Tag: Investment Managers

A new survey of asset management firms finds that 52% don’t use social media, despite a recognition by 84% that social media will have a lasting impact on...

J.P. Morgan Asset Management has combined all of its defined contribution investment-only (DCIO) specialist resources into a single unit, DC Investment Solutions.

Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM), Deutsche Bank’s global asset management business, has announced the formation of two independent investment boutiques.

Sustainable Asset Management (SAM), a global provider of sustainability investing and the co-developer of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes, has hired Neil Johnson to lead its North American...

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney was the highest-ranked wirehouse among affluent and high-net-worth (HNW) investors, according to Cogent Research’s list of top fund distributors.

After three years as second in command at Fidelity Investments, President Rodger Lawson has announced he will step down from the post at the end of March.

Investors have rediscovered their risk appetite and are putting cash reserves to use, according to the BofA Merrill Lynch Survey of Fund Managers for January.

Security Global Investors (SGI) has named Jerome Abernathy and David Beeman to its quantitative investment and development/management teams to help shape the firm's efforts in alternative products.

A listing of the fastest-growing active fund managers in 2009 includes mostly smaller firms.

U.S. investors’ use of bond mutual funds reached record levels in 2009.

Fund managers polled late last year were significantly more optimistic about their business prospects than those surveyed at mid-year, according to Cerulli Associates.

Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. (CSIM), has launched two new exchange-traded funds (ETFs) focused on emerging markets and international small-cap equities.

Wells Fargo and its Evergreen Funds affiliate have been tidying up their fund lineups.

GE Asset Management (GEAM) has named Chris Adey to the newly created role of global consultant relations leader.

DoubleLine Capital LP, the money management firm started last month by star bond fund manager Jeffrey Gundlach, is gearing up to offer some new funds.

Asset Dedication, LLC, a provider of asset allocation strategies for independent financial advisers, hired Tony Parkin to focus on developing its business within the adviser marketplace.

Janus Capital Group Inc. said that Richard M. Weil has been appointed CEO and a member of the board of directors, effective February 1.

The Charles Schwab Corporation today announced reductions in online equity trade commissions for both retail investors and its independent investment adviser clients.

Dimensional Fund Advisors said it has hired John Blood, formerly with Commonwealth Financial, to lead a new initiative to develop relationships within the broker/dealer community.

Loomis, Sayles & Company said that core bond manager Lynne A. Royer has joined the company as vice president and co-head of a core bond strategy—and rejoined a...