Asset managers

A recent herding to the sector may be more of a gut reaction rather than a careful evaluation.

One uses a factor lens for a twist on the AGG and the other focuses exclusively on investment-grade credit.

The loss erases eight years of earnings since the asset manager went public.

U.S. investors normally do a very superficial analysis when considering exposure to the country, an executive said.

The funds carry a fee eight times larger than the 0.08% charged by the least expensive energy ETF run by Fidelity.

The $7.5 billion fund’s comeback comes as the spread between 3- and 5-year yields slid below zero for the first time since 2007.

Fees are down, making analysts targets for cuts.

Fed Chairman Jerome Powell's dovish comments revived global demand for riskier assets.

The partnership gives the world's largest asset manager access to a “growing but fragmented” set of RIAs, says an executive.

About 30% of fund manager appointments in the firm’s equity unit have gone to women in 2018, the most in five years.

A bear market in marijuana isn’t the only challenge for new funds tracking the cannabis industry.

The firm has parted ways with its CEO Alex Friedman and launched a restructuring plan.

New actively managed municipal bond ETFs from the firm have attracted $50 million in assets since their inception in October.

Its purchase includes the manager’s mutual fund and ETF businesses.

Both already use the fintech company’s technology to market their products to advisors.

The good times in munis aren’t likely to last as the Fed’s push to boost interest rates will hamper future results, an expert says.

The sector historically has been “resilient to economic downturns,” ProShares wrote in the new fund’s prospectus.

The new factor-based products will extend the manager’s focus on data-driven investing.

There’s been an uptick in asset managers building ESG analysis into their investments this year, while more have shunned firearms holdings.

The deluge into the retail-friendly vehicles comes as the S&P posted declines in 19 of 24 days since peaking in September