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Taking on too much risk to stay on top.
Fund companies, investors move to avoid new fees and restrictions
The debate favors active because calculations are often skewed.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> In the wake of the March launch of the SPDR SSGA Gender Diversity Index ETF (SHE), out rolls the Bloomberg Financial Services Gender Equity Index.
Mutual funds argue an SEC proposal would save millions of trees, while paper companies say going digital would harm elderly investors.
One-year anniversary shows lots of effort to calm nerves, rebuild investor trust.
Trend toward low-cost passive mutual funds will reduce margins.
The agency is scrutinizing ETFs because of instances of sharp volatility, and has launched an initiative to evaluate how mutual funds can better inform investors about costs.
The rise of passive asset management threatens to fundamentally undermine the entire system of capitalism, say analysts at research and brokerage firm Sanford C. Bernstein & Co.
New regulation was catalyst for broker-dealer to impose uniformity, says LPL Financial's Mark Casady.
Passive is leading now, but there is still hope for active management
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One attorney called the lawsuit an "attack" on the investment-management structure within variable annuities.
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Intermediate-term bonds took in $15 billion last month &mdash; the largest inflow of any Morningstar category.
Even coal, which has seen hundreds of mines close worldwide, is riding the commodity rally.
