Mutual funds

Pimco saw assets decline 5.4% in the first quarter as the money manager seeks to staunch client redemptions in the wake of co-founder Bill Gross’s abrupt departure.

If the Financial stability oversight Council was hoping for any kind of consensus on whether and how it should regulate asset management companies, the feedback it has received on its request for comment is likely disappointing.

Bond ETFs have attracted $35.7 billion this year worldwide, on track to exceed the record $84.9 billion placed last year.

U.S. asset-management executives met with international regulators to make the case that their firms don’t pose a risk to global financial stability.

A recent Morningstar evaluation showed portfolio managers investing more than $1 million in their own funds had a significantly higher success rate than those who invested less, or even nothing at all.

Holders of the three biggest U.S. exchange-traded products that follow oil have withdrawn almost $300 million so far in April, leaving the funds poised for their first monthly outflow since September.

The more portfolio managers invest in their own funds the better, according to a recent Morningstar study.

The world's largest bond fund has cut back on U.S. securities as yields are expected to rise this year.

Firms still have many managers deep within their benches that have found strategies to deliver significant returns for investors.

Pimco’s Total Return Fund, the world’s largest bond fund with $117.4 billion in assets, has cut way back on its holdings of U.S. securities.

Never heard of James Miles and David Green, the fund’s managers? That’s no surprise. They’re part of a group whose visibility is diminishing fast: famous stock pickers.

If the Financial Stability Oversight Council was hoping for any kind of consensus on whether and how it should regulate asset management companies, the feedback it has received on its request for comment is likely disappointing.

Neuberger Berman, the employee-owned money manager that oversees $250 billion in client assets, named MetLife Chief Executive Officer Steven Kandarian to its board.

Placing the opportunity for ordinary investors to invest in hot pre-IPO companies in a fund required SharesPost to first answer a question: how exactly would the fund be structured?

BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, said it would change its lineup of money-market mutual funds to make them comply with new federal regulations.

Redemptions at Pimco's biggest mutual fund slowed for the third straight month as performance rebounded this year.

Lipper granted its awards to the best mutual funds and best overall fund families this week. Here are performance stats on the winning funds of the winning companies.

ETFs are not only for the retail investor looking to make investments on the cheap; product providers and researchers report institutions are increasingly driving ETF inflows by adding them to portfolios.

The most dangerous time for the Treasury market this month will be when the U.S. issues employment data on Friday, if February and March are any guide.

While market trends indicate an attractive environment for new entrants in the ETF space, fund managers need to make sure they are prepared from an operational standpoint.