Providers churning out new bond ETFs
July 12, 2010 01:00:00 AMAs investors continue to pour money into fixed-income products, exchange-traded-fund providers are flooding the market with new offerings.
SSgA launches first international-corporate-bond ETF
May 20, 2010 01:00:00 AMBlackRock is possible buyer for ING's real estate business: Sources
April 15, 2010 01:00:00 AMING Groep NV is looking to sell its $87 billion global real estate business, ING Real Estate Investment Management, and BlackRock Inc. has emerged as one of the potential buyers, according to industry sources familiar with the potential deal.
BlackRock's Mitchem to join State Street, sources say
March 17, 2010 01:00:00 AMRetirement plan service providers preparing for Senate fight on oversight
February 22, 2010 12:00:00 AMAs the Senate begins debate this week on its version of a financial services reform bill, advisers and service providers working with retirement plans are trying to avert the possibility of coming under greater regulation by an existing or new government agency.
ING Investment Management search may mean IPO ahead
January 29, 2010 12:00:00 AMING Investment Management search may mean IPO ahead
January 28, 2010 12:00:00 AMActively managed ETFs pique interest of big fund companies
January 04, 2010 12:00:00 AMThe actively managed exchange-traded fund market is expected to explode as top mutual fund companies, including Putnam Investments, John Hancock Funds LLC, T. Rowe Price Group Inc. and Pacific Investment Management Co. LLC, consider entering the business or expand their lineups.
MassMutual shifts course on income
December 28, 2009 12:00:00 AMAlmost five years after Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. entered the retirement income market, the firm has shut down the division devoted to the business — indicating how difficult it is to break into.
Smaller players foundering in target-date market
November 09, 2009 12:00:00 AMThere have been more than double the number of target-date fund liquidations this year than there were in all of 2008, indicating how difficult it is for money managers unaffiliated with 401(k) record keepers to build assets in such funds.
ING favors IPO for money management unit, sources say
October 28, 2009 01:00:00 AMBlackRock's Fink sees M&A wave
October 22, 2009 01:00:00 AMThe government's increased scrutiny of Wall Street's fiduciary obligations will prompt a wave of mergers and acquisitions in the investment management industry, according to Laurence D. Fink, chairman and CEO of BlackRock.
Four in five investors misusing target date funds, AllianceBernstein finds
October 16, 2009 01:00:00 AMTarget date fund investors may be happy with their plans, but they don't seem to be using them properly, according to a new study by AllianceBernstein.