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The closure could signal that remaining retail players are short on patience for neutered products.

The asset manager's flows are down 42% year-over-year. The industry: 50%.

Treasury yields have fallen in response to tariffs imposed by the Trump administration, making defensive sector holdings more attractive.

Single-day drops are 20% bigger on average than gains, the widest gap in seven decades.

The funds, which account for roughly 1% of the $3.5 trillion of assets in ETPs, “pose real risks to American families.”

The framework targets so-called plain vanilla funds, yet leaves in place a more laborious path for firms wishing to list complex products.

Volatility has returned in 2018, while easy stock gains have vanished.

In light of recent losses, risk models will tell managers to cut their exposure to the factor, which could cause a systematic sell-off.

Investors yanked $7.7 billion from emerging-market equity and investment-grade credit funds due to trade tensions and tightening monetary policies.

Even profitable bond managers will have to up their game to remain relevant because in many cases investors have better options.

While passive funds track an index, active managers can still beat the averages and earn the much-discussed small-cap premium.

A fund weighted against brick-and-mortar businesses dropped 13% while the industry’s largest retail product tripled the return of the broader benchmark.

Some may be afraid to deploy cash into stocks now because they think the market will tank sooner rather than later.

The Treasury is expected to sell a combined $99 billion of fixed-rate notes this week, in some of its largest offerings since 2010.

The average annualized return of the top 20 funds has been nearly 15%.

Investors slammed the sell button on passive products in February amid the return of volatility that saw a record jump in Wall Street’s fear gauge.

One topic under alleged examination is the monthly process through which prices of the benchmark’s futures contracts are calculated.

“Securities that offer souped-up returns are just too dangerous,” says Executive Vice President Jim Ross.

Investment firms are pushing into the country as financial reforms open access to an industry that’s expected to grow more than five-fold by 2030.

At some point, stock price gyrations became synonymous with bad performance. Actually, it’s "only a reflection of volatile movements in the market.”