iShares

The new factor-based products will extend the manager’s focus on data-driven investing.

ESG ETFs currently hold a combined $6 billion in assets. The firm expects that will grow to $500 billion in the next decade.

Those with outflows cost clients more than twice as much.

Outflows were offset by the firm’s iShares ETF business, which saw net inflows of $33.7 billion in the period.

One of the firm’s corporate bond funds is down 4.3% this year, while another has lost 5.4%.

The iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF took in close to $2 billion in September, putting it on track for its second most monthly inflows ever.

The expense ratios for these funds were closer to that of the average actively managed equity mutual fund.

Fees were nearly half the price of the top-performing active funds.

Forget bond ladders. Laddering defined-maturity exchange traded funds may be a safer fixed-income strategy for clients.

There was some aggressive call options buying as sentiment pushed the country’s equities lower.