Tag: Investment analytics

Dow Jones Indexes is launching a new index in collaboration with the Global Fund, which will help generate resources for the Global Fund's work.

Stock and bond funds experienced net inflows of $40.2 billion in October, according to data from the Financial Research Corporation (FRC).

Investors added $7.2 billion into U.S.exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in November, according to Strategic Insight, an Asset International company.

Propelled by demand for international exposure, U.S. mutual fund investors added about $7 billion in net new cash to U.S. stock and bond funds in November.

Barclays Capital unveiled the Barclays Capital Commodities Research Index (BCRI), designed to make Barclays Capital’s commodities research investable.

A new survey by Cogent Research finds 13% of affluent Americans closed at least one investment account in the last year, more than double the pace reported in...

MSCI Inc. has launched a series of value weighted indexes.

MSCI Inc. launched the MSCI Micro Cap Indices for all Developed Markets countries and regions covered by MSCI.

Charles Schwab released a study today that found although active traders are feeling more optimistic, being properly hedged against risk is a concern for many.  

Morningstar has launched its latest free mobile Morningstar.com application for Android smartphones that aims to help investors track their portfolios and monitor the markets.

Russell Investments is providing transition management data to the Inalytics TIPS (Transition Implementation Performance Standards) database.

BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research introduced the Global Financial Stress Index (GFSI), a cross-market gauge of risk, hedging demand and investment flows.

J.P. Morgan Funds, the mutual fund arm of J.P. Morgan Asset Management, announced that J.P. Morgan Insights are now available as podcasts on iTunes.

Long-term 401(k) participants took a big hit to their accounts in 2008 but otherwise enjoyed an average 31.9%-advance in 2009, according to a new study.

Sustainable Asset Management (SAM) and Dow Jones Indexes announced the creation of the Dow Jones Sustainability World Enlarged Index (DJSI World Enlarged).

Understanding “new financial conservatism” was the subject of a recent Bank of America Merrill Lynch Webcast.   

J.P. Morgan unveiled a new iPad application that gives clients access to the investment bank’s research.

Relying on a financial adviser outside the plan was the preference for 37.5% of the roughly 6,000 plan sponsor respondents to PLANSPONSOR’s annual Defined Contribution...

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.

John Hancock found that 88% of advisers have urged clients to get back in the investing game, but most are not heeding the advice.