Investments

For the week ended Feb. 13, investors steered a meager $509 million into U.S. stock funds, 37% less than a week earlier.

The Thompson Investment Management family last week lost one of their own in the form of Donald Nichols, who passed away on February 15. Nichols had been a director at the firm since the firm’s founding in 1987.

Fidelity Investments has made its first big step in becoming a provider of actively managed ETFs.

Guggenheim Investments is liquidating nine exchange traded funds to make room for other “products that have demonstrated the most marketplace demand.”

One month into their new relationship, Legg Mason Capital Management and ClearBridge Investments are merging two of its funds into one.

Rye Brook, NY-based IndexIQ is currently prepping a pair of index funds to add to its growing list of index exchange-traded funds.

According to The Global Survey of Investment and Economic Expectations, fund managers are "more optimistic" about the prospect for equity returns. However, they continue to view world growth and medium-term government bonds with hesitation, as they still expect a sovereign debt default in the Eurozone and fear weak fiscal situations in the U.S., U.K. and Japan.

Last week was a busy one for both active and passive exchange-traded fund providers with five fund launches and one updated filing of an actively managed fund from a mutual fund stalwart.

Yes, mutual funds have been outshining exchange-traded funds, so far this year.

"Guarded optimism" is how a new survey from Towers Watson characterizes fund managers' views on investing in 2013.

Men and women 35 – 64 with income of $150,000 - $249,000 may represent the ripest sales opportunities for advisors, according to poll by Nationwide Financial.

Bill Gross’ bank account may be $2 million lighter but it’s going to a good cause.

Forward Management welcomes a macro strategist and portfolio manager to its investment team.

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Rye Brook, NY-based IndexIQ is currently prepping a pair of index funds to add to its growing list of index exchange-traded funds.

There will be one less money market fund come May.

Mutual funds continue to draw new money, although investors seem to be waning in recent enthusiasm.

The outlook for the asset management industry in 2013 is strikingly more positive than it has been in years.

Amidst concerns among market participants of a 'great rotation' out of fixed income into equities, Barclays strategists released a report Thursday assessing whether this might happen in the muni market.

A challenging landscape is ahead for money managers as margins continue to shrink, but firms that can innovate will have substantial success.