Investment Instruments

Making steep cuts to three socially responsible ETFs is a strategy BlackRock is using to attract investors to this type of fund.

Small business owners are driving a continuing increase in the adoption of cash balance retirement plans, and those plans are leaving growth of new 401(k)s in the dirt.

Changes to ETFs are potentially coming as the top official in charge of approving new financial products at the SEC is stepping down next month.

Mark June 9, 2017 on your calendar. That's the day the lowly IRA entered the retirement plan big leagues. Previously, IRAs had significantly less regulatory oversight than ERISA plans. But with the redefinition of fiduciary in the DOL's conflict-of-interest (aka, fiduciary) rule, IRAs now fall under the ERISA regulatory umbrella.

Fidelity will cut fees on 14 passive products.

While clean shares can be expected to be embraced by more fund companies, they present new challenges for brokers and advisors -- starting with agreeing on exactly what constitutes a clean share.