Mutual funds

As international markets continue to dramatically outperform those in the United States, money is moving to more exotic regions.

Mass. Investigating Failed Bear Stearns Hedge Funds

Earlier this month, Nasdaq launched its official entry into the exchange-traded funds (ETFs) listing competition by rolling out its official, proprietary ETF marketplace.

As the asset management industry undergoes a period of restructuring and realignment, independence is emerging as an important strategic asset when it comes to gathering assets, building a brand and attracting and retaining employees.

Swedish Export Credit Corp., a Stockholm, Sweden-based state-owned firm, is gearing up to participate in an offering of as much as $1 billion in four new exchange-traded notes (ETNs) that will track to four lesser-known commodity indexes.

Backlog of Cases Puts SEC's Future in Question

Mutual fund managers have been increasingly gravitating toward alternative investments as a way to boost returns and compete with hedge funds. By some estimates, alternative investment funds could soon account for as much as 10% of assets in mutual funds.

It isn't often that mutual fund firms launch remarkable, truly unique new products. Certainly, exchange-traded, lifecycle, 130/30 and emerging-market funds have been among the most significant and popular offerings in recent years.

Pioneer Investments of Boston has undertaken a global initiative to bring its investment management capabilities to the developing markets of India and Russia. The goal is to be among the top five players in those two markets in three years.

It isn't often that mutual fund firms launch remarkable, truly unique new products. Certainly, exchange-traded, lifecycle, 130/30 and emerging-market funds have been among the most significant and popular offerings in recent years.

Funds With Structured Products Turn to Fair Value

Speaking at a hedge fund conference in Greenwich, Conn., Securities and Exchange Commission regulators indicated that they are conducting 30 investigations into hedge fund trading in the Northeast alone, Reuters reports.

Berwyn, Pa., may be a couple of hours drive south of Wall Street, but Turner Investment Partners is hoping to dive right into the nation's financial hub with the preliminary filing of documents for its intended initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange. Turner filed for the IPO with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Sept. 18.

If there is one industry that is known for issuing surveys, it's the mutual fund industry. Every week, mutual funds and other investment firms issue multiple surveys about investors' attitudes toward savings and preparedness for retirement-aimed at spurring people to save more and at giving financial professionals talking points for their clients.

Ex-Brean Murray EVPs Charged with Late Trading

Aberdeen Asset Management of Aberdeen, Scotland, may not be a household name, but as of today, Oct., 1, the firm's Philadelphia-based U.S. subsidiary has a fresh $7 billion chunk of 30 sub-advised mutual funds and variable annuity trust assets from Nationwide Financial of Columbus, Ohio, to call its own.

This summer's extreme wave of market volatility was enough to make investors and mutual fund managers seasick.

IndexIQ, the Rye Brook, N.Y.-based firm best known for the development of proprietary so-called next generation indexes for institutions and wealthy investors, has created a new asset management business that will sell products created from its indexes.

SEC Increasing Scrutiny of Insider Trading at Hedges; Issues Questions to Funds

Municipal bond exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have gone from zero to 60 miles per hour in just a few days. And the race continues.