ETFs

The SEC's recently passed ETF modernization rule is just one regulatory change industry leaders expect will impact asset management in the years ahead.

With an average gain of nearly 40%, the following mutual funds and ETFs are narrowly invested in the most attractive segments of the market.

As the sector grows to over $30 trillion in Europe, North America, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, one popular approach consists of excluding offenders.

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.”

Appetite for cyclical plays like financials has picked up as trade negotiations between the U.S. and China show signs of progress.

Despite their high fees and double-digit returns, nearly all have even outperformed themselves so far this year.

Worries about the proliferation of new funds were high at the first Bogleheads conference without the company’s former leader.

Strategies may include building out RIA channels and cash sweep programs in efforts to make up for revenue declines.

The top 20 nearly doubled their gains over the last year, data show.

Data reported by the Investment Company Institute.

More than $1 trillion is invested in bond ETFs, with trading leaping 41% in 2018 from a year earlier, according to research.

By slashing fees, custodians are also eliminating special ETF platforms they had spent the past five years building out.

The move follows similar offers from other major brokerages in the last two weeks, as firms race to woo clients with the lowest-priced products possible.

Despite recent rebranding efforts, the EventShares fund hasn’t seen an inflow since May.

“Not every muni is trying to achieve the same thing,” an expert says.

Geopolitical friction and a slowdown in global economic growth have boosted the metal’s demand despite signs of recent wavering.

Clients should consider paying more deductible expenses before year-end if their total itemizable deductions will be close to their standard deduction amount.

The change, the regulator says, will facilitate greater competition and innovation in the ETF marketplace, leading to more choice for investors.

The low-cost brokerage followed its competitors for retail clients and will offer the new pricing to RIAs in November.