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Morningstar, Inc. has introduced four data points for exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that it says will provide investors with more robust measures of the total costs and risks associated...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged three AXA Rosenberg entities with securities fraud that led to $217 million in investor losses. 

Russell Investments announced the launch of the Russell Stability Indexes.

Fidelity Investments is hosting nation-wide events for the next 30-days, in which it hopes to help near-retirees and those already in retirement switch their focus from savings to...

Standard & Poor's has announced the launch of the S&P GSCI Dynamic Roll Index.  

Forward Management launched the Forward Tactical Enhanced Fund (FTEEX) that seeks profit through continuous management of market exposure.

John Hancock Funds launched the John Hancock Alternative Asset Allocation Fund (JAAAX).

Causeway Capital Management LLC launched Causeway Global Absolute Return Fund, which will have long and short exposures to common and preferred stocks primarily in developed markets worldwide.

RiverNorth Capital launched the RiverNorth/DoubleLine Strategic Income Fund, to be subadvised by DoubleLine Capital LP.

Barclays Bank PLC has launched a series of iPath Exchange-Traded Notes (ETNs) linked to the inverse performance of the S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures Index Excess Return. 

A BNY Mellon/Finadium study found many retirement plan sponsors are reducing the benefits they offer or looking to rebalance funding between employers and employees.

A Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) survey finds asset managers are more focused on valuation for accuracy, risk management, transparency and accountability purposes.

ProShares, a provider of alternative exchange-traded funds (ETFs), has launched what its says are the first "Volatility ETFs."

In a survey examining investor behavior, MFS Investment Management clarifies what makes “fearful” investors act the way they do and ways an adviser can help.

In its latest “Financial Professionals Outlook,” Russell Investments found that 59% of advisers are optimistic about the markets, whereas only 7% believe their clients feel the same.

Cerulli Associates’ latest report predicts that wirehouse firms' managed account marketshare will fall to 50% by 2014. 

Charles Schwab released a study today that found although active traders are feeling more optimistic, being properly hedged against risk is a concern for many.  

Putnam Investments announced that the total expense ratios across its four Absolute Return Funds have been reduced by as much as 54%.