The Markets

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.  

Investors believe that the global economy will slow significantly in the coming 12 months but will avoid dipping back into recession, according to BofA Merrill Lynch's Survey of...

Russell Investments analysts say that the market volatility of the past week was not reacting directly to the downgrade of the U.S.’s credit rating, but rather to the...

In the first half of 2011, long-term fund flows reached $370 billion (including Canada and Brazil), despite a difficult economic and political environment globally.

In the month of July, the Federal Thrift Savings Plan G fund, the most conservative investment offered by the plan, hit a new monthly record: almost $5.6 billion was...

An S&P report contends that if the goal of employers is to offer retirement plans that are capable of generating adequate retirement funding for participants, then index funds...

Uncertainty over the economy accelerated in July, causing U.S. mutual fund investors to net redeem an estimated $16 billion in cash out of U.S. stock and bond mutual...

In June, excluding short-term money products, local funds in Asia attracted over $15 billion in net flows, according to Strategic Insight, an Asset International company.

June saw the U.S. exchange-traded fund industry rebound with net inflows of $9.8 billion, and July saw that trend continue as U.S. ETFs rallied, bringing in $17.2 billion.

June's trends accelerated in July, with estimated long-term fund outflows quadrupling to $17.1 billion, according to data from Morningstar.

Mutual fund asset growth is expected to level out at a 10% rate in 2011, as compared to the 16% increase experienced in 2010, according to Financial Research...

In what industry experts are calling “unprecedented times,” experts say it is important that investors avoid panic selling and stay focused on their long-term strategies. 

Cerulli's annual report on the retail alternatives space finds more than 70% of asset managers cite the desire to help investors boost risk-adjusted returns as the primary driver...

Exchange-traded fund (ETF) assets rose $9 billion in July, up 0.8%, according to State Street Global Advisors.

Investors of all ages are turning to cash in what appears to be a deliberate and longer-term fundamental change in investing, according to the MFS Investing Sentiment Survey.

U.S. REIT total returns were more than double those of the broader equity market in the first seven months of 2011, according to the National Association of Real...

In a recent report, Strategic Insight describes opportunities in Asia and Latin America as central growth drivers for fund managers worldwide.

Countries at an extremely early stage of development, such as Kenya, or markets that are relatively inaccessible, such as some Middle Eastern countries, are the focus of Cerulli’s...

Stock and bond funds experienced net outflows of $487 million in June, according to data from Financial Research Corporation (FRC).

Against a backdrop of historically low interest rates and global economic uncertainty, U.S. ETFs managed to attract $56.3 billion in new inflows during the first six months of...