Tag: Mutual funds

Morningstar Grows Fund Ratings System with Quantitative Rating; First Trust Merges Two Funds; and Vanguard Changes Benchmarks for Funds.

In total, 1.45% of total plan balances were traded during the year, down from 2.13% in 2016, as participants chased performance within their own portfolios. 

Invesco Releases New TDF Series With 12 Fund Offerings; Efficient Advisors Launches Mutual Fund Partnership with Dimensional; Catalyst Funds and BNP Paribas Team up to Develop Index Funds. 

A recent speech given by SEC Commissioner Kara Stein highlights the shifting landscape of mutual fund reporting, and how emerging technologies are reshaping the way investors will compare...

The settlement includes $12 million in monetary contributions, along with mandated administrative changes and the appointment of an independent monitor for the investment lineup. 

BNY Mellon releases fund focused on income generation, and AI Insight announces new liquid alternative research.

Few retirement plan investors may actually mirror their portfolios to a U.S. total market index—but there are still some important implications to be found in the record-setting performance...

Swerdlin & Company Integrates Stadion Storyline; Vanguard Offers First U.S. Actively Managed ETF Suite; and AAM Enters U.S. ETF Market with New Dividend Funds; and more. 

Clearwater Analytics Partners With AIG to Provide Software Platform; Wilshire Launches Latest Indexes Tracking REITs; American Century Joins List of Firms Licensing Precidian ETF Tool; and more. 

The drivers behind a target-date manager offering open architecture most commonly include the belief that participants benefit from asset manager diversification and the need to outsource allocations to...

KBS Introduces Online Platform for Investment Trust; T. Rowe Price Chooses Linedata to Oversee Net Asset Value; Columbia Threadneedle Presents Target-Date Solution; and more. 

ERI Scientific Beta Presents Long/Short Equity Market Index; TD Ameritrade Offers Expanded Commission-Free ETF Program; State Street Global Advisors Launches New SPDR Portfolio ETFs; and more. 

Lazard Launches Equity Portfolio; American Century Reorganizes Income Fund; Nuveen Releases ESG U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF; and more.

The top two reasons include the attractive yield and return on investment as well as helping clients generate more income in their portfolios.

The partnership will focus on sustainable investing.