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Money managers choose comfort over returns, survey shows
Less than a third of those polled analyze transaction costs before a trade.
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Blackstone assets rose to $450B on fundraising growth
The private equity firm’s credit arm grew significantly with the addition of a new insurance platform and an energy investment management unit.
Top-performing 2020 target-date funds
These retirement funds may all look alike, but can be very different when it comes to returns, asset allocation and expenses.
Magazine
Growth reflected in manager pay
Compensation levels rose approximately 7% last year despite mounting industry challenges.
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Mutual Fund Service Guide 2017
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Third Avenue Management founder Martin J. Whitman dies at 93
Known for his “safe and cheap” investing mantra, he distinguished his style from that of Benjamin Graham and David Dodd, the fathers of value investing.
Women bond fund managers outperform as they fight for jobs
Although their products have won on returns, nearly all the new jobs have gone to men since 2015.
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Best strategies for marketing your ETFs
Kathryn Morrison
CEO
SunStar Strategic
Like selling a car, asset managers can list their products’ specifications, but that isn’t always enough.
BlackRock pays CEO $27.7M amid biggest inflows in firm history
Assets topped $6 trillion as investors continue to move money into passively managed funds.
BlackRock ETF flows decline even as assets rise to $6.3 trillion
A spike in volatility and changes in U.S. tax law are some of the reasons why the firm says clients have moved their money in the quarter.
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Voices
Best strategies for marketing your ETFs
Kathryn Morrison
CEO
SunStar Strategic
Like selling a car, asset managers can list their products’ specifications, but that isn’t always enough.
How internship programs can boost growth
Patrick Sweeny
Principal
Symmetry Partners
Making the right hire can ease workloads and free up time to spend catering to clients' needs.
Are managers ready for regulatory review?
Carl M. Rizzo
Director
Alaric Compliance Services
Funds that experienced poor performance and companies with little management experience are among those that may be under scrutiny.
Data & Research
Worst-performing funds since 2008 financial crisis
Commodities, which boomed before the crash, weighed heavily on returns the past 10 years.
Top-performing stock funds since 2008 financial crisis
Growth funds have performed best over the past decade, outpacing value funds.
Biggest funds, best returns over 5 years
The top 20 funds are from just three asset managers: Fidelity, Vanguard and American Funds.
8 factors driving explosive ETF growth
Above all others, millennials are likely to include the funds in their portfolios, Schwab says.
