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The Securities and Exchange Commission charged Lynn Tilton and her Patriarch Partners firm with fraud on Monday, claiming the Bronx-born business magnet and her company of hiding the poor performance of loan assets in three collateralized loan...
He's an alternative asset manager, not a hedge fund manager.
Given their poor performance and poor image, many hedge fund managers are backing away from using the term to describe themselves, reports the Wall Street Journal. Since 2007, th...
After four weeks, it’s down to the final two contenders. Who will take it all?
But first, let’s recap last week’s showdown of the Final Four, where over 3,000 readers cast votes to advance their favorites to the finals.
In the battle of the...
Building a behemoth.
Vanguard saw a net $219 billion flow into their U.S. mutual funds and ETFs in 2014, and is on track to account for 20 percent of total industry assets by the end of this year. Morningstar calls it the most dominant fun...
New research from Cerulli Associates found that the annuity industry is in the middle of a significant change, and it’s impacting the way advisors craft portfolios.
Elizabeth Malin, an analyst at Cerulli, said low interest rates are chall...
A clean bill of health means a happier retirement. | Brian Bahr/Getty Images
Retirees would rather be healthy than wealthy, according to a new study by MassMutual Retirement Services. Eighty percent of retirees in better health report havi...
A mini Ric Edelman? | Copyright Oli Scarff, Getty Images
Ric Edelman’s “exponential technology” strategy for investment management is now a BlackRock ETF. The new iShares Exponential Technologies ETF (nysearca:XT) began with the Edelman F...
In a hearing before the House Financial Services committee on Tuesday, Chair Mary Jo White said she supported the idea of compliance reviews for RIAs by third parties to supplement, but not replace, examinations conducted by the...
Brothers from another mother.
What’s the difference? Financial advisor Allan Roth argues on ETF.com (of all places) that ETFs are great, but in essence, similar Vanguard ETFs and mutual funds are "simply different share classes" of the sam...
