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From news of ETFs and ETPs rebounding in March to BlackRock shaking up leadership, here's top news impacting mutual fund and ETF managers and providers.

Investors are piling into emerging- market exchange-traded funds at the fastest pace in seven months as they dump technology companies in favor of cheaper stocks.

With gold performance often hit or miss, fund managers who focus on this commodity face challenges marketing through the ups and downs.

The world's largest mutual fund company pulled in more than 90% of the more than $15 billion that investors poured into U.S.-listed ETFs in Q1, adding fuel to the fire of fund managers and providers who fear Vanguard becoming too big.

From investors scrambling out of ETFs to regulations prompting managers to change distribution strategies, here's top news impacting mutual fund and ETF managers and providers.

Of the 296 funds that picked up Lipper U.S. Fund Awards this year, only nine were peer-group winners for all of the eligible time periods. See the list here.

Vanguard Group Inc., the third- biggest provider of exchange-traded funds, gained ground on larger competitors this year after gathering ten times as much money into its ETFs than the rest of the U.S. industry combined.

The biggest rally in two years for Brazil’s Ibovespa benchmark signals to long-time bear Michael Shaoul from Marketfield Asset Management LLC that stocks might have bottomed out.

From positive outlooks for ETFs to asset managers in Asia gaining a greater portion of pay from net sales, here's top news impacting mutual fund and ETF managers and providers.

BlackRock Inc.'s Laurence D. Fink, whose firm is the largest shareholder in companies from Apple Inc. to JPMorgan Chase & Co., is repeating his call to chief executive officers to engage with shareholders and be more transparent about balance-sheet decisions.

From FINRA fining two firms to U.S. listed ETFs seeing inflows of $27.94 billion, here's top news impacting mutual fund and ETF managers and providers.

U.S. mutual fund companies are pushing back against claims that some firms may be too big to fail, saying that subjecting a few large money managers to more regulation would hurt competition and ultimately fund investors.

Variable annuity net new sales are expected to surge in the coming years after taking a dive in 2012, according to research firm Cerulli Associates.

Going forward, there will be more providers, more users, and more penetration by ETFs in the global market for investment products.

Strong stock markets and the improving economy, along with new alternative investment products and the continuing appeal of ETFs, are boosting prospects for the sector.

Bill Gross, who runs the world’s biggest bond fund at Pacific Investment Management Co., cut holdings of Treasuries and U.S. government debt in February as turmoil in Ukraine fueled haven demand and investors bet the Federal Reserve will conclude bond purchases this year.