Fund performance

The academic duo who fueled the strategy’s boom want to know if worsening performance signifies a bout of misfortune or if something’s fundamentally broken.

They’re more expensive than their passive peers. But did they beat their benchmarks?

A flight to safety that saw funds in short-term bonds and utilities add cash as coronavirus dominated headlines has given way to a vigorous rally.

Data reported by the Investment Company Institute.

The industry’s biggest firms have grown bigger and the smaller firms have found it harder to compete on their own, the regulator found.

Steady gains made in equity markets last year were "clearly a tailwind,” an expert says.

While the deadly virus threatens to harm the world economy, the funds have remained popular as the Fed signals low rates for the foreseeable future.

“Investment allocations can differ from one fund to another, and so do the expense ratios,” an expert cautions.

Macro funds, which invest in broad global trends, had the biggest disparity.

To grow, firms need to be as engaged in the marketing and sales side of their business as they are in the investment side.

Once a top-performing fund with assets well over double today’s value, Templeton’s flagship bond fund has been diminished by the march of passive investments.

The firm now plans to integrate sustainability criteria into portfolio construction and exit investments with high risks from ESG-related issues.

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

Assets under management at Nancy Prior’s group, which includes bond and money market funds, have grown from $714 billion under her leadership.

The tricky part is educating clients on how to recognize what constitutes underperformance and overperformance.

Timely trading in less-heralded semiconductor markers and firms committed to energy without fossil fuels produced a 54% total return last year, data show.

It’s the second straight year that Cliff Asness’ quant firm is announcing layoffs.

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.