The Markets

Merrill Lynch has introduced the Merrill Lynch Global Emerging Markets Foreign Exchange Index, designed to provide a representation of global emerging markets foreign exchange that is both sound...

Target Date Analytics (TDA) has launched a new Web site that benchmarks target date lifecycle funds.

Fidelity Investments announced the launch of three new mutual funds: a one-fund solution for investing in developed international and emerging markets; an international style-consistent growth fund, and an...

The Fiserv Trust Retire Target Date Funds for employer retirement plans is the latest collective investment fund (CIF) offering from Fiserv Investment Support Services.

DWS Scudder, the U.S. retail unit of Deutsche Bank’s Asset Management division (DeAM), on Wednesday announced the launch of the DWS Climate Change Fund.

Janus Capital Group Inc. says that, effective tomorrow, veteran portfolio manager Marc Pinto will manage Janus Growth and Income Fund and its related products for intermediary and institutional...

Barclays Capital, the investment banking division of Barclays Bank PLC, announced the launch of a family of local currency Emerging Market Government Inflation-Linked Bond (EMGILB) benchmark indexes.

Standard&Poor’s has launched three more Shariah-compliant indexes: the S&P Global Infrastructure Shariah, the S&P Global Healthcare Shariah, and the S&P /IFCI Large-MidCap Shariah.

Across all plan sizes, target-date funds are the most common default investment option although, in general, small plans are much less likely to have them on their menu...

Stock and bond funds posted net inflows of $37.9 billion in September 2007- a sharp increase from the $1.76 billion inflow posted in August, according to data from...

Online investors make the majority of their investment decisions independent of an investment adviser (56% of investors who trade securities online) are more likely to have an appetite...

Three out of four advisers surveyed (73%) by Eaton Vance Corp. use stocks in their clients’ portfolios both for long-term appreciation and as a way to provide current...

Individuals in the U.S. have $16.6 trillion in retirement accounts, and asset allocation funds are a growing percentage of that savings.

Janus Capital Group Inc. has announced that David Corkins, portfolio manager of Janus Fund, is leaving the firm to pursue other opportunities.

Massachusetts securities regulators have begun a probe into whether Bear Stearns Cos. improperly traded with two in-house hedge funds that collapsed this summer.

Hefty 401(k) plan fees can take a big bite out of a participant’s balance – a 26% chunk, according to a new study by the Congressional Research Service...

Does the stock market affect retirement decisions?

Two consultants and a university professor have formed a company to help advisers and plan sponsors better evaluate target-date/lifecycle fund offerings.

Contrary to popular belief, during times of financial uncertainty, investors reduce, not increase, the turnover of their financial assets, according to research from Strategic Insight (SI).

Putnam Investments has announced a plan to enhance the diversification of its target maturity funds by adding nine new underlying components.