February 6, 2012 - The performance benchmark for stocks in developing countries, the MSCI Emerging Market Index, has grown at almost 21% annually over the past three years.
January 26, 2012 - The head of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations called Thursday for an end to private letter rulings from the Internal Revenue Service which have essentially opened the floodgates for mutual funds to speculate in commodities from offshore tax havens such as the Cayman Islands.
January 20, 2012 - Synthetic exchange-traded funds, where interest-rate swaps and other derivative products are used to replicate the performance of a securities index, are taking Europe by storm.
December 14, 2011 - The main drivers of markets in 2012 are likely to be similar to last years themes uncertainty over the fate of the Euro, and the related question of whether or not there will be a global recession, said Alan Brown, group chief investment officer at Schroders.
November 16, 2011 - The fund has raised RMB1.16 billion (US$178 million) in its initial public offering.
October 17, 2011 - The fund seeks to track the performance of the Market Vectors Renminbi Bond Index.
August 2, 2011 - Local domestic markets will continue to struggle, the research company says.
July 25, 2011 - Firm says it is the first U.S.-listed ETF based on the Nikkei 225 Index.
July 22, 2011 - The fund, available to investors in Canada, will invest in countries in the very early stages of development, such as Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, and be overseen by Mark Mobius.
July 21, 2011 - Wellington Management is the sub-advisor to the fund, which combines 10 global asset classes with a rules-based asset allocation strategy that will move the portfolio in and out of markets.
July 21, 2011 - Three are rebranded and eight are brand new.
July 19, 2011 - Foreign sales were 46.6% in 2009 and 47.9% in 2008, S&P Indices said.
July 1, 2011 - Firm says it is the first open-end mutual fund to offer U.S. investors direct access to the Renminbi market.
June 30, 2011 - Goldman calls the nations two of the worlds biggest growth opportunities.
June 6, 2011 - The move would likely set off a price war.