ETFs

Nearly all of the fixed-income funds held short term debt.

The SEC-approved ETF strategy protects “the intellectual alpha of active managers.”

Asset managers stand to gain from an SEC-approved ETF structure since “selection of securities is the intellectual property for which they are paid fees.”

The $6 billion fund saw almost 3 million shares hit the tape after DoubleLine’s CEO touted its potential for retirees in his annual markets webcast.

In what was a stellar year for corporates, governments nearly missed the list entirely.

It was the biggest annual leap for strategies focused on corporate or government debt since 2014, boosting assets to more than $800 billion, data show.

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The fund will track the performance of companies that issue shares directed to either the investing public or the company’s founders and executives.

ETFs tracking themes — such as robotics, blockchain and cannabis — closed the year just 1% higher than where it started.

The firm commission-free platform already included all Vanguard mutual funds and ETFs as well as thousands of third-party funds.