Mutual funds

Some providers are offering access to the industry through bundles of shares focused on businesses that run everything from airports to cell phone towers.

Some providers are offering access to the industry through bundles of shares focused on businesses that run everything from airports to cell phone towers.

The new product tracks the smart beta index designed by Robert Shiller and Barclays.

Some have already seen strong returns, with the top five posting more than 20% over the past year.

The new product tracks the smart beta index designed by Robert Shiller and Barclays.

Investors buoyed by corporate earnings and economic outlook.

International banks have been growing their wealth and asset management arms as balance-sheet lending and securities trading become less profitable.

These sources behind this trend could be dwindling at a particularly inopportune time in the event that fiscal stimulus causes the U.S. budget to balloon.

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The post-election outperformance of the firm’s "cyclicals versus defensive" basket of stocks has ceased; it now trails the S&P 500’s advance since Nov. 8.

Concern stems from a surge in money chasing strategies that slice and dice the market based on various stock traits, factors like cheapness or volatility.

Activists could gain more clout as stock ownership is concentrated among fewer owners, with funds shifting to indexed strategies, the firm suggests.

Leaders in domestic stock, international stock, fixed income, and allocation and alternatives funds are recognized for standout performance.

The firm's latest offering provides access to international equity markets. Plus: Other launches.

Leaders in domestic stock, international stock, fixed income, and allocation and alternatives funds are recognized for standout performance.

The fiduciary rule is just one of the pressures affecting the fund industry, which is why disruption is the theme of the organization's annual Strategic Leadership Forum.

Firms like the Denver-based money manager that run actively managed strategies have been losing to competitors offering lower-cost mutual funds and ETFs.

The move echoes a larger effort by Wall Street to boost brokerage revenue as investors flee actively managed funds for cheaper products.

If your investment time frame has been seriously long term, these are the funds that posted the best returns over the long haul.

Effort by the asset management giant is aimed to capture more muni bonds. Plus: Other launches.