The Markets

The global mutual fund industry is on pace for $850 billion in net inflows to stock and bond mutual funds in 2010, according to Strategic Insight (SI), an...

Exchange-traded funds saw net inflows of $13.1 billion in October, on the heels of September's inflows of $25.5 billion, according to the latest Morningstar data.

Investors contributed $26.8 billion to long-term mutual funds in October, about twice the previous month's tally, according to the latest Morningstar fund flow data.

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney’s Global Investment Committee hosted a press briefing today to discuss its outlook for 2011.  

Russell Investments and Axioma, Inc., a provider of tools for portfolio optimization and risk analysis, have collaborated to deliver a family of five factor-based indexes.

Janus Funds and Pacific Life Funds will now be a part of FundVest, Pershing's no-transaction-fee mutual fund platform.

For the first time in five months, 401(k) participants’ asset transfers were equity oriented after a long run of being fixed-income directed, according to the latest Aon Hewitt...

ETF industry assets rose $39.9 billion last month, up 4.5%, to $925 billion, according to the latest data from State Street Global Advisors (SSgA).

New absolute return portfolios are designed to deliver positive performance over a reasonable timeframe regardless of the ups and downs of the market.

Stock and bond funds experienced net inflows of $44.6 billion in September, according to Financial Research Corporation (FRC).

REITs continued their strong rally through October, and REIT total returns year-to-date through October 31 were triple those of the S&P 500 for the same period, according to...

The TCW Group, Inc., an international asset-management firm, announced the availability of the TCW SMID Cap Growth Fund.

Janus Capital launched three new investment strategies, which are available for U.S. institutional investors in separate accounts.

U.S. institutional investment plan sponsors returned to positive performance in the third quarter of 2010, with a median gain of 8%, according to data in the Northern Trust...

A new study of global fund distribution features by Strategic Insight (SI) says the future holds a reduced number of blockbuster funds in a more guided architecture context.

As a result of a Q310 turnaround in equity returns, as well as continued positive performance in the fixed-income market, target maturity funds strolled into the fourth quarter...

The median return of the State Street Universe (SSU) of total plans rose 8% in the third quarter of 2010, following the 4.4%-loss in the prior quarter, State...

Investors are looking for investments with many of the characteristics that exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have, according to a survey released by TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation.   

As defined contribution (DC) plans have much more inherent risk than defined benefit plans, participants, sponsors, and advisers need to take a more hands-on and active approach to...

Russell Investments launched the first five equity benchmarks in a series of equal weight equity indexes that reflect U.S. and global market segments.