Asset managers

The products have benefited from the past decade of “economic expansion and bull market for risk assets,” one expert says.

The fund aims to undercut its cheapest competitor by 1 basis point.

Taking on ESG presents fresh challenges for a $3.1 trillion industry that has grappled with sub-par returns.

The last time SPY saw inflows of this magnitude U.S. stocks were on the cusp of a bear market in late 2018.

The regulator is on high alert as more than 10% of new launches last year targeted a theme.

Procure Holdings’ intergalactic foray is part of a broader industrywide push into so-called thematic funds.

Fund companies could launch a new type of product that does not have to reveal its assets.

The firm unveiled a discount in a footnote on page 94 of a revised regulatory filing.

VanEck, Hartford Funds and DoubleLine are among the firms with executives being honored.

The average expense ratio among the top-performers is 40 basis points higher than the average.

The bank has been paring smaller business lines since scandals began erupting from its branch network in 2016.

Hedge funds are under pressure to justify their fees as bond indexes extend gains.

The bank has considered buying DWS to combine it with its own unit and spin the two off as a separate entity, sources said.

Issuers are creating multi-factor funds that offer exposure to several return-enhancing characteristics.

The firm plans a 0.2% to 0.5% allocation to the products in its global and international fixed-income index portfolios.

Asset managers have felt the pressure as volatility roils global markets and investors continue to demand low-fee funds that require far fewer workers.

“Just like equities, last year was a volatile year and the fourth quarter of 2018 did a number on the returns of risk assets,” an expert says.

In the last five years, the universe of sustainable funds has increased almost 70% to $760 billion in European and U.S. mutual funds and ETFs.

The purchase will add to one of the asset manager’s key businesses, Aladdin.

Despite the weakest one-year performance, these funds had double-digit annualized returns the past three years.