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.