Finance

Though the fees are controversial, there may not be an easy way for the industry to abandon them.

The No. 1 IBD has stopped offering the higher-yield funds in its automated bank deposit programs, but it notes they’re easily accessible in investment accounts.

Under new leadership, the firm’s iShares unit intends to create funds that it says go beyond traditional sectors and geographic focuses.

More than 25% of the products were sold with shorter or static maturities in the first quarter, compared with only 10% for the same period last year.

The losers “offer exposure to extremely narrow and volatile segments of the market,” an expert says.

Fee pressure and improvements in data and analytics are among the leading issues the industry faces today, executives say.

A Financial Action Task Force note on digital asset oversight is “one of the biggest threats to crypto today,” a research executive said.

Players on both sides of the fence are being forced to rethink past practices.

Following two recent mega-mergers in the bullion space, the fight to secure dominance is intensifying.

The firm expects shareholders will save an estimated $3.2 million, annually.

The firm plans to focus on raising money for products that lock up capital for several years, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

ETF Managers Group, best known for the ETFMG Alternative Harvest ETF, signed on as the official sponsor of the UFC fighter nicknamed the Boa Constrictor.

With the reductions, nearly all of the firm’s index funds will have total net expenses lower than comparable Vanguard products.

The ETFs that bested the strategy “offer exposure to extremely narrow and volatile segments of the market,” an expert says.

Fear of a liquidity plunge outweighed political risks in a recent JPMorgan survey.

Bullion is “once again trying to reclaim its role as a safe haven” amid trade war concerns and the Fed’s halt on rates, a strategist said.

Even experienced managers are closing shop amid mounting costs, a tough capital raising environment and investors’ reluctance to pay high fees.

The model, which runs on IBM’s Watson platform, has suffered from overweight positions in technology and energy, the month’s worst-performing sectors.

Households struggling with even modest debt levels may be less resilient than in years past, research shows.

The hedge fund he founded, Appaloosa Management, has returned 25% a year since inception in 1993.