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SEC Commissioner Robert Jackson Jr. said his office studied 15 years of data to assess how the firms utilized their power on hundreds of proposals.

“The market is actually using proxies for understanding ESG data,” says BlackRock’s global head of sustainable investing.

Banks are hoping strategies like technology-enabled portfolio trading will help them grab a bigger slice of the shrinking fixed-income pie.

Equity funds tracking the sector are the second-most popular asset class after U.S. government bonds this year, BNP Paribas says.

Financed by their personal savings, the team behind the machine-learning fund have harnessed their engineering acumen to invest in developed markets.

The metal’s price has dipped from its high in September amid a raft of good news that has boosted investors’ risk appetite.

Asset managers who flocked to safety in utilities and dividend stocks at the end of 2018 have seen their pain compounded by the latest risk-on rally.

Data reported by the Investment Company Institute.

The SEC's recently passed ETF modernization rule is just one regulatory change industry leaders expect will impact asset management in the years ahead.

An extension from the agency comes amid warnings from brokerages that breaking out stock and bond analysis would threaten their own research businesses.

As the sector grows to over $30 trillion in Europe, North America, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, one popular approach consists of excluding offenders.

The large number of closures in equities and “other” categories could not be offset by new additions, Index Industry Association research shows.

It's no exaggeration to say rock-bottom fees are an existential threat to many asset managers. However, technology could still save the day.

Appetite for cyclical plays like financials has picked up as trade negotiations between the U.S. and China show signs of progress.

The move comes amid years of mediocre returns posted by hedge funds, prompting investors to pull money and demand lower fees.

Many lenders have started to scale back as the fund industry copes with reduced demand for research following MiFID II.

Given that almost one-third of leveraged loans are just a downgrade away from triple-C, even a modest slowdown could create a snowball effect of sorts.

The downside for their clients, however, is it may obscure just how much credit risk they’re exposing themselves to.

The NHL team owner and famed asset manager’s challenges illustrates how the appetite for hedge funds has changed since he first got into the business.

The $10.1 billion fund’s star manager, well known for his contrarian investments, held on to a short position against U.S. Treasurys even as bonds rallied.