Investment funds

Funds of funds, pensions, consultants, family offices and endowments have pulled $16.4 billion from generalist long-short equity funds this year.

Deviation from the broader market has left more than half of these products with losses during a time the Dow and S&P 500 each posted double-digit gains.

Cash flow has subsided and market conditions have changed since the fund was closed to most new accounts in 2016.

The five-month-old fund from Tabula Investment Management just became one of the largest of its kind after taking in $68 million last week.

Asset managers and traders who stand to gain bought credit default swaps in the 178-year-old company.

At 84 basis points, the average expense ratio is over 40 basis points pricier than what investors paid on average last year.

The annual “evolution revolution” report and an analyst’s overview show how fiduciary advice is reshaping wealth management.

Some accuse index funds of promoting monopolies and distorting markets, among other horrors, but nothing has stemmed the wave of inflows to passive.

Narrowly focused investment strategies are a recipe for “feast or famine,” an analyst says.

Investment in technology and data management is becoming increasingly critical to distribution, and to managing regulation, reporting and operations.