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Some of the industry’s biggest players are taking a wait-and-see approach as active, non-transparent funds take their crucial first steps.

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

Major donor-advised fund providers said they’re using webinars, podcasts, social media and emails to nudge clients to give.

The average employer match was 4.3% of pay, according to a 2019 Vanguard report.

"It's now June and if you’ve been on a deserted island for the last five months you couldn’t have fathomed the movements we’ve seen," an expert says.

As liquidity disappeared amid the coronavirus-sparked mayhem, veteran fixed-income portfolio manager Gemma Wright-Casparius saw opportunities.

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

The combined fund, expected to finalize later this year, will retain the Windsor name and continue to focus on large- and mid-cap value stocks.

As the S&P 500 bottomed in late March, mom-and-pop darlings enjoyed weeks of inflows. Since then, the trend has shifted.

I am advising some clients to ladder maturities to lock in more dependable tax-free income streams — especially for those in states with high income taxes, like California.

Vanguard reclaimed its top spot in J.D. Power’s annual ranking of self-directed investor satisfaction. Charles Schwab retained its position as a leader among DIY investors.

“I do believe that clients sometimes get too caught up in expense ratios,” an expert says.

After becoming unmoored in recent weeks as bond market liquidity dried up, funds that stand to benefit from the central bank’s buying are now rallying.

Five of the top seven performers this year carry AA ratings.

An imagined conversation with the legendary Vanguard founder about the coronavirus market crash.

With more than $80 billion in combined assets under management, the winners have started out the year with a loss.

Roughly two-thirds of the $1.2 billion contributions to the firm in 2019 came from appreciated assets.

Whether it’s the products they’re developing or the projects they’re leading, the following asset management executives are among the most talented.

The biggest index fund companies follow the house view, which means at least 75% of their funds voted the same way, on environmental and social issues.

After years of internal deliberations, Vanguard has decided to open its very first private-equity fund.