Law and regulation

While investors piled $4.4 billion into U.S.-domiciled ETFs tracking emerging-markets this year, they pulled $244 million from similar funds in Europe.

International banks have been growing their wealth and asset management arms as balance-sheet lending and securities trading become less profitable.

These sources behind this trend could be dwindling at a particularly inopportune time in the event that fiscal stimulus causes the U.S. budget to balloon.

Firms must ensure that best interest practices are part and parcel of every investment deal.

Following a year of slowed deal activity, a PwC report addresses the added challenges managers face amid the developing economic, tax and regulatory agenda of the new administration.

Here’s what the president’s actions mean for advisers and firms.

Adjusting to the challenges, NICSA named Dan Houlihan, head of global fund services at Northern Trust, to chairman of its Board of Directors.

"My expectation is that a lot of firms are going to continue installing a best-interest standard, regardless," said Brian Graff, CEO of the American Retirement Association.

A trained accountant with little background in money management, Allianz’s Jackie Hunt has taken on a formidable challenge.

The “Pirates of the Caribbean” and “Edward Scissorhands" star accuses his onetime planners of fraud and negligence in a $25 million lawsuit. The former advisors have countersued.

Dawn Fitzpatrick's selection is Soros' seventh chief investment officer since the departures of traders Stanley Druckenmiller and Nicholas Roditi in 2000.

Activists could gain more clout as stock ownership is concentrated among fewer owners, with funds shifting to indexed strategies, the firm suggests.

‘Hey, you, get off of my cloud.’ What wealth managers should know about the risk-reward of cybersecurity.

Morgan Stanley and Advisor Group are moving ahead with changes despite the possibility that the Department of Labor's regulation could be reversed.

Leaders in domestic stock, international stock, fixed income, and allocation and alternatives funds are recognized for standout performance.

November's election results sent the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond index, which Ford O'Neil's fund tracks, to its biggest monthly loss since 2004.

The fiduciary rule is just one of the pressures affecting the fund industry, which is why disruption is the theme of the organization's annual Strategic Leadership Forum.

Fund managers reflect on both the bear and bull eras, political and market forces from Richard Nixon's price controls and the financial crisis.

The firm supported 46% of climate-related proposals at shareholder meetings last year, compared to zero at rivals BlackRock, Vanguard and Fidelity.

The bank has made no secret that it planned to put more pressure on vendors.