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The Labor Department issued guidance Wednesday effectively allowing retirement plans to invest in buyout firms.

Wild market swings have given many active managers a rare respite after a decade-long battle against the rise of passive investing.

In the months since CEO Larry Fink’s push to focus the firm’s efforts on ESG, the investing landscape has changed more than anyone could have anticipated.

“The idea is economic fairness, economic justice, economic inclusion. Not just making donations,” says Ariel Investments co-CEO John Rogers.

One strategist — who last month warned about owning stocks — said that he now believes he was “far too cautious” during the current market rally.

A recent sale-tax hike in the country and the impact of the coronavirus have driven the yen to it's biggest two-day drop since 2017.

Morgan Stanley’s merger a quarter century ago with a brokerage that had branches in Sears was met with sneers. Now, the firm is taking another stab at luring mom-and-pop investors.

Many of the largest banks are wielding highly valued stock at a time that Silicon Valley innovators are looking to wrest away business. Mergers and acquisitions are one way for banks to both scale up and adapt.

The settlement marks the bank’s largest yet from a series of scandals that claimed two chief executive officers.

The expansion is likely to come at the end of 2020 or early next year, and will focus initially on higher-net-worth customers.