Finance

Passive ETFs are often among the first to feel the pain of investors fleeing risky emerging markets for safer assets.

The asset manager is targeting as much as $1.5 billion in volume annually, up from about $300 million per year about three years ago, the firm says.

Boyle held a variety of roles in his 15-year career with Steve Cohen, starting as director of research and head of equities at SAC Capital Advisors.

The Federal Reserve has voted unanimously to cut the interest rate 50 basis points to 1.10% effective March 4, in the first emergency rate cut since 2008.

Clients blasted the company on social media for not being able to make trades.

As proxy season nears, concerns grow around whether the manager is equipped to probe the companies in its funds to a more environmentally friendly line.

Broad-basket commodity sector funds, as well as those long on oil, natural gas and precious metals, accounted for more than half of the laggards.

Both firms have lower advisor headcounts, higher productivity and relocation plans — but Blucora's acquisitions have boosted its wealth management business.

Fee wars among asset managers are having small, but notable impacts across the industry and prompting renewed focus on core business.

The SPDR fund saw a one-day exodus of $372 million as the sector struggles amid bets that the Fed will cut rates to mitigate damages from the coronavirus.

Two years after the tax law eliminated write-offs for investment costs and advice, lawyers say they have found a loophole hidden in years-old IRS case law.

The $180 billion asset manager is moving ahead with plans for actively-managed ETFs that disclose their holdings like mutual funds.

The asset manager was stuck at $700 billion in AUM for 18 months. Faced with a grim reality, Franklin made the obvious move: It got bigger in a hurry.

The investing strategy “is close to saturation,” and the cost of keeping up with the competition may be to blame, a new study suggests.

The exit of David Knoch is the latest change at the growing and rapidly pivoting tax-focused IBD formerly known as HD Vest.

The nearly $4.5 billion deal is another case of consolidation in the industry, as firms grapple with falling fees and the rising challenge from managers of index-tracking funds.

Venture capitalist and In|Vest Conference Chair Sebastian Dovey says in a new episode of Financial Planning’s podcast that the industry is “No. 1 for playing ourselves down” and “saying that we’re bad” at technology.

The BlackRock fund recorded its largest one-day outflow in five years as the sector becomes a political lightening rod for Republicans and Democrats alike.

OneDigital’s acquisition of Resources Investment Advisors shows a convergence between two major spaces within financial services.

Although roughly 40% of the actively managed industry beat their indexes, the worst-performers eked out an average gain of just 1.07%.