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Appeal of higher yields has more advisers trading individual bonds instead of funds
EQUITIES DEC 22, 2022
Appeal of higher yields has more advisers trading individual bonds instead of funds

While stock and bond funds have seen assets decline, direct ownership of individual bonds has increased over the past year.

By Jeff Benjamin
ETF pioneer Kathleen Moriarty dies at 69
ETFS DEC 22, 2022
ETF pioneer Kathleen Moriarty dies at 69

She earned the nickname 'SPDR Woman' for her work on the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, which State Street Corp. introduced in 1993.

By Bloomberg
Complex products: You have to know them when you see them
ALTERNATIVES DEC 19, 2022
Complex products: You have to know them when you see them

One of the challenges of regulating these investments is that there’s no agreed-upon definition for them.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Was 2022 the best year ever for exchange-traded funds?
ETFS DEC 19, 2022
Was 2022 the best year ever for exchange-traded funds?

From asset flows out of mutual funds and into ETFs, to mutual fund-to-ETF conversions and the emergence of single-stock ETFs, the liquid, low-cost, tax-efficient ETF wrapper has notched a lot of wins this year.

By Jeff Benjamin
No 2022 capital gains on Schwab exchange-traded funds
MUTUAL FUNDS DEC 16, 2022
No 2022 capital gains on Schwab exchange-traded funds

The asset manager announced that all 29 of its ETFs will avoid such distributions this year.

By InvestmentNews
Northern Trust report upends traditional way of looking at risks versus returns
EQUITIES DEC 15, 2022
Northern Trust report upends traditional way of looking at risks versus returns

Institutional investors are over-diversifying and taking on too much uncompensated risk, leaving them with expensive index portfolios.

By Jeff Benjamin
Big Three's grip on ETF market continues to slip
ETFS DEC 15, 2022
Big Three's grip on ETF market continues to slip

Vanguard, BlackRock and State Street still command about 79% of all U.S. exchange-traded fund assets, but that's down from 91% in 2006.

By Bloomberg
Managers stop calling some assets ESG ahead of SEC rules
RIA NEWS DEC 14, 2022
Managers stop calling some assets ESG ahead of SEC rules

Anti-greenwashing proposals are already having an effect, results of a US SIF survey suggest.

By Emile Hallez
J.P. Morgan partners with cash management platform Trovata
MUTUAL FUNDS DEC 13, 2022
J.P. Morgan partners with cash management platform Trovata

Trovata will host the Morgan Money corporate investing and trading solutions.

By Jeff Benjamin
Fidelity funds seek to make bigger bets on individual stocks
MUTUAL FUNDS DEC 08, 2022
Fidelity funds seek to make bigger bets on individual stocks

The money manager is asking shareholders to sign off on a proposal to let 13 of its growth funds exceed limits on the size of their stakes in individual stocks.

By Bloomberg
Hundreds of new ETFs launched this year amid bear market
MUTUAL FUNDS DEC 08, 2022
Hundreds of new ETFs launched this year amid bear market

Firms have brought 422 new ETFs to market so far this year, putting them on track to surpass last year's record.

By Bloomberg
Sustainability-themed funds on the rise
MUTUAL FUNDS DEC 07, 2022
Sustainability-themed funds on the rise

Newer ESG funds are coming to the market, and a greater share are sustainable funds, according to Cerulli.

By ESG Clarity
Don't give up on charitable giving just yet
MUTUAL FUNDS DEC 05, 2022
Don't give up on charitable giving just yet

A bear market and inflationary pressures may have many Americans feeling less wealthy lately, but not necessarily less generous.

By Gregg Greenberg
DAF payout bill stalls in Congress
MUTUAL FUNDS DEC 05, 2022
DAF payout bill stalls in Congress

The Senate and House bills will both die at the end of the year if they are not approved. It’s not clear whether sponsors will reintroduce them in January.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Advisers should brace for the relentless case for direct indexing
RIA NEWS DEC 02, 2022
Advisers should brace for the relentless case for direct indexing

Despite lukewarm adoption by financial advisers, the financial services industry is committed to leveraging this crucial channel to get direct indexing in front of more investors.

By Jeff Benjamin
Implementing direct indexing using sector ETFs
OPINION NOV 30, 2022
Implementing direct indexing using sector ETFs

It can be hard to keep direct-index portfolios from 'drifting' from their benchmark index as stocks are swapped in and out.

By Matthew Liebman
Vatican report on faith-based investing crosses into ESG territory
EQUITIES NOV 30, 2022
Vatican report on faith-based investing crosses into ESG territory

The new report cites 24 areas of focus for Catholic-values investing, some of which overlap with ESG investing.

By Jeff Benjamin
Are semitransparent ETFs inadvertently creating a market for fully transparent ETFs?
RIA NEWS NOV 23, 2022
Are semitransparent ETFs inadvertently creating a market for fully transparent ETFs?

After nearly a decade of fighting for regulatory approval of semitransparent ETFs, the asset management industry is realizing what investors really want.

By Jeff Benjamin
Fidelity takes another bite of ETF market by converting six mutual funds
EQUITIES NOV 23, 2022
Fidelity takes another bite of ETF market by converting six mutual funds

The converted ETFs will join a small but growing universe of transparent active strategies.

By Jeff Benjamin
Higher yields on cash give advisers another asset allocation tool
RIA NEWS NOV 21, 2022
Higher yields on cash give advisers another asset allocation tool

The Federal Reserve's fight against inflation has turned boring cash accounts into top performers.

By Jeff Benjamin