Portfolio management

More fund managers are entering the exchange-traded sector. Investors are following.

As the value of bitcoin and other crypto assets rises, more of the world’s billionaires will trace their wealth to crypto, writes economist Tyer Cowen.

The asset manager said it's particularly interested in how firms are behaving in the communities in which they operate, be it locally or via their supply chains.

Here are the industry’s top 20, which brought in more than $700 billion in assets.

With markets and cryptos close to all-time highs, the next generation is increasingly exploring the nascent medium of art attached to non-fungible tokens.

Returns by funds from Vanguard, BlackRock and DFA that use the strategy have outpaced global bonds in recent years, but underperformed stocks.

The benefits of traditional fixed income are diminishing with today’s low interest rate environment, but alternative investments can help solve the portfolio-allocation problem.

Over the past year, the lineup of stock and bond funds notched an average gain of more than 25%.

Due to declining returns from bonds, the model 60/40 portfolio may eke out real returns of just 1%-2% a year over the next decade, said Lim Chow Kiat, chief executive officer of GIC.

The two fintechs are vying with each other and Envestnet to be advisors’ preferred digital hub.