Bond funds

The fund will give investors exposure to noninvestment-grade bonds for less than half the cost of its flagship high-yield offering.

The launch from EventShares provides investors access to economic and policy-driven themes.

Oct. 23: The custodian plans to offer advisors and retail investors access to 296 commission-free ETFs.

The acquisition is expected to provide access to a wide range of smart beta products.

These investments offered better returns than the broader fixed-income world in recent years, but the risk/reward equation leans heavier on risk.

Managers in the space have been raising cash at their fastest pace since 2013.

The change is attributed in part to the cost of managing dividends.

Jeffrey Sherman’s bond fund returned 14% on average over the last three years, besting 99% of all large-cap value funds tracked by Bloomberg.

It would be the first fund of its kind from the asset management giant. Plus; other launches.

While these funds often combine various asset classes, the firm’s offering will stay close to home — buying its own bond products.

As fee cuts have become key to winning flows, managers turn to cheaper indexers, while some build in-house benchmarking teams.

JPMorgan projects net corporate issuance of emerging market debt at just $22 billion for the rest of the year.

Large-cap equities were the only group of offerings that outperformed their respective benchmark.

New bond ETFs from the firm use alternative weightings to chase "superior risk adjusted and total returns” compared with market-cap weighted products.

The negotiations come as asset managers seek to increase the amount of money they oversee amid growing pressure to slash fees.

Investors in his $1.4 billion closed-end offering saw huge gains as a result of stellar performance from his $88.9 billion Income Fund.

Active management supplemented by local knowledge cannot be easily manufactured or automated, an expert says.

Fidelity already has a private fund in China, and BlackRock plans to launch one as well.

July 31: Being a good judge of character is a central ingredient, the co-founder of LM Capital says.

Outlook for faster growth is supporting developing-nation bonds despite the increase in U.S. and European rates over the past year.