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.