Finance

The cost savings of peer-to-peer trading could prove appealing in a world where profits are being squeezed by a race to the bottom on fees.

At more than twice the price of the average fund, many with the even biggest gains still underperformed the broader market over the last decade.

Financial market data — unlike photos or road traffic information or chess games — is finite, and the algorithms can learn only from past performance.

Take snafus from other financial institutions as fire drills to stress test your third-party providers.

A patented structure allows ETFs to report once a quarter in an effort to protect their intellectual property.

Several major deals have accelerated buying momentum.

The regulator says it eliminated the need for providers to seek a special order from the agency before funds can be sold to investors.

Deviation from the broader market has left more than half of these products with losses during a time the Dow and S&P 500 each posted double-digit gains.

Their answers to these queries reveal unconscious beliefs that undermine their planning — and yours.

The five-month-old fund from Tabula Investment Management just became one of the largest of its kind after taking in $68 million last week.

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.