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The asset manager will serve “as a third-party vendor to operationalize these purchases and transact with the primary dealers,” the New York Fed said.

The iShares fund saw the second-biggest inflow in its 18-year history after the central bank said it would begin buying corporate bonds and credit ETFs.

After becoming unmoored in recent weeks as bond market liquidity dried up, funds that stand to benefit from the central bank’s buying are now rallying.

In need-for-speed markets lashed by the spreading coronavirus, this breed of rules-based trading is paying off.

The funds are trading at staggering discounts to their net asset values in what some have dubbed an “illiquidity doom loop.”

The fund paid out about $150 billion in redemptions Thursday, all in cash.

The platform aims to "assist … in meeting demands for redemptions” as alarm over the coronavirus continues to cause strains in short-term funding markets.

The firm had received margin calls from counterparties including BNP Paribas after its trades went awry, people familiar with the matter said.

The VanEck fund’s sell-off was so violent that it triggered the SEC’s alternative uptick rule.

Lenders have been ringing up investment firms and hedge funds to garner interest in financing to companies in industries upended by the coronavirus.

The bank says it has decided to “effectively eliminate the net leverage” of its MLP Income Opportunities Fund and MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund.

Fund managers may be better equipped to weather the market storm than their passive peers because of their ability to quickly cut risk.

The ETF’s debut marks the first big entrant into the zero-cost space with the potential to shake up products from BlackRock, State Street and Vanguard.

Roughly two-thirds of the $1.2 billion contributions to the firm in 2019 came from appreciated assets.

"Asset managers need to be faster and smarter to make the right bets in a fast-changing external environment.”

Managers who are can differentiate with solid ESG credentials stand to prosper, especially as a younger generation begins saving for investment.

Whether it’s the products they’re developing or the projects they’re leading, the following asset management executives are among the most talented.

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.

While the sustainable industry accounts for less than 1% of the $20.7 trillion held in U.S. mutual funds and ETFs, the space is growing fast.

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.