Mutual funds

Here are the best-performing mutual funds over the past three years with the lowest expense ratios.

Professional equity managers -- of mutual funds, pension funds or hedge funds -- use a number of methods to try to beat their benchmark index.

BlackRock cut fees on seven U.S. listed ETFs aimed at price-conscious investors, as competition for market share heats up.

One of the trends shaping fund distribution is heeding advisor demands to make the process more efficient through technology, says one asset management senior executive.

Indian regulators plan to allow online marketplaces such as Flipkart and Amazon.com to offer funds alongside other products

Single country ETFs tracking emerging markets countries have actually seen $7 billion of inflows.

Already gaining in popularity among advisors, low-cost annuities could receive a further boost if the Department of Labor's fiduciary proposal goes into effect.

Federal regulatory council indicates that it is working toward a comprehensive review of the asset management industry as the SEC pushes separate rulemakings.

James Warren, SEI's vice president and managing director of solutions strategy and development, received an honorable mention this year for the firm's Investor Fulfillment and Trade Order Solution.

Investors pulled money out of U.S. ETFs that invest in emerging markets last week for the first time since early October, ending the longest winning streak for the ETFs since May.

DST was presented with the Innovation in Back Office Efficiencies Award at the 2015 NOVA Awards for improvements made in fund operations that demonstrate the firm's efficient use of technology, back office personnel and third party providers.

In a year where ETF launches are running toward an annual record, funds that employ leverage have almost quadrupled.

As the Fed looks to tighten monetary policy, advisors must help their clients navigate a low-yield environment while also preparing their portfolios for rising rates.

The First Trust Dorsey Wright Focus 5 ETF has accumulated $4.2 billion in assets in a little more than a year and a half, despite having a fee that is far higher than even the asset-weighted average mutual fund fee of 0.66 %.

Industry executives and innovative firms will be recognized for their contributions to the asset management industry at the 13th annual NICSA/NOVA Awards on Oct. 29 in Boston.

Municipal bond sales in the U.S. are set to decrease in the next month while the amount of redemptions and maturing debt rises.

Three years ago, Massachusetts-based RIA First National added an asset management unit to its $375 million wealth management business with a little more than $1 million in out-of-pocket assets to get the firm's tactical ETF strategy off the ground.

State Street said it’s firing 600 employees globally to accelerate cost reductions after the stock market slump will probably make its goal for fee revenue growth unattainable this year.

Almost half of U.S. workers didn’t have a company-sponsored retirement plan in 2013, compared with 39% in 1999, according to an analysis of Census Bureau data by the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis at the New School for Social Research in New York.

Almost half of the $75 billion buyout loans arranged in the U.S. last year and tracked by Bloomberg in the secondary market are trading below their issue price.