Mutual funds

Sure, today's rates are low. That makes it a great time to protect your clients against unexpected rises tomorrow. To arm your clients' portfolios against inflation, here are five investment categories to consider.

High-speed trading isn’t such a big problem for investors - but the underlying structure of the U.S. financial markets just might be.

A Financial Stability Oversight Council proposal that would regulate asset management firms in the same way large banks are regulated could have a major impact on fund company technology, operations and marketing.

The fund association maintains the industry is already heavily regulated, and in the event of failure a single fund can exit the market in an orderly process with little disruption, unlike banks.

Women are rising in influence in the asset management space, but are still underrepresented.

The investment business is full of twists and turns, and it is not just portfolio managers and analysts that have to constantly read the changing winds; as a marketing professional you must also adapt as the market changes. The last few years have been tough for mutual fund marketers, with investors leaving this product for ETFs and moving assets from equity products to those that specialize in fixed income.

The regulatory drive to designate mutual funds or their managers as systemically important financial institutions increasingly looks like a campaign to extend the power of central banks and other banking regulators over global capital markets.

Registered investment advisors are clearly on the up and up, and the growth of the sector is exerting pressure on how ETFs and mutual funds are distributed and marketed.

Pacific Investment Management Co.’s Bill Gross said asset markets from stocks to real estate are not overpriced because the Federal Reserve’s long-term policy rate will be half of what policy makers are forecasting.

The biggest money managers are asking U.S. Congress to fix a largely frozen part of the mortgage-bond market with a step that would echo moves taken during the Great Depression.

As interest rates edge up, advisors should understand which asset classes fare best during times of higher inflation.

Exchange-traded funds focused on Brazil attracted their biggest inflows yesterday in 10 months following a 15% rally in the country’s Ibovespa benchmark index from a five-year low in March.

Mohamed El-Erian, who quit Pimco in January amid reports of clashes with Bill Gross, said the legendary bond manager is still one of the world's great investors.

BlackRock Inc. said it will list an exchange-traded fund on the Brazilian stock exchange to track the U.S. benchmark Standard & Poor’s 500 Index.

Alternative mutual funds will be examined by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to assess whether managers are complying with leverage and liquidity rules.

The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index rebounded from a four-week low after data showing a slowdown in China’s expansion bolstered speculation the government will take further steps to stimulate economic growth.

Madison Dearborn Partners LLC has salvaged its bet on Nuveen Investments Inc. almost seven years after the disastrously timed buyout and two years after a star manager’s exit derailed plans for an initial public offering.

From why automation may promote engagement to the reasons behind Vanguard’s domination of ETF flows in Q1, here are the most notable quotes from the past week's stories.

"Advisors will want to know what will happen to the firms' cultures. Will Nuveen be able to keep its culture? Which firms' culture will prevail?"

The third-largest U.S. bank cut 200 to 300 jobs in its division handling stock and bond trades to shrink costs amid a slump, according to a person familiar with the matter.