Asset managers

The average expense ratio among the leading 20 is nearly 40 basis points cheaper than what investors paid on average last year.

Outstanding options riding the world’s most heavily traded government debt product are near the highest level this year.

The math wizards of the investment world are hoping to disrupt the established giants of the trillion-dollar credit market.

New products give institutional investors a fresh way to exploit the rise of machines.

An unprecedented 58 funds were closed in the six months through June, marking the industry’s worst-ever start to a year.

Ukraine, Nigeria and Kazakhstan offer opportunities because local developments dominate the direction of their markets, the M&G fund manager said.

Investors plowed into bullion-backed funds after the U.S. and China reached a truce in their trade war.

Eight of the top 10 have less than $100 million in assets.

Markets have been whipsawed by mounting concern over softer economic data and President Trump’s trade wars with major partners.

Bullion gains have intensified amid signs that the Fed and other central banks are turning more dovish on monetary policy.

Though the fees are controversial, there may not be an easy way for the industry to abandon them.

Under new leadership, the firm’s iShares unit intends to create funds that it says go beyond traditional sectors and geographic focuses.

The losers “offer exposure to extremely narrow and volatile segments of the market,” an expert says.

The firm expects shareholders will save an estimated $3.2 million, annually.

ETF Managers Group, best known for the ETFMG Alternative Harvest ETF, signed on as the official sponsor of the UFC fighter nicknamed the Boa Constrictor.

With the reductions, nearly all of the firm’s index funds will have total net expenses lower than comparable Vanguard products.

The ETFs that bested the strategy “offer exposure to extremely narrow and volatile segments of the market,” an expert says.

Bullion is “once again trying to reclaim its role as a safe haven” amid trade war concerns and the Fed’s halt on rates, a strategist said.

Even experienced managers are closing shop amid mounting costs, a tough capital raising environment and investors’ reluctance to pay high fees.

The model, which runs on IBM’s Watson platform, has suffered from overweight positions in technology and energy, the month’s worst-performing sectors.