Passively managed products

Dec. 18: The proposed active offerings are set to debut in February.

Rising technology costs and increased fee pressure are working against the industry, research shows.

Although bigger may be better for the fund giants, passive strategies may be blurring the inherent value of securities.

Analysts are worried that flows to passive funds may create lockstep moves between shares, distorting the market.

After building an empire on passive funds, the world’s largest asset manager is readying a suite of actively managed funds.

Unlike humans, the technology is not able to explain why it made a particular decision.

The average fund posted a 12.6% annual gain compared to 7.6% for the S&P 500.

The change is attributed in part to the cost of managing dividends.

USAA Capital held over $513 million in market value of the Wall Street giant’s large-cap, emerging market and international ActiveBeta funds.