricky. According to a new study, only 39% of advisors say they work with all clients to develop a written investment policy statement, which can guide clients' strategy in times of flux.

Regulators and academics are starting to look at low volatility as an integral part of the buildup toward financial meltdowns.

For the week ended March 13, investors steered a paltry $1.64 billion into bond funds, a whopping 74% drop from the $6.42 billion they poured into the funds a week earlier.

Advisors need to position themselves to help clients navigate the new tax landscape, particularly when it comes to juggling the variety of mutual funds in a client's portfolio.

Insiders’ knowledge of a company’s advertising expenditures is a strong information advantage when it comes to trading.

Clients feel their advisors often recommend products that do not fit their risk profiles.

Institutional investors held around half of total equity exchang-traded fund assets in 2012, according to a new report from Strategic Insight.

Charles Schwab is deepening its dedication to technology with a new agreement with DST Output.

Charles Schwab deepens its dedication to technology with a new agreement with DST Output.

The ongoing collaboration between the division of the SEC that examines fund adviser and broker operations and the division that enforces violations of investment regulations is now “very seamless,’’ according to heads of those units.

Institutional investors held around half of total equity exchang-traded fund assets in 2012, according to a new report from Strategic Insight.

WisdomTree Asset Management is prepping the WisdomTree Brazil Bond Fund (BBF) to launch within the next few months.

New findings from Boston-based global analytics firm Cerulli Associates show that clients feel their advisors often recommend products that do not fit their risk profiles.

The investment management industry is undergoing a transformation.

After experiencing nearly 30 years of benign, cooperative capital-markets behavior, Ken Haman says many advisors are baffled or frustrated by how difficult it has become to get clients to accept new investment ideas. But if we can understand more accurately how humans cope with anticipating various outcomes, we can structure our messaging to be more effective at getting clients to take the right kinds of actions.

Nuveen Investments has launched two new dividend-focused funds.

Mutual funds, especially of the equity variety, enjoyed the affections of investors in February, celebrating net inflows for the month.

Mutual funds, especially of the equity variety, enjoyed the affections of investors in February, celebrating net inflows for the month.

Los Angeles-based Aspiriant is launching a new equity fund dubbed the Aspiriant Risk Managed Global Equity Fund, which will bet on a diverse group of common stocks of companies in developed and emerging markets with an emphasis on small capitalization and value companies.

Grandeur Peak Global Advisors is growing.