Passively managed products

Investors may be put off by the costs associated with these funds, which had an average expense ratio of more than triple their peers.

The leaders raked in a combined $949 billion over the past decade.

Some of the industry’s biggest players are taking a wait-and-see approach as active, non-transparent funds take their crucial first steps.

Cboe’s first new entry will be a suite of four volatility indexes with different tenors based on the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF.

The ETF aims to track companies specializing in remote-working, learning and entertainment.

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

The pandemic has sealed the fate of small, niche offerings that have failed to gain traction.

The fund will track industries such as cloud technologies, remote communications and cyber security, according to an SEC filing.

Proponents have long touted the new structure as a way for the industry to compete with mutual funds.

Passive ETFs are often among the first to feel the pain of investors fleeing risky emerging markets for safer assets.

The 20 top-performers are largely comprised of low-cost tech offerings.

The green investing movement has totaled at least $30.7 trillion of funds held in sustainable or green investments in 2018, up 34% from 2016, data show.

The funds raked in $150 billion in 2019 as investors have gotten more comfortable with how they react across different market environments.

Although passive has steadily lured cash from active, this year assets in indexed equity funds topped those in active stock funds for the first time ever.

More than half of them track the industry’s top-performing category.

Funds that track custom-built indexes often seek exposure to securities based on factors like ESG and strategies that would typically be actively managed.

A major driver of growth has been the “increased awareness” of advantages like tax efficiency, liquidity and transparency, according to Bank of America.

The four new types of funds use a so-called proxy basket and will publish some information about their portfolios every day.

Fund industry Darwinism should be seen as healthy and natural in a thriving — albeit brutal — market, an expert says.

The metal’s price has dipped from its high in September amid a raft of good news that has boosted investors’ risk appetite.