Asset managers

Managing risk factors while selecting the components of various maturities and ratings for these products can be a daunting task.

The cheapest 20% of funds received $949 billion of new money last year, while the rest of the industry reported outflows of $251 billion.

As head of the Fiduciary Trust’s New York division, Paulina Mejia in charge of growing the firm’s private wealth business in the region.

The fund is expected to debut in the third quarter and will use an ETF of ETFs structure.

Since becoming Franklin Resource's first woman president, Jenny Johnson oversees a majority of the firm’s investment management services.

The new strategy will focus on long-term ownership of income-producing companies, not unlike Warren Buffett’s buy-and-hold style.

“If you’re not given an avenue to prove yourself, then effort and skill set will only go so far,” Shannon Saccocia says.

One thing that excites Dana D’Auria about the industry right now is factor investing, which helped draw her to Symmetry Partners 12 years ago.

Banks such as UBS aim to offer money managers refuge from jittery markets by combining bonds with more exotic options.

As a senior research analyst at Robo Global, Lisa Chai helps manage a portfolio of index funds with a focus on robotics, automation and AI-related companies.

An inside look at which firms are attracting assets and advisors.

Many of those selected have focused their careers on helping women thrive in an industry where nearly 90% of the managers are men.

Aside from being some of the strongest overall industry performers, many have helped their peers thrive in a business in which they are a clear minority.

The firm’s investment in Beacon Platform will be used to deliver quantitative research tools to its 240 portfolio managers globally.

The investment gives the world’s largest asset manager a focus on small-time investors.

Most say they’d still consider investing even if they discovered issues with sexual harassment.

The active manager plans to launch his new firm in June with former Franklin Templeton colleagues.

“Securities that offer souped-up returns are just too dangerous,” says Executive Vice President Jim Ross.

A new tool from the firm allows clients to analyze 2,400 equity-mutual funds and ETFs through the lens of factors.

Discontent has been building in the mega-cap tech sector as Facebook faces growing scrutiny after the company's recent user-data controversy.