ETF providers are trying to woo investors with all-in-one funds that pull together several factors.
The change could impact how advisers construct fixed-income portfolios for clients.
Their poor showing threatens to choke off the opportunity for active management to reassert itself after the market's meltdown late last year.
The key is looking beyond the broad category averages to focus on portfolio managers and the investment process
Investors should broaden their focus beyond large caps, and advisers should ensure that their clients benchmark their portfolios correctly.
Investors who stayed put during the fourth-quarter market meltdown were rewarded by mid-cap managers.
The SPDR Portfolio 500 Growth ETF took in nearly $630 million in March, the largest monthly inflow for the almost 19-year-old fund.
Fidelity Investments bought into the ride-sharing company ahead of the upcoming IPO.
Dallas-based asset manager road tests a fee model that might be too complex for some investors to grasp.
Vanguard's exchange-traded funds have taken in $17 billion so far this year, while BlackRock has gathered $14 billion.
At least 20 funds now claim to use artificial intelligence as a building block.
Five of its funds are the largest institutional investor in Curaleaf, which recently struck a deal with CVS.
Empower's new product lets advisers select the underlying investments.
Index funds have exploded into a $7 trillion industry, but the sector now faces slower asset growth and declining revenue from fees.
ETFs based in London and New York together attracted around $327 million in new money since January.
Acquiring the Investment Advisory Services unit gives Goldman a way to market its ETFs via model portfolios.
There's growing interest among plan participants, but reluctance to add funds that take into account environmental, social and governance factors persists.
You'd think a 529 college savings program would be the perfect vehicle for environmental, social and governance causes, but things appear stalled.
BlackRock, Vanguard and DWS Group charge an average of $2 for every $1,000 invested, half the median fee for such funds in the U.S.
The aircraft manufacturer has seen its shares fall since two crashes involving its Max 737 planes.
