Active management

Portfolios will be selected based on machine learning and natural-language processing.

Rapidly shifting economic conditions, a new tax law and fee pressure are among the challenges in the year ahead.

The firm is leveling the playing field on fees for a fair fight between stock pickers and smart beta bots.

The research found that claimants were not told they could take widow or widower's benefits while delaying their own retirement benefits, which would allow those checks to increase.

The firm reported $33.9 billion in redemptions from active funds over the last year.

The products seek risk and return objectives through factor exposures such as minimum volatility, value, momentum, liquidity and quality.

Mark Mobius will step down after more than three decades with the firm.

Thanks to differentiated bets on stocks, equity mutual funds beat benchmarks across the board.

The strategy draws investor interest again, mostly on the strength of fixed income.

The increase comes after a 2% to 4% cut in 2016 when the firm reported its first revenue decline since 2009.