BlackRock

In price wars wars, the firm bolts ahead in the race to zero by nearly tripling its roster of commission-free funds.

The manager’s third quarter revenue topped analysts’ expectations thanks to its iShares business.

If price were the only reason for success, competitors would have simply slashed their fees.

The asset management giant is staking a big claim on the advisor desktop, according to one analyst.

Managers are asking the SEC to relax constraints it imposed on the funds as they become the fastest growing products for investing in equities.

The world’s largest asset manager is investing in technology in part to diversify revenue as investor money flows into passive.

Most of the firm’s reticence has come down to a marketing debate.

While the SEC does its due diligence into the new European rules, some of the world’s largest money managers have started to make independent decisions.

The holdings in each of the three new offerings are rated A to BBB.

The U.S. Private Equity Access Fund Platform includes 33 offerings and more than 7,000 domestic and international investors.