Few people would expect the newspaper industry to yield successful stock picks, but fund manager James B. Miles sniffed out a strong value find when he added Valassis Communications Inc. to his portfolio
Mutual fund managers are buying telecommunications stocks, many of them for the first time in years, as the sector emerges as a bright spot in an otherwise lackluster market
Fidelity Investments is marrying the concepts of target date portfolios and municipal-bond investing
Report indicates nearly 50 have bolted since firm has zeroed in on stability, liquidity of fund firms
Money market funds are front and center in Washington again, just 16 months after regulators tightened rules on the $2.7 trillion industry
Female retirement plan participants appear to display a greater inclination to place assets in target date funds than in target risk funds
If a mutual fund manager won't invest in a fund that he or she is managing, why should anyone else?
In a much-awaited decision, the Supreme Court last week ruled in favor of the mutual fund industry in a case involving a company's responsibility for statements made in prospectuses, eliciting a huge sigh of relief from fund companies, broker-dealers and others involved in selling mutual funds
The influential firm plans to launch a different ratings system, one that will be forward-looking. And get this: only 20% of funds are likely to get a positive score under the new system.
Putnam Institute says excessive exposure to stock market gyrations bigger threat to new retirees than inflation or longevity risk
If “big,” “strong” and “mysterious” are the attributes you want for a financial brand, you can't pick a better name than BlackRock Inc.
The Government Accountability Office has recommended several major changes to the use of target date funds in 401(k) plans after finding that investments in funds with similar end dates vary wildly
ProShare Advisors of Bethesda, Md., today announced the introduction of the first exchange traded fund to follow a 130/30 investment strategy.
ProShare Advisors is planning to roll out what could be the first exchange traded fund to follow a 130/30 investment strategy.
Howard Stein, who succeeded Jack Dreyfus at the helm of the Dreyfus mutual-fund company and helped turn a generation of Americans into investors, has died. He was 84.
Asset manager's repurchasing of remaining stake held by bank opens door to other third-party wirehouse platforms; 'no longer owned by a competitor'
Firm hopes to have 30 to 50 passive and active offerings on the market by the end of 2012
