As indexes developed specifically for exchange traded funds proliferate, so do concerns about potential conflicts of interest that may exist when index providers reach for extra performance.
The Securities and Exchange Commission is considering whether to raise the financial bar for investing in private-investment pools other than hedge funds.
NEW YORK — The ever-evolving need for assisted-care facilities for the elderly and increased concern over energy policy have created opportunities for municipal bond portfolio managers.
After 15 years of serving their common clientele separately, Schwab Institutional and Cambridge Investment Research Inc. are showing those dually registered advisers a united front in recruitment, service and reporting.
BOSTON — Municipal bonds — which finance projects such as roads and sewers — may not be the sexiest investments, but if investor inflows count for anything, OppenheimerFunds Inc.’s Rochester unit looks like Sophia Loren.
WASHINGTON — A new financial product will allow traders to bet on which way the wind blows. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange today began selling hurricane futures contracts and options on futures contracts.
NEW YORK — Commonwealth Financial Network of Waltham, Mass., said it is giving pay raises to 400 of its advisers effective April 1, increasing the payout for advisers once they reach $25 million in assets on the firm’s proprietary managed money system.
The number of companies that rate exchange traded funds — and the methods they use to rate them — is growing.
NEW YORK — Real estate investment trusts don’t exist in India, but investing in real estate there shows great potential, according to executives at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.
OTTAWA — It isn’t that Canada doesn’t have securities laws; it has lots of them. But there seems to be a problem with enforcement.
