Tag: Investment analytics

ETFs See Healthy Asset Gain

Last year was kind to the exchange-traded-funds (ETFs) market, with a whopping 45% jump in assets over the year to $775.8 billion as of December 31, according to...

Many Happy Returns?

Major U.S. stock indexes ended what turned out to be a good year on a sour note—albeit on very light trading volume.

Bond Fund Rush Could be Slowing

While November’s mutual fund inflow to fixed income still added up to $33 billion, that was down from the $40 billion pumped into bond funds for each of...

Bond Funds Continue Pull on Assets

Flows into bond funds in November, although somewhat off from the blistering pace of the prior three months, were very robust at $38 billion, according to Strategic Insight...

Northern Trust Rolls Out Carbon Footprint Data

Northern Trust will offer environmental emission analytics which it said will enable institutional investors and high-net-worth individuals to effectively measure the carbon footprint of their investments.

Equity Outflows Go to Fixed Income

A new Morningstar mutual fund flow report for October shows that most of the money investors yanked during the 2008 downturn from equity funds has been directed to...

Firms Unveil Target-Date Fund Index

BrightScope, a 401(k) data and analytics firm, and Target Date Analytics LLC, a consulting and research firm, unveiled the BrightScope On Target Index to help measure the risk...