Mutual funds

One inevitable change caused by low-cost, online competition is how advisors will structure their compensation, said Brian Leitner, senior vice president of practice management at Mariner Wealth Advisors.

CSOP Asset Management lowered the fee on its first U.S. exchange-traded fund tracking Chinese stocks and plans to start two ETFs after an equity rout wiped out $5 trillion in market value.

The Federal Reserve’s first interest-rate increase in almost a decade can’t come soon enough for ETF providers such as WisdomTree Investments.

The IMF warns a flood of easy money from the world’s central banks may be masking the risk that bond markets may be starved for liquidity when interest rates increase to normal levels.

Rules dealing with liquidity and other market-related items may be a better strategy for asset managers than higher capital requirements, said Federal Reserve Board Gov. Daniel Tarullo.

New, sweeping SEC proposals aimed at enhancing the liquidity risk management practices of mutual funds and ETFs have the asset management industry greatly concerned about unintended consequences affecting their businesses.

Connecticut's $840 million bond sale this week is drawing interest from Conning, Eaton Vance Management and Nuveen Asset Management.

The PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio is up 420% over the past 10 years.

TCW’s Metropolitan West Total Return Bond Fund collected more money than any other bond mutual fund in the year following Bill Gross’ sudden departure from Pimco.

The PureFunds ISE Cyber Security ETF launched in November. By July, The fund, listed as HACK, attracted $1.4 billion - one of the fastest ascents in ETF history.