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The article examines the influence of institutional investors on the largest companies in the U.S. as of June 2015. These institutional investors include Blackrock, Vanguard, and Capital Group which are changing firm's orders and own most shares in almost all large firms. Also discussed are the conflict between DuPont chief executive Ellen Kullman and activist investor Nelson Pletz over the board of directors, index investing, and the changes in corporate governance.

The article deals with the tendency for young private companies with valuations of one billion U.S. dollars or more called unicorns to ask for more from venture capitalists (VC). Search giant Google Capital is said to have responded to this demand through its growth-equity investment fund worth 300 million dollars, which is intended for startups. The advantage of Google Capital, which is led by David Lawee, in the area of late-stage investments over hedge funds and mutual funds is discussed.

Strong inflows of participant contributions and stock market gains led to a new all-time high of $92,500 for the average 401(k) balance in the fourth quarter of 2016, according to a Fidelity Investments analysis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nationwide has selected Jeff Francis and Hazel Durand to lead the firm's sales efforts in the public-sector retirement plan market in the eastern region of the United States. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The financial industry has made progress understanding women investors, but financial professional could do a lot more to engage with them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Fidelity Investments and other asset managers are telling U.S. clients who live outside the country that they can no longer buy or trade mutual funds in their brokerage accounts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The risk involved in target-date funds cannot accurately be measured, especially as there is no industry agreement on measurement, the fund industry told the Securities and Exchange Commission. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]