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Clients may be compelled to sell their shares as nearly 90% of the products have experienced losses this year.

As equities in the sector extend a $3.8 trillion rout, the strategy has resulted in annualized returns of as much as 190%.

The firm’s new iShares fund comes amid massive outflows from the sector in recent periods.

These emotional topics tend to be bad for investment returns, Barry Ritholtz says.

The firm plans to expand access to its line of low-cost funds to roughly 1,800, including those from BlackRock, Schwab and SSgA.

If approved, the funds will exclude investments in alcohol, tobacco, weapons, fossil fuels and nuclear power.

The only other fund of its kind has $269 million in assets, a figure that’s ballooned roughly 1,700% this year.

The fund provides access to China-based companies committed to implementing the digital ledger technology. Plus; other launches.

Issuers want the regulator to go further and make it easier for managers to choose the securities they add or subtract when they issue and redeem shares.

The planned closures come just months after the firm introduced a lineup of artificial intelligence-driven products.

The firms are seeking to tap into the growing demand for ethical investing.

Winning over brokers could give the firm a huge platform from which to sell mutual funds and ETFs and expand its vast influence in finance.

Industry leaders discuss advancements in technology, the increasing focus on ESG and developments in ETFs.

BlackRock, the world’s largest provider of ETFs, sees fixed income as a growth driver for indexed products.

The firm has been working for two years to integrate BlackRock’s risk-management system into its platforms.

Venu Krishnamurthy will join the asset management giant as it intensifies efforts to recalibrate its organization and product offerings for a digital era.

Managing risk factors while selecting the components of various maturities and ratings for these products can be a daunting task.

The cheapest 20% of funds received $949 billion of new money last year, while the rest of the industry reported outflows of $251 billion.