ETFs

The firm has shed fund holdings in defensive sectors such as health care and consumer staples.

The average expense ratio among the leading 20 is nearly 40 basis points cheaper than what investors paid on average last year.

Outstanding options riding the world’s most heavily traded government debt product are near the highest level this year.

For clients’ portfolios that need international diversity, these funds focus on the region.

The math wizards of the investment world are hoping to disrupt the established giants of the trillion-dollar credit market.

Clients won't be taxed as the result of a deal if they hold the shares in ETFs or index mutual funds.

New products give institutional investors a fresh way to exploit the rise of machines.

An unprecedented 58 funds were closed in the six months through June, marking the industry’s worst-ever start to a year.

Real estate, communications, utilities and consumer staples funds have seen the most appetite, with every other sector experiencing outflows.

Defined-maturity funds offer traditional fixed-income interest payments.

Investors plowed into bullion-backed funds after the U.S. and China reached a truce in their trade war.

Eight of the top 10 have less than $100 million in assets.

Markets have been whipsawed by mounting concern over softer economic data and President Trump’s trade wars with major partners.

Bullion gains have intensified amid signs that the Fed and other central banks are turning more dovish on monetary policy.

The firm says it will focus the new funds on tech, demographics, urbanization, climate change and emerging global wealth.

Under new leadership, the firm’s iShares unit intends to create funds that it says go beyond traditional sectors and geographic focuses.

Revisiting his predictions from 2017, he doubles down on the importance of firms adapting to embrace industry trends — and offers some new forecasts.

Advisors will find the lowest, near-zero fund. Do they read the fine print?

The losers “offer exposure to extremely narrow and volatile segments of the market,” an expert says.

Fee pressure and improvements in data and analytics are among the leading issues the industry faces today, executives say.