Asset managers

More fund managers are entering the exchange-traded sector. Investors are following.

The firm has been locked in a contest with runner-up Vanguard for flows, with the latter winning last year for the first time since 2013.

The asset manager said it's particularly interested in how firms are behaving in the communities in which they operate, be it locally or via their supply chains.

Over the past year, the lineup of stock and bond funds notched an average gain of more than 25%.

While the quant firm will miss becoming the first to flip mutual funds to ETFs, its nearly $26 billion conversion will by far be the biggest.

This group carried fees nearly three times the industry average.

The move by Guinness Atkinson is likely to be just a start — quant giant DFA is already next in line to make a similar change to its product line.

Spooked by rising bond yields, traders punished the pricier parts of the equity market last week, including many of the fund's top holdings.

These long-term leaders also generated gains of more than 76% over the past year.

Trading patterns suggest organic flows from investors keen to access the firm’s strategies at a relatively low price