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Analysis from a Symmetry Partners research executive questions whether higher risk really leads to higher returns.

Inflows signal an opportunity to reach advisers considering the asset class for tactical allocations.

Millennials change jobs more than older generations, but thinking about the future is not a huge priority.

Purchases of equities using passive instruments can contain highly useful information about currency returns, Deutsche Bank strategists report.

Assets invested in the $2.2 billion fund have jumped this year more than any U.S. product of its kind.

One explanation for interest in the funds may be found in the bond market.

Part of the charm of being short volatility is explained by the term structure of the curve, which is upward-sloping, or said to be in contango.

These 10 leaders transformed their organizations to face the fund industry's biggest challenges.

Most of the funds are long-only, and investors tend to take advantage of the slide in prices by adding their holdings.

If not for her hiring expertise, CEO Jeffrey Gundlach says the bond behemoth would not have managed nearly as well following her death.

New positions were created in hedge funds, ETFs and structured product development in Europe the Middle East and Africa.

There are serious risks in banking on a small fund that's so heavily concentrated in a corner of China's tech sector.

Thematic ETFs have proliferated as funds started in the last six months looking to trade on political agendas, such as tax reform and infrastructure spending.

Do they really deliver better risk-adjusted returns? A Morningstar panel said yes, but contributing writer Allan Roth disagrees.

As investors assess the winners and losers from the Trump administration's policies and digest mixed economic data, they aren't endorsing all shares.

The company is basing its pricing on the idea that not all buyers of its iShares products are the same, and the strategy seems to be working.

A key measure of the yield for the fund's underlying index plunged by nearly 3 percentage points on March 22.

The iShares unit has had other departures in recent years.

Millennials have placed 36% of their investable assets into ETFs, which is considerably higher than the 23% allocation on average by all other investors.

A single percentage point increase in ETF ownership has demonstrable effects on an individual stock, researchers said.