Closures occur as the company puts more emphasis on factor investing.
But an all-out trade war could change everything
Equity and bond fund fees down more than 45% from the early 2000s.
Former SEC chairwoman Elisse Walter says their fiduciary duty is largely about disclosing conflicts, not eliminating them.
Separately managed account invests in stocks of companies that use the distributed ledger system.
Competition is heating up among asset managers.
Short-term debt funds are flourishing because they finally pay something.
A handful of fatal accidents involving autonomous vehicles suggest car insurance will evolve, rather than go away.
High-yield and low-duration strategies will seek specific investment outcomes.
Industry coalition seeks to educate the public and advisers about the value of annuities.
Short-term debt funds are flourishing because they finally pay something.
Mellody Hobson of Ariel Investments was among the speakers at the conference.
The mutual fund giant was the largest shareholder of American Realty Capital Properties Inc. when it reported inflated financial results because of a $23 million accounting mistake.
Their questions involve how to fit exchange-traded funds into portfolios.
Bankers are vying for the world's hyper-wealthy as never before, and they are holding out investments that are tantalizingly off-limits to the rest of us
SEC offers favorable settlement terms through Monday to investment advisers who acknowledge they didn't use the lower-fee option available in a fund.
Exchange-traded fund that tracks short-term junk bonds has lost $1.5 billion over the last two weeks.
For advisers, checking monthly flows for stock funds might be a useful exercise.
Guggenheim's Scott Minerd explains: The flatter curve is a bad sign, and Fed hikes are likely to result in more flattening.
Pricing transparency and the shift toward fee-based advice are benefiting exchange-traded funds, BlackRock executive says.
