Asset managers

After expanding into a $7 trillion industry, index funds are facing slower asset growth and declining fee revenue.

The deal to add ready-made packages of funds to the firm’s asset management arm is expected to close in the first half of the year.

Outperformance has been driven in part by a push among investors to cut their tax bills after new limits were set on state and local deductions.

The products have already attracted $1.3 billion in new assets this year, more than half what they took in during 2018.

The sector has seen an inflow surge in recent months as Treasury yields continue to fall.

It’s not just clients in high-tax states buying up muni bonds.

Alternative asset managers are under pressure to broaden their offerings as institutional investors seek to make big allocations to fewer firms.

Home to more than $249 billion, these funds have expense ratios more than 20 basis points higher than the industry average.

Salt Financial plans to spend as much as $50,000 to woo buyers into its new low-volatility stock fund.

With help from automated investing platform Motif, five new funds aimed at innovative fields have launched.

Although it undercuts 2,000 existing U.S. products, some analysts say the price still isn’t low enough.

The new product is expected to be the lowest-cost in the category.

“These products are really focusing on who’s driving advances in innovation,” the global head of its asset management arm says.

In today’s age of data and algorithms, the underpinnings of human-led investment philosophies are in question.

The renamed Janus Henderson Absolute Return Income Opportunities Fund reflects a “team entity, not a single manager,” new lead manager Nick Maroutsos says.

The average expense ratio among the poorest performers was 11 basis points lower than the category’s leaders.

Industry veterans and newcomers offer their takes on key issues facing asset management companies.

The development is part of an intensifying price war and focuses more attention on the specter of zero-fee funds.

Industry veterans and newcomers provide insight on the year’s leading challenges in regulations, technology and operations.

The move is a bid to gain more say over what advisors recommend to clients.