Finance

The math wizards of the investment world are hoping to disrupt the established giants of the trillion-dollar credit market.

New products give institutional investors a fresh way to exploit the rise of machines.

The firm is snapping up five- and 10-year notes as it predicts slowing inflation and trade tensions will push the Fed to lower its benchmark 75 basis points.

An unprecedented 58 funds were closed in the six months through June, marking the industry’s worst-ever start to a year.

Ukraine, Nigeria and Kazakhstan offer opportunities because local developments dominate the direction of their markets, the M&G fund manager said.

Many relatively straightforward products have boosted their holdings of lower-rated bonds and emerging markets to juice returns.

Investors plowed into bullion-backed funds after the U.S. and China reached a truce in their trade war.

There is growing disquiet among those who run and invest in the products about potential problems that might be caused by rate cuts from the Fed.

Eight of the top 10 have less than $100 million in assets.

Markets have been whipsawed by mounting concern over softer economic data and President Trump’s trade wars with major partners.