Finance

Asset managers have been on edge as U.S. equity ETFs reported withdrawals of nearly $18 billion in the three weeks ending Friday.

Although the mistake was short-lived and the dollar value small, the mishap raises new questions about how managers monitor indexes.

Investment banks are increasingly studying the relative positioning of funds that compete with each other to beat benchmarks.

Angst over the Fed’s decision to lower borrowing costs has seeped into the $3.8 trillion market for municipal bonds.

The sector may be edging into dangerous territory, analysts say.

If approved, the fund would be the first in the U.S. to follow a quantitative approach that allocates across asset classes based on risk.

The underperformance is a rarity for the fund, which has beaten the benchmark for nine of the past 10 years.

Nearly all bested the broader market at roughly a third the price of the average fixed income product.

The industry’s most active aggregator makes its sixth purchase of the year.

Soaring demand for loans has spurred DeVoe & Co. to launch a referral service.