The popularity of hedge funds, particularly among institutional investors, propelled total assets under management to a record $2 trillion in the first quarter, according to a report from Hedge Fund Research Inc. of Chicago.

It looks like young investors may have been paying attention as the market crash threw baby boomers' futures into disarray.

More money than ever is flowing to mutual funds that buy both stocks and bonds, a sign that individuals are starting to return to equities during the most volatile bull market since at least 1942.

Readers react to Sen. Elizabeth Warren's "too big to jail" bill, respond to legislation prohibiting banks from denying service to gun dealers, consider the impact of housing finance reform on small lenders and more.

The CEO of the nation's largest bank urged policymakers to ease capital rules for banks and tackle inefficiencies in the housing markets, while offering bold ideas of his own on education and health care.

The administration official will serve a five-year term as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's chief regulator.

Merely telling employees what to do may get the job done, but telling them why they're doing it fuels engagement.

The Federal Reserve is closing in on the launch of its real-time payment settlement system next year. By that time it will be six years behind the private-sector alternative, and it could prove to be redundant to a future Fed-issued digital currency.

The cybersecurity crisis arising from super-fast computing is approaching more quickly than the industry and its regulators may realize.