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MFA hired a former George W. Bush administration staffer to bolster its lobbying presence ahead of what promises to be a turbulent political year.

It’s the second straight year that Cliff Asness’ quant firm is announcing layoffs.

The $6 billion fund saw almost 3 million shares hit the tape after DoubleLine’s CEO touted its potential for retirees in his annual markets webcast.

In what was a stellar year for corporates, governments nearly missed the list entirely.

It was the biggest annual leap for strategies focused on corporate or government debt since 2014, boosting assets to more than $800 billion, data show.

The Secure Act was designed to expand retirement savers’ options but it has subsequently all-but-eliminated the stretch IRA for beneficiaries. It's on advisors to make clients aware of the major change.

The bank created a new unit that houses its Marcus online lending business and credit-card venture with Apple.

The fund will track the performance of companies that issue shares directed to either the investing public or the company’s founders and executives.

Managers of the funds became increasingly involved with private debt last year; boosting their median allocation to 2.9% from 2.1%, data show.

ETFs tracking themes — such as robotics, blockchain and cannabis — closed the year just 1% higher than where it started.

With astute maneuvering, advisors can add money to a clients’ college-fund kitty without jeopardizing financial aid.

Although passive has steadily lured cash from active, this year assets in indexed equity funds topped those in active stock funds for the first time ever.

Some 225 funds traded for the first time over the past 12 months, down for a second-straight year.

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Investors are pulling money at an accelerated pace as high fees and mediocre returns send them searching for yield elsewhere.

Average management fees will be cut 8% on an asset-weighted basis.

This recently passed bill is groundbreaking retirement legislation and will substantially alter the landscape for employer-sponsored retirement plans and individual savers.

The 82-year-old company’s strategy has helped secure net inflows in all but one of the five years through 2018.

Already, the fund has agreed to transactions involving German wind energy project developer PNE and Altice Europe’s Portuguese fiber assets.

Competition with an ever-rising stock market, the difficulty of raising assets and the steady march of time are just a few factors leading managers to the exit.