Mutual funds

Investors paid 61 cents for every $100 managed in 2015, down from 64 cents in 2014 and and 73 cents five years ago.

When average performances are analyzed rather than just the top funds, a passive strategy prevailed over the past five years.

Mutual and hedge fund managers dodged the toughest provisions of newly proposed U.S. pay rules designed to discourage excessive risk-taking on Wall Street.

Fidelity needn’t settle for another me-too lineup of smart beta ETFs.

Advisors managing assets within retirement plan vehicles, including IRAs, will need to take a hard look at their own pricing and practices, because simply disclosing conflicts of interest is no longer good enough under the new rule.

The Fed’s quarter-point rate increase is proving a boon to custody banks.

Bonnie Baha, the global developed credit director at DoubleLine, discusses several challenges facing fixed income.

BlackRock made its $152 million deal for the Silicon Valley-based startup FutureAdvisor last August. Since then, its robo advice client roster has expanded.

Deutsche Bank said Quintin Price, who leads the company’s asset management business, has taken medical leave.

The biggest U.S. mutual fund company led in estimated flows to both actively managed funds as well as those that track indexes.