Mutual funds

The Pimco Total Return Fund, the world’s largest bond fund, produced the worst risk- adjusted return over the past year among 16 U.S. intermediate- term funds with at least $5 billion in assets, according to the BLOOMBERG RISKLESS RETURN RANKING

The biggest rally in two years for Brazil’s Ibovespa benchmark signals to long-time bear Michael Shaoul from Marketfield Asset Management LLC that stocks might have bottomed out.

From positive outlooks for ETFs to asset managers in Asia gaining a greater portion of pay from net sales, here's top news impacting mutual fund and ETF managers and providers.

BlackRock Inc.'s Laurence D. Fink, whose firm is the largest shareholder in companies from Apple Inc. to JPMorgan Chase & Co., is repeating his call to chief executive officers to engage with shareholders and be more transparent about balance-sheet decisions.

The age of the startup megadeal is dawning.

Pacific Investment Management Co., the envy of the bond world when it tripled assets following the financial crisis, is finding itself in an unusual role: Playing catch up to competitors in the growing market for exchange- traded funds.

From FINRA fining two firms to U.S. listed ETFs seeing inflows of $27.94 billion, here's top news impacting mutual fund and ETF managers and providers.

A Morningstar Inc. analyst reiterated his top rating for Pacific Investment Management Co.'s Total Return Fund, the world's largest bond fund.

U.S. mutual fund companies are pushing back against claims that some firms may be too big to fail, saying that subjecting a few large money managers to more regulation would hurt competition and ultimately fund investors.

James E. Stowers Jr., who built a billion-dollar fortune as founder of the American Century Investments mutual fund company, then gave most of it away for medical research, has died.

As fixed-income bets disappoint, multisector bond funds have gained notice. But not all advisors are smitten.

Hedge-fund and mutual-fund firms will face scrutiny of their risk-management practices in a meeting today with the top U.S. derivatives regulator.

Variable annuity net new sales are expected to surge in the coming years after taking a dive in 2012, according to research firm Cerulli Associates.

Vanguard's potential move into active ETFs could be a game changer for the active ETF industry and those that invest in active ETFs, says Christian Magoon, CEO of YieldShares

Going forward, there will be more providers, more users, and more penetration by ETFs in the global market for investment products.

Investors who beat a path out of global equity markets earlier this year are stampeding back in.

The asset management industry has stepped up marketing efforts aimed at advisors, hoping to boost both sales and credibility.

Financial advisors who use active management may have a lower-cost option when considering actively managed ETFs – but some advisors express doubts on the real value for clients.

Steven Schoenfeld staked his career on a single belief in 2010: there was latent demand in the U.S. Jewish community to invest in Israeli stocks.

Bill Gross questions whether he is truly a great investor as he ponders his legacy in a new era of shrinking bond returns in his April investment outlook.