ETFs

The firm's new suite of eight low-cost ETFs include two funds that are no-fee.

The asset manager plans to leverage Precadian’s ActiveShares product, which requires funds to publish an indicative value of its holdings every second.

The products will have the same management and research teams as the firm's similarly named mutual funds.

The decade’s top performers also outpaced broader markets over the short term.

Don’t expect significant changes anytime soon to longstanding complaints about conflicts of interest in the “issuer pay” model of the ratings business.

So-called buffer funds have attracted over $2 billion worth of inflows so far this year.

The $4.64 billion fund lost 75% of its value in two months.

The firm joins a growing number of asset managers offering hidden-asset products.

The State Street fund has climbed 68% since falling to a more than seven-year low in March.

State Street’s stockpile takes up one corner of a vault in a system that stores bullion on behalf of central banks, sovereign wealth funds and others.