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Despite the exodus, all of the mutual funds and ETFs on the list posted net gains for the year.

The four new types of funds use a so-called proxy basket and will publish some information about their portfolios every day.

The fund will track an index that divides the industry into five categories: pharmaceuticals, testing and analytics, cultivators, hemp and ancillary business.

The $1.8 billion deal is expected to close in mid-2020.

Jeff Smith's dismissal was first announced in a memo by CEO Larry Fink and President Rob Kapito, who only said the executive had violated corporate policy.

"It's going to become increasingly more important for financial professionals to understand the potential benefits of sustainable investing," an exec says.

At a meeting last year, the firm’s CEO discussed how behavior would be held to a higher standard than rank-and-file employees, people familiar with the matter said.

“It’s going to become increasingly more important for financial professionals to understand the potential benefits of sustainable investing,” an executive says.

Brokerage firms that sell the funds must determine whether clients understand their risks — a requirement that could discourage offering them at all.

As the hedge fund manager nears a deal with the MLB team, he says his role as head of Point72 Asset Management will not change.