ETP industry is reconsidering disclosures at issuance and sale.
Glide path requires active decisions from a manager
Their long-term record is even worse, according to a report on indexes versus active managers.
In an about-face, investors are favoring stocks over bonds this year.
Broker-dealer will remove about 20% of its 4,200 funds, a trend among wirehouses with several possible reasons behind it.
The iShares fund has big holdings in Goldman, Morgan Stanley and Schwab.
Rates on Treasury bills, dollar Libor are at their highest level since 2008
First the company added a robo, and now it's beefing up its product offerings with factor-based index ETFs.
Should clients be concerned about funds' big holdings of Chinese technology stocks?
Four iShares Core funds have taken in $33.4 billion so far this year, a big chunk of the $75.3 billion added to U.S.-listed ETFs
The asset manager recently rolled out actively traded ETFs with fees comparable to those on smart beta funds
Inflows come after investors pulled $1.2 billion from the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund in February
A more diverse fund industry would have no effect on investor returns.
But investments could be affected if the president's move sets off a trade war
Dual appointment feeds into talk that the investment firm is moving away from its star manager approach.
Its target-date assets have grown by $270 billion since 2015
Humans and machines will work together to rate more than 10,000 funds and ETFs.
Global investing is hot, but here's what advisers need to know about a new wave of exchange-traded funds coming their way.
But adding a team approach reduces fund volatility — and possibly harassment claims.
Well-known academics are signing up to advise asset managers on factors for smart-beta funds.
