Mutual funds

Directors suggested firm head John Rogers make reductions at his $11.8 billion mutual fund that either meet or undercut the industry average.

Payouts from advisory firms have reached nearly $80 million as the regulator targets excess fees.

It would be the first fund of its kind from the asset management giant. Plus; other launches.

While these funds often combine various asset classes, the firm’s offering will stay close to home — buying its own bond products.

No performance chasers here; these investors buy on the downside.

As fee cuts have become key to winning flows, managers turn to cheaper indexers, while some build in-house benchmarking teams.

Can three foreign market index funds outperform a single total non-U.S. market index fund?

Opened in the Roaring Twenties, the Massachusetts Investors Trust has weathered 16 recessions, roughly 20 bear markets and worse.

JPMorgan projects net corporate issuance of emerging market debt at just $22 billion for the rest of the year.

Investors may be shifting to cheaper options, or simply taking profits while markets are high.