Mutual funds

Maybe the Efficient Market purists have been mugged by reality. It looks like you can pick a winning money manager -- just go for one with a great long-term performance record.

While there's no magic bullet for withstanding an SEC inspection, if you are a sponsor of an alternative investment fund - or have a fund that utilizes similar investment strategies - here are some areas to consider.

Having gained SEC approval in November to offer this new class of investment product, the firm's biggest challenge now, observers say, is selling the concept of exchange-traded managed funds.

William Stromberg, 55, is a 28-year veteran of the company. He previously served as a money manager and has held a series of executive jobs at the firm overseeing equities.

For the first time, more than half of all 401(k) contributions will go into target-date funds, research firm Cerulli Associates estimates. It projects the assets in target-date funds to hit $2 trillion by 2019.

With assets of $110.4 billion, Pimco Total Return fell behind the index-tracking Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund, which had $117.3 billion as of April 30, according to preliminary data.

A recently proposed expansion of the fiduciary standard to include rollovers and IRAs by the Department of Labor means authorities could give the industry more than just fines to worry about.

New products, under the broad label of liquid alternatives, bring a value proposition of greater opportunities for diversification coming from sources that are largely uncorrelated to the equity and fixed income market, at least by historical measures.

Bill Gross said he wouldn’t hire Ben S. Bernanke as an advisor. He’d rather read the former Federal Reserve Chairman’s blogs and tweets.

Lattice Strategies founder, Theodore Lucas, and Darek Wojnar, head of single-asset strategies at Lattice, discuss the separately-managed account provider's first ETF offerings and investment focus on risk.

Many financial professionals are accepting the idea that they likely won't beat the market and that investors therefore would be better off in low-cost index funds.

An alternate to the Sharpe ratio could help advisors calculate how much pain investors must endure for each unit of gain. Here's how to run the numbers.

ETFs that hold U.S. Treasuries are seeing more cash inflows this month than any other fixed-income funds for the first time this year.

Mom-and-pop investors may sink $350 billion into debt funds globally this year, adding to the $3 trillion they've already poured into bonds since 2008.

For clients who want retirement income with minimal equity risk, advisors should recognize the 'mortality credit' advantage that the pooled funds in an immediate annuity can offer.

Financial advisors are just as critical about what they deem is a good company website and an increasing percentage will make decisions about whether to engage and choose product offerings based on a site's quality and ease of navigation.

While U.S. stocks have spent long stretches of the past six years rallying without the help of fresh mutual fund money, Bank of America and Exane BNP Paribas say the withdrawals show rising concern as the Federal Reserve weighs raising interest rates.

Building a successful asset management firm is difficult. That's not an earth-shattering statement given that most firms fail to meet their expectations for asset growth. And yet each year, hundreds of firms plunge into investment management believing they have something to offer that will drive investor acceptance and success for their business.

The Nasdaq Stock Market has always been associated with cutting edge technology, whether it be for the companies it lists or the systems used to match buyers and sellers on the first all-electronic exchange.

Stock pickers have remained largely anonymous to the larger public despite a six-year rally that produced some outstanding funds. They've been overtaken by bond legends and hedge fund managers.