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Mark Wiedman, who oversees the world’s largest lineup of exchange-traded funds at BlackRock Inc., cut fees and forged a partnership with Fidelity Investments to attract more individuals to his iShares ETFs.

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Financial advisor use and recommendation of ETFs is continuing to grow, outpacing all other investment vehicles, a new survey from the Financial Planning Association shows.

ETF and mutual fund providers need to rethink their sales and marketing strategies in light of the rapid growth in the sales of these products by registered investment advisors.

Pacific Investment Management Co.’s Bill Gross, manager of the world’s biggest bond fund, said the pace of jobs gains last month remains in line with “new normal” growth that is below historic averages.

When some investors were fleeing Russian stocks as President Vladimir Putin moved to annex Crimea, Pacific Investment Management Co. turned bullish.

Registered investment advisors can present a major opportunity for asset managers to enhance their marketing and distribution strategies, but successfully penetrating this market also presents some challenges.

A central Florida county is building a toll road through swampland near Walt Disney World to speed the commutes of local workers, financing the project by selling low-rated debt to yield-hungry investors.

ETF Securities Ltd., an exchange- traded-products provider with about $19 billion of assets, proposed an alternative to the century-old London silver fixing benchmark process that’s set to end in August.

Smaller bond funds have an advantage over bigger ones in illiquid markets: They’re more nimble.

Sallie Krawcheck, the former executive at Bank of America Corp. and Citigroup Inc. who has worked to promote women as business leaders, is teaming up with a money manager for an index fund focused on women.

In a Q&A with Money Management Executive, Mark Spina, managing director at Voya Investment Management, discusses how wholesalers can more effectively capture market share.

Wholesalers will be successful when they help advisors understand how their products fit into their portfolios, says John Meunier, managing director at Cogent Reports.

What's top of mind for mutual fund and ETF managers today? Many firms would say that liquid alternatives and Big Data are very high on their agendas. NICSA explored these two priorities at its workshop "Megatrends in the Fund Industry" which was held in Los Angeles in May.

As pensions for retirees grow scarce, tax-free Roth IRAs increasingly provide cash flow to fill the gap.

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BlackRock Inc. has spent three years crafting a new type of actively-managed exchange-traded fund that’s stoked optimism in the U.S. for expansion of the $1.8 trillion industry.

As pensions for retirees grow scarce, tax-free Roth IRAs increasingly provide cash flow to fill the gap.