Mutual funds

“Just like equities, last year was a volatile year and the fourth quarter of 2018 did a number on the returns of risk assets,” an expert says.

In the last five years, the universe of sustainable funds has increased almost 70% to $760 billion in European and U.S. mutual funds and ETFs.

The regulator is going back to some of the firms that voluntarily settled, requesting information on revenue sharing.

The drop in wealth was equivalent to the GDP of Italy.

Despite the weakest one-year performance, these funds had double-digit annualized returns the past three years.

Outperformance has been driven in part by a push among investors to cut their tax bills after new limits were set on state and local deductions.

Evidence-based portfolios have been a bust over the last decade, and they may become a tough sell for the average investor.

Home to more than $249 billion, these funds have expense ratios more than 20 basis points higher than the industry average.

The RIA divisions of Raymond James and RBC are also among the companies that self-reported.

The new product is expected to be the lowest-cost in the category.

The average expense ratio among the poorest performers was 11 basis points lower than the category’s leaders.

The Labor Department is investigating the firm’s fee disclosures, which are also a focus of a lawsuit filed by an investor in T-Mobile USA's 401(k) plan.

Data reported by the Investment Company Institute.

Industry veterans and newcomers provide insight on the year’s leading challenges in regulations, technology and operations.

The transparency of a fee charged to other fund firms for use of the platform is allegedly questioned.

The IBD is one of three dozen firms the regulator has accused of failing to provide sales-charge waivers to eligible retirement plans and charities since 2015.

A portfolio that minimizes the frequency and magnitude of losses, while maintaining an equity-like overall return, may be worth emulating.

The race to zero may be reaching its natural limits.

The Fed’s pause on interest rate hikes has been a “net positive” for the category, an expert says.

As the demand for more specialized products increases, the largest ETF providers are continuing their race to the bottom.