Mutual funds

Americans held $5 trillion in all employer-based DC retirement plans on September 30, of which $3.5 trillion was held in 401(k) plans, according to data from the Investment Company Institute.

The old-school model of hiring an investment consultant to dispense advice to sponsors of pension funds and endowments about prospective investment managers is passing away.

Belinda Sherman has been promoted to president of The Huntington Investment Company, reporting to Steven Short, director of Huntington Wealth Advisors.

Investors’ penchant for income and total return and a return to equities will fuel the next wave of exchange-traded fund product innovation in 2013, according to State Street Global Advisors latest ETF report.

Asset managers are largely using social media to promote their brands, according to the latest research from Cerulli Associates.

Cornerstone Advisors has selected SEI to launch a series of multi-manager mutual funds through SEI's Advisors' Inner Circle (AIC) Fund series trust offering.

Cornerstone Advisors has selected SEI to launch a series of multi-manager mutual funds through SEI's Advisors' Inner Circle (AIC) Fund series trust offering.

State Street Global Advisors is prepping three new SPDR exchange-traded funds to launch early next year.

Asset managers are largely using social media to promote their brands, according to the latest research from Cerulli Associates.

Investors wanting in on one Eaton Vance Management fund better buy up now. 

The Board of Trustees of the Direxion Shares ETF Trust has decided to liquidate and shutter three exchange-traded funds because of their “inability to attract sufficient investment assets.”

All of a sudden, everyone wants to give the retail investor a break.

Firms aren't done with their acquisitions for the year yet, as evidenced by Schroder Investment Management North America's deal.

The Charles Schwab Corp. has closed its acquisition of ThomasPartners.

Morningstar today reported that stock mutual funds shed another $14.1 billion in November and are on pace to surpass 2008’s record outflow of $96.7 billion.

Arden Asset Management has expanded its offerings of customized hedge fund solutions.

Putnam Investments has created a new, dedicated Defined Contribution Investment-Only website to further bolster its DCIO business.

AdvisorShares today officially announced that the Pring Turner Business Cycle ETF will open for trading on Wednesday, December 19.

BlackRock is putting the "i" into iShares.

Fiscal cliff? What fiscal cliff?