Passive management

The passive-investing juggernaut is picking up speed — and it's stirring up fresh angst about the dangers posed by the index-tracking boom across Wall Street.

Active funds still dominate the ESG space, but passive, cheaper indexes are making ground.

Low-cost index funds could be costing investors up to 35 basis points a year.

The low-cost, passive manager is also opening up separately managed accounts to its ETFs for the first time.

Leveraging big data, machine learning and artificial intelligence will extend stock selection beyond its current capabilities, according to Procure Holdings President Bob Tull.

Here's how the largest groups have fared during unprecedented market activity.

Still, clients continue to invest their assets into the industry’s cheapest funds and are saving billions as a result.

Fixed-income ETFs — for the most part — passed their first big test, but it was a roller-coaster ride along the way.

Emulating traditional advisors, digital advisors are moving in the direction of planning offerings and advisor-client contact (albeit virtual).

The percentage of women managers fell even among passive funds, a booming area of the industry that was a hot-spot for female talent.

Even dedicated ESG indexes have shortcomings that many investors are probably unaware of, an expert says.

"It's going to become increasingly more important for financial professionals to understand the potential benefits of sustainable investing," an exec says.

Like other bank-owned asset managers, the division is under pressure from new regulations such as MIFID II and a protracted shift toward passive investing.

Martin Gilbert helped build Aberdeen Asset Management through dozens of acquisitions starting in the early 1980s.

It’s official: inexpensive index funds and ETFs have finally eclipsed old-fashioned stock pickers.

Asset managers have been on edge as U.S. equity ETFs reported withdrawals of nearly $18 billion in the three weeks ending Friday.

Revisiting his predictions from 2017, he doubles down on the importance of firms adapting to embrace industry trends — and offers some new forecasts.

Years of trial and error and research behind the scenes and continuing client-facing education resulted in the portfolio-mix sweet spot.

Making sure what we say and what clients hear has been a trial-and-error process, but one that’s yielded useful results.

The expanded line up of index funds demonstrates one way the brokerage industry is grappling with an ongoing race to offer products at the lowest price.