Law and regulation

With about $68 billion in assets in funds tracking it, the real estate industry has more money invested in it than any of the other main industry classifications.

The decision marks a strategic adjustment for Lenexa, Kansas-based Bats, which previously offered money to issuers to list their ETFs on its platform.

Risk aversion is what everyone thinks about first, and getting the lawyers involved is what everyone thinks about second.

A lawyer for the bank had argued in a federal court that the severance proposal was a confidential settlement offer that shouldn't be public.

"Most people think, ‘I want a manager who's doing credit research, adjusting for duration, looking for blowups," says BlackRock fixed income strategist Karen Schenone.

Hedge fund manager Bill Ackman maintained his bet against Herbalife even after the company reached a $200 million settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.

After a five-year slump marked by mine closures and losses, gold producers are now worth twice what they were in 2015.

Weeks of conflicting economic reports have whipsawed money managers overseeing about $6 trillion, including Pimco and Vanguard Group.

Product providers have to be better at adapting to the market, says Ryan Sullivan, vice president of global ETF servicing at Brown Brothers Harriman.

Far from signaling industry hardship, increasing liquidations reflect the ETF industry’s ebullient growth.

Investors are being tempted by the 6.2% gains this year by hedge funds betting on distressed assets and restructuring

Few of the industry's other dynamics will remain untouched, according to Credit Suisse Group AG Vice Chairman Neal Soss.

"We think assets that are less exposed to economic growth are likely to perform relatively well," said Mike Swell, a global portfolio manager at Goldman Sachs Asset Management.

Billionaire George Soros isn't waiting around to see if this year's surge in gold-mining shares will last.

Since last year's rout, exchanges, issuers of exchange-traded products and other market players have met to discuss improvements.

Arbitrators for the regulator also awarded an expungement to Dale Cebert, who claimed a campaign to damage his reputation followed his termination from the wirehouse.

The increased demand flies in the face of warnings from investors such as Bill Gross and Jeffrey Gundlach that the bond market is in a bubble

Silver is outperforming the quintessential haven, gold, because production of the white metal is forecast to decline for the first time in five years.

Hedge funds on average rose 1.7% last month, according to Chicago-based Hedge Fund Research, the fifth straight month of gains.

Treasuries and related securities at the Newport Beach, Calif.-based firm accounted for 45.6% of assets, rising from 39.7% in June.