Mutual funds

Competitors are angling to create exchange-traded funds as a share class of their U.S. mutual funds — A Vanguard hallmark.

Despite a down 2022, these funds were the best over the last decade.

The strategy, which allows investors to cherry-pick stocks in a benchmark instead of owning a fund that tracks a specific gauge like the S&P 500, will have $825 billion in assets come 2026, Cerulli says.

The conversion would bring its active equity ETF lineup to 15 funds from an existing nine.

Many funds that are down double-digits this year will distribute capital gains to shareholders, with some as high as 40% or more of the net asset value of the portfolio.

Consumer advocates cheered the outcome of the case and the regulator's enforcement push in recent years. Commonwealth's case is still pending.

Join Peter O'Neill, Director and Senior Fixed Income Portfolio Manager, at Bank of America, and Blake Lynch, Head of Business Development, IMTC, as they discuss the role of separately managed accounts in the muni market with The Bond Buyer's Lynne Funk.

The change from “impact” to “ESG” to “sustainable,” brought in millions at a time in which investors are skeptical about a fund's do-good claims.

BlackRock's Head of Municipals Peter Hayes lays out the muni landscape for the rest of the year, highlighting opportunities for the asset class after the severe volatility so far in 2022.

The regulator gave the firm credit for “extraordinary cooperation” despite alleging that its system failed for six years to the tune of more than $13 million.