The Markets

Mutual funds seem to vote proxies in ways that protect them from negative reprisals.

Prudence is an integral part of ERISA’s DNA, but what about investments of a prurient interest?

If you work with retirement plans with investments at Fidelity, brace yourself.

Fidelity Investments has unveiled three new Fidelity Advisor funds, providing financial advisers and their clients with greater diversification across asset classes and geographical areas.

Nearly half (40%) of affluent households will continue to, or begin to, seek investments abroad, according to a new report from consulting firm Spectrem Group.

Retirement assets reached $16.4 trillion at the end of 2006, with lifecycle and lifestyle continuing their popularity, but lifecycle funds gathered a larger percentage of retirement plan assets.

The assets in U.S.-listed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) climbed 5% during April, with International and Specialty ETFs making the biggest leap.

About half (49%) of investors who hold mutual fund shares outside their workplace retirement plans have purchased fund shares through a financial adviser.

Emphasizing the benefits of increased online usage, Vanguard is replacing four account-related fees with a single account service charge.

IndexIQ has introduced the Active Value family of indexes and has licensed the IndexIQ Active Value Small Cap Index to Claymore Advisors, LLC, which will create the Claymore/IndexIQ...

American Funds edged out the Vanguard Group as the best-selling fund group in March with $7.2 billion, while Vanguard ended the month with $6.5 billion.

XTF has introduced nine new ETF-based mutual fund portfolios, available with four pricing models, targeted for the 401(k) market and retail advisers.

Prudential Retirement has introduced three new institutional sub-advised funds that will be managed in a manner consistent with socially, ethically and morally responsible investing.

In order to better generate retirement income for investors, the investment management arm of State Street Global Advisors has changed the asset allocations of its target date fund...

MSCI Barra has developed a global family of Islamic indices designed to reflect the Shariah investment principles.

Combined assets of the world’s mutual funds increased 7.6%, to $21.76 trillion at the end of the fourth quarter of 2006 and 22.5% for the year, according to...

Investors would do well to focus on the mid-cap asset class in 2007, according to Standard&Poor's Equity Research Services.

Hedge funds posted 2.10% returns for the first quarter, outperforming the S&P 500 and the MSCI World Index, according to research from Morningstar, Inc.

Participants in 401(k) plans seemed to be looking for stability in their investments in March, moving $572 million from equities to fixed income over the month, according to...

Nearly half (43%) of advisers believe that international investing continues to offer the best opportunities for portfolio diversification, although they say that correlations are increasing across the globe.