The Markets

Morningstar, Inc. has added 10 alternative investment categories within the Morningstar Category classification system.

Exchange-traded fund (ETF) industry assets rose $60.5 billion for the month of April, an increase of 5.7%, according to State Street Global Advisors' ETF Snapshot report.

Stock and bond funds experienced net inflows of $32.7 billion in March, according to Financial Research Corporation (FRC).

Citi added socially responsible investment (SRI) solutions to its securities lending cash collateral investment program.

On a total return basis, the FTSE NAREIT All Equity REITs Index gained 5.11% and the FTSE NAREIT All REITs Index was up 4.89% in April, compared to...

S&P Indices has launched the S&P CIVETS 60, a tradable index comprised of Colombia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey and South Africa stocks.

Goldman Sachs Asset Management launched the Goldman Sachs Brazil Equity Fund and the Goldman Sachs China Equity Fund on April 29, 2011.

The latest Charles Schwab Active Trader Sentiment Survey found that 72% of traders who are expecting a tax refund this year plan on investing at least some of...

It remains very difficult for investors or plan sponsors to tell if a target-date fund (TDF) is intended to be a “to” or “through” offering simply by looking...

Asset managers are just starting to observe how investors use target-date funds (TDFs) after reaching retirement.

Bull-market gains in 2010 helped target-date funds (TDFs) perform well, as compared with standard market benchmarks, according to Morningstar’s Target-Date Industry Survey.

Latin America’s mutual funds and private-pension funds will amass another $1.4 trillion over the next five years, according to a Cerulli Associates report.

The College Savings Plans Network (CSPN) reports that assets under management in 529 plans increased 11.5% in 2010 net of contributions and distributions.

Plans in the Northern Trust Universe advanced 3.6% at the median in the first quarter of 2011.

Cerulli Associates' latest managed accounts-focused research indicates mutual fund advisory programs (MFA) will experience slower growth in the coming years.

The new commodities are part of the iPath Exchange Traded Notes (ETNs) series, linked to Barclays Capital Pure Beta Indices.

Dow Jones Indexes announced the addition of four new indexes to its family of Dow Jones RBP Indexes.

S&P Indices is launching two indexes designed to provide market participants with unique measuring tools for specific stock characteristics within the S&P 500.

The CollegeChoice CD 529 Savings Plan (CollegeChoice CD), first announced in January, is now available to college savers in Indiana.

During the month of February, local funds in Asia garnered $7 billion in long-term flows, according to Strategic Insight, an Asset International company.