Investments

Echo Point Investment Management has a new head of sales and marketing.

The Year of the Snake began on February 10. According to Chinese folklore, this year will be known for steady progress and attention to detail.

CEO of ING Belgium Ralph Hamers will take over the helm of ING as of Oct. 1 of this year, replacing Jan Hommen, who will step down as of that date.

The firm last week slashed expense ratios for three funds while upping expenses for two others.

Municipal bond investors have watched credit spreads in the market narrow considerably over the past three years. And they aren't expected to reverse course anytime over the next 12 months.

Firms managing some of the largest money market mutual funds in the U.S. are sending one clear message to the Financial Stability Oversight Council: Leave us alone.

Asset managers seeking a solution for currency trading have a new option available to them now.

ING Group has announced its new CEO.

The Vanguard Group giveth and also taketh away. The firm last week slashed expense ratios for three funds while upping expenses for two others.

Chatham, NY-based Aviemore Asset Management is prepping a merger of its ETF Market Opportunity Fund, a fund of funds, into a new separate series of the Stadion Investment Trust.

For years, accountants have heard they should include financial services among their tax or accounting practice’s service offerings, but is that a realistic goal?

Milwaukee, WI-based Artisan Partners Asset Management today revealed in a regulatory filing that it expects the initial price of its Class A shares to be between $27 and $29.

Pacific Investment Management Co., the world’s largest active bond manager, plans to open a fixed- income fund today that will allocate money across a range of emerging-market debt, according to a person briefed on the plan.

Hedge fund assets worldwide may increase 11% to $2.5 trillion by year-end, according to the survey by the Germany’s largest bank.

The IRS has issued a warning to taxpayers who receive emails claiming to be from the agency.

Money market mutual fund assets continued its steady decline the week ended Feb. 20.

Mutual funds overall continued to enjoy flows the week ended Feb. 20, reported Jeff Tjornehoj of Lipper.

Vanguard has made five key investment management appointments as part of what it says is its long-standing practice of periodically rotating members of its investment management teams to broaden their experience and provide them with new responsibilities.

After the municipal market struggled to get through a heavy new-issue calendar last week, another slate of sizable new deals will test the market this week, anchored by a $1.3 billion California higher education deal.

Vanguard has made five key investment management appointments as part of what it says is its long-standing practice of periodically rotating members of its investment management teams to broaden their experience and provide them with new responsibilities.