The Markets

Four Invesco PowerShares exchange-traded funds based on Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. (KBW) indexes began trading on the NYSE Arca today.

MSCI Inc. launched the MSCI Micro Cap Indices for all Developed Markets countries and regions covered by MSCI.

The median return of the BNY Mellon Master Trust Universe was 8.48% for the third quarter of 2010, reversing course from the -4.87 % return reported for Q2.

Total 529 college savings plan assets increased to an estimated $127 billion as of 3Q10, reflecting an 8.5% increase from 2Q10 assets of $117 billion, according to the...

Understanding “new financial conservatism” was the subject of a recent Bank of America Merrill Lynch Webcast.   

The global mutual fund industry is on pace for $850 billion in net inflows to stock and bond mutual funds in 2010, according to Strategic Insight (SI), an...

Exchange-traded funds saw net inflows of $13.1 billion in October, on the heels of September's inflows of $25.5 billion, according to the latest Morningstar data.

Investors contributed $26.8 billion to long-term mutual funds in October, about twice the previous month's tally, according to the latest Morningstar fund flow data.

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney’s Global Investment Committee hosted a press briefing today to discuss its outlook for 2011.  

Russell Investments and Axioma, Inc., a provider of tools for portfolio optimization and risk analysis, have collaborated to deliver a family of five factor-based indexes.

Janus Funds and Pacific Life Funds will now be a part of FundVest, Pershing's no-transaction-fee mutual fund platform.

For the first time in five months, 401(k) participants’ asset transfers were equity oriented after a long run of being fixed-income directed, according to the latest Aon Hewitt...

ETF industry assets rose $39.9 billion last month, up 4.5%, to $925 billion, according to the latest data from State Street Global Advisors (SSgA).

New absolute return portfolios are designed to deliver positive performance over a reasonable timeframe regardless of the ups and downs of the market.

Stock and bond funds experienced net inflows of $44.6 billion in September, according to Financial Research Corporation (FRC).

REITs continued their strong rally through October, and REIT total returns year-to-date through October 31 were triple those of the S&P 500 for the same period, according to...

The TCW Group, Inc., an international asset-management firm, announced the availability of the TCW SMID Cap Growth Fund.

Janus Capital launched three new investment strategies, which are available for U.S. institutional investors in separate accounts.

U.S. institutional investment plan sponsors returned to positive performance in the third quarter of 2010, with a median gain of 8%, according to data in the Northern Trust...

A new study of global fund distribution features by Strategic Insight (SI) says the future holds a reduced number of blockbuster funds in a more guided architecture context.