Mutual funds

Investors poured an estimated $144 million into the Janus Global Unconstrained Bond Fund in May.

The proliferation of asset management firms and the growth of individual funds have forced managers to maintain too many positions and undermined returns said AllianceBernstein CEO Peter Kraus.

Eaton Vance added its name to the growing list of asset management giants buyinginto robo advice platforms, reinforcing the industry view that digital is a distribution channel for the future.

The S&P 500 Equal Weight Index is up 19% since equities bottomed in February, beating the conventional benchmark by the widest margin since 2013.

Quantum Advisors, which picks Indian stocks for Norway’s $860 billion wealth fund, says investors should stay away from index investing in Asia’s fourth-biggest market.

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The latest deal with heavyweights including Eaton Vance challenges industry predictions that robos would die off.

Up for vote at BlackRock’s May 25 annual meeting is a proposal asking the fund manager to reconsider how it evaluates and votes on executive pay plans.

A U.S. proposal could make it harder for Wall Street banks to compete for talent against asset managers.

State Street’s asset management unit said Nick Good and Rory Tobin will take over management of the firm’s global exchange-traded funds business.

Faced with negative interest rates in their own countries, foreign banks and pension funds are looking increasingly toward U.S. municipal bonds.

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Pimco's outflows continued, though at a slower pace, according to Allianz Chief Financial Officer Dieter Wemmer.

Out of the 72 ETFs created this year, most either have an overly complex design or track a trendy (yet less than substantive) theme.

The asset management industry's involvement in the digital advice space continues to deepen, as firms focus on providing institutional solutions for advisors.

New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito has asked the SEC to investigate OppenheimerFunds, saying the asset management company has played a role in worsening Puerto Rico’s fiscal crisis.

Not every ETF launch works. But a team effort and a compelling idea can make an ETF a success in an industry where a handful of dominant firms and smaller players compete aggressively for assets.

MetLife, the largest U.S. life insurer, posted first-quarter profit that missed analysts’ estimates as investment income declined on a slump in hedge fund holdings.

Low rates may prove a more enduring challenge than even MetLife Chief Executive Steve Kandarian’s fight against government regulation.

Jon Xu, chief technology officer and co-founder of FutureAdvisor, says the financial industry has only begun to tap the data available to it.