Investments

It’s impressive how quickly a two-day plunge affects the tone of bulls.

Proponents have long touted the new structure as a way for the industry to compete with mutual funds.

The funds are also some of the lowest-duration products in the market.

With fewer people investing in active strategies and more options to choose from, competition is extremely fierce.

Sales people are having a hard time marketing new products in isolation, one executive says.

The boost in accounts has helped compensate for withdrawals by investors who need cash.

“We have to have a roadmap for how to deploy capital in this environment,” says the global head of alternatives for the firm’s asset management arm.

Nearly all of your efforts should revolve around your website, showing who you are and why your firm is different, says marketing expert Dan Sondhelm.

The major issuers of leveraged products, which trade under the ProShares and Direxion trademarks, have each posted inflows of over $2.8 billion this month.

The central bank’s pledge to buy investment-grade credit and certain funds helped spark a rally in higher-rated debt.

The rout in Asian equity markets this year has not been for the faint-hearted.

The manager may collect over $4 million per year for managing a separate portfolio of commercial mortgage-backed securities issued by government agencies.

The firm had intended on increasing some grid thresholds by about 10%.

Asset managers may need to reassess the assumption that’s become widely held in recent years: that inflation is dead.

In some cases, workers who have received severance pay have the option of investing the money for retirement and other long-term goals.

Turning loss into profit in down markets can seem like magic to some clients.

“Recent further Fed action from COVID-19 seems to put another layer on a near-40-year bond bull market,” an expert says.

The problem was from a bug related to an external software provider.

“The data that the market typically relies on is too slow to keep up with how rapidly the situation has been changing," says Richard Bernstein Advisors' deputy CIO.

The relief allows funds to obtain cash infusions through collateralized loans until the end of June.