Tag: Investment analytics

Putnam Investments has launched a Web site dedicated to helping advisers better serve their clients.  

UpTick Data Technologies developed a customized reporting solution for Robert W. Baird & Co.’s Retirement Plans Services division.

eVestment Alliance, a global provider of institutional investment data intelligence and analytic solutions, has acquired Channel Capital Group, owner of HedgeFund.net, a source for hedge fund data, research,...

Plan sponsors and participants have become more conservative in recent years, leading them to stable value products that preserve capital and deliver steady returns, according to a white...

The percentage of advisers who think the economy is headed for a “double-dip” recession in the next six months—although still more than half—has decreased from one year ago....

The Callan DC Index eked out a negligible 0.23% return in the second quarter of the year.

Jennifer A. Cooper, CFA, has established Diligence Review Corp. to meet the demand for specialty due diligence services.

Northern Trust has enhanced the client experience for users of its Investment Risk and Analytical Services (IRAS) tools on Passport, its multi-faceted Web portal. 

The North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) released its annual list of phony financial products and practices, including several that are taking advantage of lingering economic uncertainty and...

Stock and bond funds experienced net outflows of $14.6 billion in July, according to data from Financial Research Corporation (FRC). 

Investors believe that the global economy will slow significantly in the coming 12 months but will avoid dipping back into recession, according to BofA Merrill Lynch's Survey of...

Russell Investments analysts say that the market volatility of the past week was not reacting directly to the downgrade of the U.S.’s credit rating, but rather to the...

In the first half of 2011, long-term fund flows reached $370 billion (including Canada and Brazil), despite a difficult economic and political environment globally.

In the month of July, the Federal Thrift Savings Plan G fund, the most conservative investment offered by the plan, hit a new monthly record: almost $5.6 billion was...

An S&P report contends that if the goal of employers is to offer retirement plans that are capable of generating adequate retirement funding for participants, then index funds...

In what industry experts are calling “unprecedented times,” experts say it is important that investors avoid panic selling and stay focused on their long-term strategies. 

Westminster Consulting appointed Gabriel Potter as Senior Investment Research Associate.

U.S. REIT total returns were more than double those of the broader equity market in the first seven months of 2011, according to the National Association of Real...

Global consultant Towers Watson hired three investment analysts in Australia: Deepti Tammareddi, Andrew Tay, and Jordan Taylor.

In a recent report, Strategic Insight describes opportunities in Asia and Latin America as central growth drivers for fund managers worldwide.