Mutual funds

The challenges that asset managers face: rising regulatory costs and growing pressure on fees from cheaper competitors.

Open enrollment offers seniors the opportunity to change their plans and save hundreds of dollars.

Strategies and products from active and passive managers continue to complement each other in portfolios.

A young alternative ETF producer right now has two growth opportunities, says Reality Shares' CEO Eric Ervin.

Takahiro Kusakari's life changed in 2007 when the then 28-year-old stumbled into a seminar by the founder of Japan's biggest independent mutual fund.

The region is home to more than 35% of all ETFs in the world, and yet it only holds about 20% of the money invested.

PureFunds CEO Andrew Chanin discusses what differentiates his firm's novel offerings from the rest of the industry.

Speculation is mounting that Fed officials, in a statement scheduled for release on Sept. 21, will signal that higher U.S. interest rates are on the way.

Assets in fixed-income ETFs swelled to A$2.32 billion ($1.7 billion) at the end of August.

Kim is leading Principal's charge into ETFs, which he called a natural complement to the mutual funds that the insurer already offers.

New academic research that concludes active bests passive seems suspect.

BlackRock is joining firms including Paulson, Manikay Partners and Arrowgrass Capital Partners that have recently raised dedicated merger funds.

From hiring sprees to accelerating software launches, companies are gearing up for the significant expenses and changes wrought by the new regulation.

With user growth soaring developing countries, mutual funds focused on emerging economies are increasing investments in the Menlo Park, California-based company.

Banks and investment funds are hiring quants — people with training in physics or higher mathematics — as market intervention by central banks make it difficult to post robust profits.

The funds will track indexes that draw on the expertise of the firm's quantitative-research team.

Fund providers should consider digital platforms and outsourcing to reach more advisers, according to Nuveen's head of alternative strategies.

The world’s largest mutual fund company attracted $198.4 billion in the first eight months of this year.

The dollar strengthened and Treasuries extended their steepest monthly loss since June 2015 amid hawkish rhetoric from Federal Reserve officials over the past two weeks.

Aside from being impractical to build in the infancy of computers, an index fund, at one time, was an insult to investors who prided themselves on picking the best stocks out of thousands.