The Markets

Since the financial crisis, institutional asset holders are selecting fewer strategic partners and even fewer products, according to Strategic Insight, an Asset International company.

Investment Metrics’ (IM) analysis of approximately 6,200 institutional separate account composites and commingled fund products finds the U.S. Small Cap category topped the performance chart in Q1 2011.

Total 529 savings plan assets increased to an estimated $146 billion in the first quarter of 2011, reflecting a 5.8% increase from the previous quarter.

Based on the earnings results of publicly-traded asset managers, kasina found that the first quarter of 2011 witnessed a slight drop in asset manager margins despite growth in...

On average, defined contribution plan participants include 5.3 funds in their accounts in 2011 - nearly double what they had in 1996, according to a Spectrem study.

Inflows for U.S. exchange-traded funds (ETFs) accelerated to $23.3 billion in April after reaching just $6.9 billion in March.

Long-term mutual funds saw inflows of $23.9 billion in April, which trailed March’s $27.0 billion, according to data from Morningstar.

At the ETF & Indexing Investments USA 2011 Conference in New York City this week, panelists discussed the pros and cons of the “democratization” of exchange-traded funds (ETFs)....

Bucking the global trend, U.S. investment manager searches decreased by 6% last year, according to data released by Mercer.

Cerulli says new opportunities can be recognized in the retail separate accounts industry by institutional asset managers that are willing to pursue them.

U.S. mutual fund investors demonstrated confidence in a gradual economic recovery, adding about $27 billion in net new cash to U.S. stock and bond mutual funds in April...

Investors poured an additional $23 billion into U.S. exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in April 2011, up from $9 billion of inflows in March.

Advisers will be advising clients to move into domestic equities, emerging market equities, and global developed market equities and away from Treasury bills, U.S. fixed income, and...

Morningstar, Inc. has added 10 alternative investment categories within the Morningstar Category classification system.

Exchange-traded fund (ETF) industry assets rose $60.5 billion for the month of April, an increase of 5.7%, according to State Street Global Advisors' ETF Snapshot report.

Stock and bond funds experienced net inflows of $32.7 billion in March, according to Financial Research Corporation (FRC).

Citi added socially responsible investment (SRI) solutions to its securities lending cash collateral investment program.

On a total return basis, the FTSE NAREIT All Equity REITs Index gained 5.11% and the FTSE NAREIT All REITs Index was up 4.89% in April, compared to...

S&P Indices has launched the S&P CIVETS 60, a tradable index comprised of Colombia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey and South Africa stocks.

Goldman Sachs Asset Management launched the Goldman Sachs Brazil Equity Fund and the Goldman Sachs China Equity Fund on April 29, 2011.