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.

The last time the percentage was greater was when the S&P 500 was near its previous peak before the financial crisis.

Second-quarter costs increased in almost every category for the asset manager including compensation and distribution.

In an effort to weather the assault from index funds, a Scottish firm cuts fees but bets that performance is still key to attract clients.

The firm’s growth last quarter was the biggest since the 2014 departure of its co-founder Bill Gross.

Taxable-bond mutual funds added more than $17 billion in June, while domestic equity funds lost about $15 billion.

Experts say conditions are right for allocations to return to their peak in 2013, potentially unleashing $350 billion of new money.

Corporations, banking trade groups and consumer advocates are looking for favorable legislation from Congress.

The money manager created the new role in order to accelerate the growth of the funds.

Central bank rate policies are artificially driving up asset prices while creating little growth in the real economy, the Janus bond fund manager suggests.

Investors are fleeing debt-riddled companies amid the anticipation of rising rates and growing corporate leverage.