Active management

The 20 funds in this ranking carried an average expense ratio of more than twice the broader industry.

The fund has returned about 42% since its April 7 launch compared to an 8.9% gain for its benchmark over the same period.

The top 20 carried an average expense ratio of more than three times the broader industry.

The new fund, expected to begin trading next quarter, will carry an expense ratio of less than half the new actively managed offering.

The firm is the latest in a line of big money managers making a late entry into the $5.6 trillion ETF market.

With an average gain of more than 108%, the lineup includes actively managed leaders with fees well above 100 basis points.

While broadening stock-market gains may one day provide more fertile ground for picking equities, right now fundamental managers are struggling.

The $527 billion manager released two actively-managed products, one focused on U.S. equities and the other on international stocks.

The average expense ratio for this group was more than 100 basis points.

The firm expects to receive bids this month, according to a person familiar with the matter.

“These are tracking the industries that are supporting the economy and will continue in the post-pandemic world,” an expert says.

Among the decade’s worst performers — those with more than $1 billion in assets under management — were a handful of products with stellar short-term returns.

In the first half of the year, fewer than a third of U.S. domestic equity fund managers delivered annualized returns that outpaced the S&P Composite 1500.

“Investors are going into lower, more passive mutual funds because they don't want to pay the fees,” an expert says.

“A typical Gen Z-er may not be as interested in owning a mutual fund," says Contrafund's Will Danoff.

A rising appetite for achieving specific investment objectives, such as sustainable investing, is the main driver behind the projected rise in their popularity.

JPST, which tracks investment-grade securities maturing in a year or less, has attracted over $3.7 billion in flows this year.

Some of the biggest laggards have managed short-term gains of more than 40%.

Among some 500 large-cap U.S. mutual funds, those with at least one-third of manager positions held by women have beaten those with none, data show.

“The reality is they were always supported by a large team,” according to CEO Jenny Johnson.