Tag: Markets

Experts suggest many long-term investors have absorbed central lessons about volatility and trading—especially among more sophisticated segments of the investing population. 

Market volatility, longevity and PBGC premiums are prompting sponsors to take a harder look at funding levels.

Findings from a Northern Trust survey show corporate earnings and U.S. economic growth are among the top concerns of global asset managers—but even with emerging volatility managers are...

They haven’t received quite the same number of comments as the DOL’s pending fiduciary regulations, but proposed liquidity rules from the SEC have clearly grabbed the investment and...

Managing director of AB’s alternatives and multi-asset arm offers helpful reminders amid rocky markets—most notably, that volatility is normal and actually a key source of opportunity.

From the headline-grabbing U.N. climate summit held in Paris to new DOL regulations on environmentally-minded investing by retirement plans, sustainability is clearly on the mind. How are providers...

The economy will keep on muddling through; investors will have to jump some hurdles, but Bob Doll says there is still room for optimism.

Retirement specialist financial advisers face a constant stream of regulatory and market change—especially regarding defined contribution plan investment menus.

Goldman Sachs Asset Management predicts the world’s major economies will grind out another year of modest growth in 2016, even as central bank policies diverge.

Though most trading days favored fixed income, large U.S. equity funds received the most inflows.

Retirement plan participants are slowly but surely gaining better access to lifetime income products, according to new reporting from the Insured Retirement Institute. 

Investors are concerned about global political unrest and macroeconomic challenges, according to Natixis, but they remain optimistic on equities and alternatives. 

Prudential Investments DCIO executive Michael Rosenberg warns investors not to leave their portfolios exposed to “bad luck” in the five or 10 years before retirement. 

Hundreds of thousands of frequent flyer miles and dozens of client meetings across several continents will give a DC industry pro some interesting perspective on cross-border financial planning...

Research from MainStay Investments suggests the anticipated increase in U.S. interest rates, if kept to a modest 25 to 50 basis points during 2016, could create pricing imbalances...

Research from Prudential reminds young workers of the impressive power of compound interest in building retirement wealth—and that no risk means no reward. 

Growth in 2014 for U.S.-owned institutional assets was down from 2013, but demand for custom solutions is a significant area for ongoing growth, Cerulli finds.

Prudential Investment Management experts are focused on an aging global investing population that will continue to dampen economic growth and keep interest rates low globally—rivaling the impact of...

Volatility and geopolitical challenges aside, experts at one ERISA-focused law firm are hearing more frequent inquiries from qualified U.S. retirement plans about investing in domestic Chinese markets.

Strategic Insight data shows long-term mutual funds and exchange-traded products secured significantly stronger inflows in October.