Mutual funds

Shutting down the Greek market has trained attention on ETFs tracking its stocks, adding an element of speculation to their prices as long as the Athens bourse is closed.

Advisors can take these steps to evaluate funds to ensure they are operating at the highest standard.

Chicago-based RiverNorth Capital Management is hoping to launch the first closed-end mutual fund focused on the marketplace lending sector.

Investors are flocking to passive funds, but that doesn't mean advisors should ignore the active strategy--both are still relevant for clients.

Multi-alternatives are a relatively new fund category that can replicate a large variety of strategies without requiring the costly minimums and fees that usually come with alternatives.

Bill Gross is no longer running the world’s biggest bond fund, but one thing hasn’t changed: his love for Mexico.

The iShares U.S. Healthcare Providers exchange traded fund has attracted $247 million in net inflows this year, the biggest first-half total since it started trading in May 2006.

When it’s spring and the days get longer, risk appetites grow and cash flows to equities, according to a new study. As winter approaches, safer alternatives like the money market come into favor.

The Chinese fund-management company, which oversees $100 billion, is seeking to open an office in New York “very soon” and another in London.

The concentration of CFAs in Abu Dhabi speaks to the power of an array of sovereign funds in the city charged with investing hundreds of billions of the nation’s oil-generated riches.

The head of a global standards-setting body argues that regulators overreacted to the financial crisis and says banking-style regulation is a poor fit for the asset management industry.

Goldman Sachs, which is looking to issue ETFs this year, hired BlackRock veteran Tony Kelly as head of product development for that unit.

The world’s biggest investment managers have won a reprieve from plans to label them as systemically important, staving off tougher regulation, as global authorities reassess the move.

Regulators are seeking to ensure that post-crisis rules and monetary policy aren’t creating a toxic brew that’ll explode amid a sudden exit by investors.

Currency-hedged ETFs in the U.S. have taken in a record $39.6 billion this year, up from $8.9 billion for all of 2014.

SEC Commissioner Kara Stein is worried that mutual fund sector is moving beyond the reach of the regulators.

Money funds are finding new ways to get the securities they need, opening a door for other institutions to step into roles once dominated by banks.

Power has shifted to the advisor, who is acting as the portfolio manager, ignoring intermediaries and going directly to the fund managers or assets they want in their portfolio models.

It was only the second time in a decade that the funds have shrunk at the start of June, in part because it coincides with a period when investors get paid from maturing debt and interest.

The $4.3 billion iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF saw investors withdraw $1.7 billion of cash in the six weeks ended June 5.