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The proposal from CBOE Global Markets, if passed, would have been the industry’s first-of-its-kind.

The appointment comes after an earlier announcement of broad leadership changes at the firm.

Institutional withdrawals amounted to nearly $35 billion in the fourth quarter.

High-yield and leveraged loan funds “rebounded incredibly strongly (too strongly, possibly),” a strategist writes.

Mark Wiedman’s takeover as head of international and corporate strategy could be a sign of larger changes ahead, a memo suggests.

The top 20 are now home to nearly $1.2 trillion in combined assets.

A recent herding to the sector may be more of a gut reaction rather than a careful evaluation.

The $7.5 billion fund’s comeback comes as the spread between 3- and 5-year yields slid below zero for the first time since 2007.

Fed Chairman Jerome Powell's dovish comments revived global demand for riskier assets.

Despite the array of potential options, a handful of names gets the most attention. Do your clients know the major differences in methodology and sector concentration?

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.