Investments

For the week ended March 6, investors steered an estimated $11.85 billion into mutual funds, up 41% from the previous week.

So how do Americans really feel about retirement saving and investing?

Back officer service provider SEI has scored an exchange-traded fund mandate.

Morningstar today reported that investors added $51.9 billion to long-term open-end mutual funds in February building on inflows of $87.2 billion in January.

Legg Mason's officially got itself a hedge fund.

Two brand name firms are prolonging their exchange-traded fund distribution venture.

More advisors say tax deferral will become increasingly important in annuity sales. In a recent poll by the Insured Retirement Institute (IRI), 28% of advisors expect tax deferral to take on greater importance in the next five years, a “notable increase” from 20% of advisors expressing this opinion in 2011.

The first two months of 2013 marked net flows of $140 billion into stock and bond funds, the best start for the mutual fund industry on record, according to Strategic Insight.

At the outset, the U.S. Supreme Court's latest ruling against the Securities and Exchange Commission-that there is a five-year limit on bringing fraud claims- may sound like a victory for mutual funds and their advisors.

At the outset, the U.S. Supreme Court's latest ruling against the Securities and Exchange Commission-that there is a five-year limit on bringing fraud claims- may sound like a victory for mutual funds and their advisors.

The first two months of 2013 marked net flows of $140 billion into stock and bond funds, the best start for the mutual fund industry on record, according to Strategic Insight.

Altegris is taking to YouTube in an attempt to demystify the common myths about alternatives.

Nuveen Investments has pulled the plug on the shares of its Nuveen Large Cap Select Fund (FLRYX) sold to 401(k) plans.

Financial Risk Management Ltd., a unit of the world’s largest publicly traded hedge-fund manager Man Group Plc, may see the best return from its multistrategy funds of funds since 2009, said its chief investment officer.

Fidelity Investments, the biggest U.S. manager of money-market mutual funds, said there is growing agreement among company leaders and regulators to limit any new rules for the products to those eligible to buy corporate debt.

Global X Funds is banking on significant opportunities in high dividend-paying equities.

OppenheimerFunds is closing its Oppenheimer Developing Markets Fund to new investors on April 12, Money Management Executive has learned.

Houston-based Salient Partners, a $17.4 billion asset management firm, has officially lifted the veil on its Salient Pure Trend Fund (SPTAX, SPTCX, SPTIX). Money Management Executive previously reported on the fund’s launch.

Charles Schwab & Co. is in the midst of a regulatory struggle with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority that threatens to change how the firm and other retail brokers do business with its clients.

DST Market Services has gotten app-savvier.