Interactive Data Corporation has announced that it is providing end-of-day index values as well as analytics capabilities for ten of Accretive Asset Management, LLC’s Bulletshares USD Corporate Bond Indices.
On June 29 Invesco PowerShares Capital Management, LLC and Deutsche Bank launched two Exchange Traded Notes (ETNs) linked to CBOT Ultra T-Bond futures.
UBS Investment Bank announced the new UBS E-TRACS 2x Leveraged Long Alerian MLP Infrastructure Index has begun trading on NYSE Arca under the ticker symbol, MLPL.
Investment Risk Management Systems Inc. has released a new Web-based tool that uses risk, return and persistence ratings to identify funds with low risk and high returns.
Fidelity Investments has announced it has restructured its 20‐year‐old Select Environmental Portfolio to increase exposure to faster growing industries, such as alternative energy and energy efficiency, while reducing exposure to slower growth industries, such as waste management.
Morningstar, Inc. has created the Morningstar StockInvestor Core Index , a diversified portfolio of stocks from the Tortoise and Hare portfolios featured in the Morningstar StockInvestor newsletter.
More than one-third (38%) of retirement plan participants have increased the amount they are saving for retirement following the market downturn of recent years, according to a survey conducted by Diversified Investment Advisors.
Vanguard announced plans to expand its index fund family, introducing 19 new funds with ETF Shares to provide investors with additional low-cost stock and bond choices.
Half of employees participating in a recent survey say they decided on their defined contribution plan contribution because it was the most they could afford.
In spite of stock market rebounds and emerging signs of recovery in various economic indicators, wealthy investors have apparently decided to exercise caution.
Curian Capital, LLC, a provider of a fee-based wealth management platform for financial professionals, has added two strategies to its Custom Style Portfolios.
Investor behavior is largely determined by nature rather than nurture,
according to a new study by finance professors at Claremont McKenna
College and the University of Washington.
Some Americans are pulling back from investing—which potentially
means fewer people will be in the market for a financial adviser,
according to a survey from AlixPartners, a global business advisory
firm.
The majority of investors said the amount of risk they have taken with
their investments has stayed the same over the past two years,
according to a Financial Times/Harris Interactive poll of investors in
the U.S. and the five largest European countries.
More than half of surveyed advisers (57%) indicated that the
economic crisis has had a large impact on their business—but it also
might be an opportunity.