Bond funds

Despite the exodus, all of the mutual funds and ETFs on the list posted net gains for the year.

“There’s less performance chasing than you saw in the past, and that’s a positive thing,” an expert says.

Banks are hoping strategies like technology-enabled portfolio trading will help them grab a bigger slice of the shrinking fixed-income pie.

Those that shorted the market suffered “steep losses,” while market-neutral products posted “modest gains.”

Data reported by the Investment Company Institute.

The large number of closures in equities and “other” categories could not be offset by new additions, Index Industry Association research shows.

The SEC’s recently passed ETF modernization rule, which expands choice in the market, “is probably the end of the mutual fund industry.”

Given that almost one-third of leveraged loans are just a downgrade away from triple-C, even a modest slowdown could create a snowball effect of sorts.

The downside for their clients, however, is it may obscure just how much credit risk they’re exposing themselves to.