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Asset managers and traders who stand to gain bought credit default swaps in the 178-year-old company.

The strategies will invest in corporate bonds and large companies that issue high dividends, or have a growth or value tilt, documents show.

At 84 basis points, the average expense ratio is over 40 basis points pricier than what investors paid on average last year.

A New York PE firm makes a “significant” investment in the $16.5 billion consolidator.

The annual “evolution revolution” report and an analyst’s overview show how fiduciary advice is reshaping wealth management.

Can more education boost the popularity of these funds?

Some accuse index funds of promoting monopolies and distorting markets, among other horrors, but nothing has stemmed the wave of inflows to passive.

A plethora of options have opened up for advisory firms, but many are unfamiliar with borrowing protocols.

Cloning funds and shifting client cash may be Wall Street’s best hope for challenging the dominance of firms like State Street, BlackRock and Vanguard.

Narrowly focused investment strategies are a recipe for “feast or famine,” an analyst says.

“Impacted positions span all staffing grades, as well as organizations and locations across the company," the company says.

Trading venues have clubbed together to attack the latest European effort to curb what they charge clients for data.

Interest in acquiring advisory firms appears to be at an all-time high.

“What we’re trying to build here is something that stands the test of time,” says Todd Boehly.

Asset manager Millburn Ridgefield is banking on artificial intelligence as it moves further away from its 1970s-era tradition in trend following.

When pitted against the broader market, the top 20 outperformed both the Dow and S&P 500 by more than 5 percentage points.

Claims by one firm executive that systematic investing “lends itself to providing liquidity” remain largely untested in a post-crisis bull.

The firm’s director of technology and client engagement discusses chatbots, predictive analytic tools and what else is up next for advisors.

The fund’s losses stem from bearish wagers on global interest rates, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The only remaining founder of GSO Capital has left to build a family office and find new opportunities to spend the wealth he’s amassed over 35 years.