The Markets

WisdomTree announced that it will change the investment objectives, strategies, and fund names for eight of its exchange-traded funds (ETFs). 

Approximately 70% of institutional investment managers believe that the risk of inflation will increase over the next six months, according to a Northern Trust survey.

Although the pace of flows into U.S. exchange-traded funds (ETFs) has decelerated in the past several months, March saw the pace pick back up, Morningstar Direct reports.

The pace of long-term inflows slowed slightly to $27 billion in March, from nearly $28 billion in February, due largely to a drop in U.S. stock flows, according...

U.S. mutual fund investors added an estimated $23 billion in net new cash to U.S. stock and bond mutual funds in March 2011, according to Strategic Insight, an...

Baby Boomers and financial advisers remain concerned about market volatility in retirement accounts, a MetLife poll shows.

ETF industry assets rose $20.9 billion in August - up 2%, according to State Street Global Advisors’ ETF Snapshot.

Ongoing portfolio globalization and the increasing role of “alternative” investments - hedge funds, private equity and real estate - are expected to reshape institutional investment in North America.

Dow Jones Indexes and UBS Investment Bank announced they are adding eight commodity subindexes to the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index family.

Stock and bond fund inflows were $31.9 billion, while equities posted net inflows of $17.7 billion, according to Financial Research Corporation (FRC) data. 

U.S. Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) continued to outperform the broader equity market in the first quarter of 2011, according to NAREIT.

Bank of America Global Wealth & Investment Management (GWIM) president Sallie Krawcheck hosted a discussion on how the crises in Japan and the Middle East may affect investors...

About one-third of participants using Putnam Investments’ Lifetime Income Analysis Tool have made changes to their deferral rates. 

A Franklin Templeton poll found half of respondents are planning to invest outside their home country this year, with 62% planning to do so over the next decade.

Average fees and expenses incurred by investors in long-term mutual funds declined in 2010, according to a recent study.

Total assets held in employer-sponsored retirement plans was $10.2 trillion at the end of 2010, up 11% from $9.3 trillion a year earlier, a Spectrem Group analysis indicates.

An analysis from Vanguard finds that about half of mixed target-date investing - holding a target-date fund in combination with other investments - stems from sponsor actions.

ProShares launched what it says is the first exchange-traded fund (ETF) that provides inverse exposure to the high yield bond market.

In testimony at a Senate committee hearing, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said that 401(k) plan participants can receive part of the profits from securities lending, but would...

Russell Investments is launching the Russell Global 3000 Index series of 18 indexes — all sub-components of the Russell Global Index.