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Fund industry Darwinism should be seen as healthy and natural in a thriving — albeit brutal — market, an expert says.

The current impact of fund rebalancing on front-month VIX futures is about 20% of daily volume on the index’s contracts.

Do planners offer enough value to keep tech companies and automated advice at bay?

I helped others plan ahead but it took a personal tragedy to put my own succession plan in place.

Challenges abound even without the issues posed by inconsistent global definitions.

Despite recent tax law changes, recharacterizations are still possible and can prove a valuable strategy to correct such missteps.

Macro products that trade everything from euros to oil have struggled amid soaring stock valuations and ultra-low interest rates.

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Double-digit gains produced by the mutual funds and ETFs with the most AUM were not enough to best the broader market.

The big shift in future planning: Tech that predicts behavior, says Charles Schwab’s Bernie Clark.

Risky assets outside the U.S. are seeing fresh flows as a potential trade deal with China buoys expectations for global growth.

The IBD’s head of practice management says more planners should explore becoming ensembles, and she also divulged the firm’s “secret sauce.”

As this firm founder took stock, he realized his needs had changed over time.

Technology can speed up the planning process, but advisors still need to smartly allocate human resources.

SEC Commissioner Robert Jackson Jr. said his office studied 15 years of data to assess how the firms utilized their power on hundreds of proposals.

“The market is actually using proxies for understanding ESG data,” says BlackRock’s global head of sustainable investing.

Banks are hoping strategies like technology-enabled portfolio trading will help them grab a bigger slice of the shrinking fixed-income pie.