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Despite its risks, the fund has become popular with day traders, who pushed its volume to new highs this month, according to a report.

A rising appetite for achieving specific investment objectives, such as sustainable investing, is the main driver behind the projected rise in their popularity.

As the Fed cuts borrowing rates and supports the investment-grade corporate bond market, some investors are looking for higher returns, an expert says.

“Everyone is looking ahead to the elections and what tax policy could look like in various administrations," says Ben Huneke, head of investment solutions in the firm's wealth management division.

Industry veterans have warned that packaging the loans into funds that are easily accessible could pose a risk to retail investors unfamiliar with collateralized loan obligations.

Despite some impressive short-term gains, more than half underperformed their peers over the decade.

Investors are placing their bets on value funds after the category posted its worst quarter this century in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

The decisions entrench a prolonged decline for prime funds, and could hurt a market that thousands of companies rely on for funding.

Funds that buy debt backing sustainability matters grew 12% from the end of 2019 globally, reaching a record $209.5 billion of assets, data show.

After an SEC lawsuit, Dan Kamensky now faces criminal charges including securities fraud, extortion and obstruction of justice.

JPST, which tracks investment-grade securities maturing in a year or less, has attracted over $3.7 billion in flows this year.

Hundreds of strategies that outperformed in backtesting are failing to live up to their hype once they are packaged up and sold as ETFs, a study finds.

Funds focused on the sector lost more than $2.4 billion in August, the most since 2016.

Ray Dalio’s $138 billion asset manager has tweaked its version of the strategy as yields hit historic lows, a person familiar with the matter says.

Some of the biggest laggards have managed short-term gains of more than 40%.

Fidelity's letter to the Labor Department says the proposal isn't “well grounded or supported by much of the emerging data.”

Investors are trying to eliminate the cash drag in their portfolios, says Dan Suzuki, deputy CIO at Richard Bernstein.

Among some 500 large-cap U.S. mutual funds, those with at least one-third of manager positions held by women have beaten those with none, data show.

More than 600,000 ounces of the precious metal have been added to ETFs since mid-May.