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The firm seeks to diversify investment risk for clients by combining six internally managed liquid alternative strategies. Plus; other launches.

Quality is a nebulous assessment and can change over the years — remember Sears? — but appears to portend outperformance using most companies’ measures.

The bank’s asset management unit has approached ETF Securities and Global X in an effort to expand its lineup.

The moves may push some shareholders to rebalance their positions, likely at a cost.

The recent plunge raised suspicions that quants had caused or exacerbated the sell-off.

Thanks to differentiated bets on stocks, equity mutual funds beat benchmarks across the board.

The resurgent threat of inflation and higher bond yields helped trigger a burst of volatility.

The last time the industry’s largest ETF experienced redemptions close to this pace was before the financial crisis.

Credit Suisse said it will liquidate an ETP, effectively wiping out a fund whose market value topped $2 billion just three weeks ago.

The major indexes are now down for the year.