The Markets

In an unusually volatile month, nervous investors redeemed an estimated $34 billion in net cash out of U.S. stock and bond mutual funds in August.

Although he is predicting “growth below trend,” BlackRock Chief Equity Strategist for Fundamental Equities, Robert Doll, told those at the PLANADVISER National Conference that the “vital signs of...

Excluding money market programs, local funds in Asia pulled in $7.7 billion in cash flows in July.

According to State Street Global Advisors’ ETF Snapshot report, exchange-traded fund assets fell $42 billion in August, down 3.8%.

Recent market volatility will likely put a damper on asset growth and push investors into more conservative, lower-fee products, according to kasina.

S&P Indices has launched the first in a series of indices designed to measure the performance of the Mercado Integrado Latino Americano (MILA) Integrated Market. 

The North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) released its annual list of phony financial products and practices, including several that are taking advantage of lingering economic uncertainty and...

A recently published white paper from investment manager Cohen & Steers maintains that dividend oriented companies are "strongly positioned to continue raising pay-outs and deliver solid returns." 

Stock and bond funds experienced net outflows of $14.6 billion in July, according to data from Financial Research Corporation (FRC). 

Aperio Group has published a research paper that discusses best practices for gaining emerging market exposure in a global portfolio.  

Savingforcollege.com released its 529 Plan Composite Performance Rankings for the second quarter.  

The dual impact of the persistently weak economic environment and new regulations is keeping investment management companies on a slow growth track, according to industry executives surveyed by...

J.P. Morgan said it is seeing many of its institutional clients actively taking advantage of the down markets to rebalance and get back to their target allocations across...

Nearly half of DC sponsors either offer or plan to soon offer some type of inflation protection strategy to their participants, according to the Mercer US Defined...

Mutual fund outflows reached 2008 levels in July, with U.S. stock funds loosing the most assets, at $122 billion, or -3.3%.

Although ETFs remain $27.6 billion off their peak asset level from April 2011, they experienced two consecutive months of inflows in June and July ($10.0 billion and $17.3...

Investors who maintain a diversified asset-allocation strategy, and do not pull out of equities or make sudden contribution reductions, during even the most volatile market activity are rewarded...

Financial Research Corporation's (FRC) 529 College Savings Quarterly Data Highlights show 529 savings plan assets have increased to an estimated $149.8 billion as of the second quarter of...

In a new review of litigation on the issue of employer stock in retirement plans, the National Center for Employee Ownership has found almost all of the stock...

Although plan sponsors report high satisfaction levels with their current QDIA (qualified default investment alternatives) investment managers, opportunities exist for aspiring managers to differentiate themselves.