Bond funds

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.