Active management

“It’s hard to outrun secular risk,” says T. Rowe Price CIO David Giroux.

High-fee managed futures, energy limited partnerships and multi-alternatives products topped this list.

Factors including low interest rates may have contributed to success.

The deal is the latest consolidation in the industry, which is experiencing pressure on revenues as investors flock to low-fee, passive index and ETFs.

For younger investors, the current experience of "finding and investing in a mutual fund feels very broken," says co-founder of the investing app startup.

The net outflows are staggering, but recent studies show the relationship is far more nuanced.

The S&P index of 18 asset management firms and custody banks is down nearly 11% this year, compared with a gain of more than 8% for the broad S&P 500.

The active versus passive debate rages on — but one fund type wins when it comes to tax-loss harvesting.

Just 36% of actively managed stock funds topped indexes in the year through June, down from 43% in 2017, according to Morningstar.

These expense ratios were closer to the average fund fee in 1996.

There are five niches that will be its future.

Many sectors have rallied the past decade, but tech and health care outperformed.

The shift in strategy comes as central banks move away from policies that have buttressed markets since the financial crisis.

A large portion of the company’s 100 million-plus Prime subscribers fit the same profile as mutual fund buyers, Sanford C. Bernstein analysts say.

Rebranding efforts from Allianz’s $595 billion asset management arm are aimed at reassuring investors that stock pickers are worth the extra fees.

The asset manager's flows are down 42% year-over-year. The industry: 50%.

The only other fund of its kind has $269 million in assets, a figure that’s ballooned roughly 1,700% this year.

An ETF expert suggests active management is the key to success in the current environment.

The bank has deviated from its guiding philosophy after making tactical sales of stocks perceived as being on the front lines of the tariff bombast.

The bank has replaced dozens of high-cost offerings with more passive and enhanced actively managed products.