Mutual Funds

Stock pickers are beating the S&P 500 in droves, but it’s a mistake to assume their success will persist.

In one proposed change, the SEC would expand an existing rule to ensure funds labeled ESG invest at least 80% of their assets in a way that lines up with that strategy.

Despite increasing popularity, ESG faces many head winds, namely modest adoption in retirement plans and mixed returns.

The charges come as investment advisors increasingly use ESG metrics to appeal to investors, according to SEC Enforcement Division Deputy Director Sanjay Wadhwa.

Today’s staggering array of investment options provides a false sense of meaningful diversification, writes a managing director of Chilton Trust.

The S&P 500 is dominated by big tech, which was good news on the way up. Not so much on the way down.

Personalization will come through the lenses of performance, risk and sustainability, argues Morningstar CEO Kunal Kapoor.

Alliance Global Investors will forfeit $463 million and pay $3.2 billion in restitution to victims of the fraud as well as a $2.3 billion penalty.

Market experts offer their best suggestions for investors facing losses in popular – but sagging – asset classes.

Target Date Plus is the next logical step of personalized allocations.