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Yield-hungry investors are flocking to high-dividend ETFs
With bonds slumping, a record amount of money is pouring into exchange-trade funds focused on big dividend payouts.
When it comes to fees, how advisers charge is as important to clients as how much
Deducting fees from client portfolios can introduce the punishing long-term consequences of reverse compounding.
Putnam planning 5 new active ESG-focused ETFs
The new exchange-traded funds will serve as the underlying components for Putnam's ESG-focused target-date series, in addition to the company's existing Sustainable Leaders ETF and Sustainable Future ETF.
Vanguard survey highlights retirement complexity, ‘Great Resignation’ mobility
Vanguard's influential 'How America Saves' report shows 401(k) plan participants are facing increasingly complex financial situations and life events.
Merrill pays $15.2 million to investors who spent too much for mutual funds
The restitution settles Finra charges that the firm recommended Class C shares with ongoing fees when more affordable Class A shares were available.
Why anxious retirees should consider closed-end funds
Closed-end funds have emerged as a potential solution for retirees seeking to smooth out their cash flows and in turn soothe their shaken nerves.
Fidelity adds health-related ESG fund
The actively managed mutual fund uses both proprietary and third-party ESG ratings.
SEC orders San Diego B-D to pay $800,000 over fund share class disclosures
Madison Avenue Securities didn't disclose or didn't adequately disclose conflicts associated with compensation the firm received from certain advisory client investments.
Vanguard raises fees on five funds, lowers fees on two
Increases are one and four basis points; cuts are two basis points. The changes were made to funds with fiscal years ending January 2022.
Putnam to revamp target dates with sustainable focus
The company will rename the product line with the funds switching to underlying investments in Putnam ETFs that follow ESG criteria.
Avoiding dividend yields that look too good to be true
Russia funds yielding between 300% and 3,000% represent the ultimate value trap. A better bet would be funds offering much lower yields.
Morgan Stanley’s Parametric moves the wirehouse into ETF management
Two filings show that Parametric is moving beyond its current focus on separate accounts and direct indexing to subadvise strategies for Innovator ETFs.
SEI plants its flag in ETF land with factor-based strategies
The four exchange-traded funds are well-timed given the current market environment.
Capital Group says actively run funds are winners in ESG craze
Survey finds that 63% think ESG risks are best handled when fund managers select a portfolio to manage opportunities and risks.
High-yield funds get ESG treatment
Several US fund managers are taking an interest in this small but growing area of the market.
SEC examining complex ETF products popular in market downturns
SEC Chairman Gary Gensler warns that the products “can pose risks even to sophisticated investors, and can potentially create systemwide risks by operating in unanticipated ways."
Target-date funds continue to be 401(k) favorites
Participants in their 20s have more than half their retirement plan assets in the funds, a study by ICI and EBRI shows.
ETF hedging interest-rate risk comes out of the gate with 67% gain this year
The strategy blends short-term Treasury bonds with put options on longer-term bonds to ride the trend toward higher rates.
First Eagle interval fund offers healthy income in exchange for liquidity
Investors searching for a source of income could look to credit funds with attractive yields.
Wall Street regulators consider ‘staggering’ curbs on complex ETFs
The crackdown could hit everything from leveraged and inverse vehicles to cryptocurrency-linked funds and defined-outcome strategies.
