The funds have recorded $248 billion in net inflows in 2020, up about 5% from this time last year.

The “set it and forget it” balanced approach may not work as well anymore, an expert says.

A severe recession could be enough to completely wipe out the capital and surplus of four insurance firms as well as hobble a handful of others, the NAIC finds.

The central bank is now the third largest holder of the $54 billion iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD).

The bank says an announcement on how far the current 51-cent payout would drop is expected in mid-July.

Many observers expect the Fed to move to yield curve control in September. But not everyone is sure this move will be needed.

Owl Rock plans to give up to $250,000 in interest-free loans to those impacted by the coronavirus and other economic and social crises, its co-founder says.

How the Fed proceeds is key for investors who have plowed into steepening bets, a move that peaked with last week’s surge in 10- and 30-year yields.

The central bank’s own data show that slightly more than half of U.S. households own stocks. But that doesn’t come close to telling the whole story.

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.

State Street’s stockpile takes up one corner of a vault in a system that stores bullion on behalf of central banks, sovereign wealth funds and others.

Total assets held by the central bank rose to a record $7.04 trillion in the week through May 20.

Corporate-debt funds have led the intake since the central bank first announced its Secondary Market Corporate Credit Facility in March.

Shares of the bank have touched a 10-year low.

The central bank plans to make both outright purchases of corporate bonds as well as funds potentially invested in sub-investment grade debt.

For better or worse, investors have mostly turned around the fortunes of risky assets entirely on their own.

Crush of inflows to money-market funds has come even as the funds’ own yields approach zero.

Citadel Securities is humming at record pace as the coronavirus upends finance, moving dozens of employees and their families to a work-from-resort bubble.

The central bank said it “will generally not purchase shares of an ETF that are trading at a premium” of 1% above its net asset value.

Funds advised by Katie Koch, whose firm has about $1.8 trillion under supervision, are beating their benchmarks at an 80% rate in 2020.