It may well be that investors care more about other characteristics than no cost.
MBS exchange-traded fund is seeing demand from investors looking for safety and a little more yield.
Bulk of the outflow occurred at Allianz unit Pimco.
His struggle to attract assets shows how low fees and passive investing have brought star managers back down to earth.
But a memorable stock ticker can give exchange-traded funds a boost.
IBD agrees to repay customers $1.9 million in addition to a $225,000 fine
Bigger cash weightings reveal a preference for safety over returns as the bull market ages
Both will now offer more than 500 exchange-traded funds on a commission-free basis.
ETF fees have fallen, but so far no providers have matched Fidelity's offer of free mutual funds
Investors need an active money manager for one simple reason: to protect them from themselves
Discussions ended in December because the parties couldn't agree on a price.
The firm is shutting three funds next month following a review of its product lineup.
Investors are moving out of ETFs to buy single stocks, with active bets seen as the key to outperformance.
When it comes to fixed income, active management helps investors avoid the inherent biases of bond indexes.
Convertible securities fund to be liquidated because it attracted the wrong kind of investors.
U.S. mutual funds and exchange-traded funds that passively track indexes now hold 48% assets and are likely to top 50% in 2019.
Mutual funds suffered redemptions of $56.2 billion in the week ended Dec. 19.
Firm awarded broker sales awards, despite mutual-fund churning flagged to home office, according to Finra.
The death of the DOL fiduciary rule condemned the mutual fund share class to extinction.
Amid the stock market sell-off, strategists have encouraged investors to pick value rather than growth
