Active management

Contrary to industry chatter, the new standards will likely benefit advisors working with actively managed funds, Michael Kitces writes.

The change is attributed in part to the cost of managing dividends.

USAA Capital held over $513 million in market value of the Wall Street giant’s large-cap, emerging market and international ActiveBeta funds.

A cornerstone of what drives American capitalism, the number of IPOs has plunged even as the stock market, and tech stocks in particular, have been hitting new highs.

The real concern is not just that actively managed funds could disappear but that the entire market could be left for dead.

Directors suggested firm head John Rogers make reductions at his $11.8 billion mutual fund that either meet or undercut the industry average.

Opened in the Roaring Twenties, the Massachusetts Investors Trust has weathered 16 recessions, roughly 20 bear markets and worse.

New bond ETFs from the firm use alternative weightings to chase "superior risk adjusted and total returns” compared with market-cap weighted products.

Aug. 7: The firm aims to mix innovation with old fashioned salesmanship, and is even considering a robo, according to the president of its broker-dealer.

Investors in his $1.4 billion closed-end offering saw huge gains as a result of stellar performance from his $88.9 billion Income Fund.