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Business conditions for wealth managers appear to be worsening for the first time since 2016, according to Financial Planning’s Retirement Advisor Confidence Index.

Total assets of the fund have increased almost 20 times since December.

The asset manager's flows are down 42% year-over-year. The industry: 50%.

If approved, the funds will exclude investments in alcohol, tobacco, weapons, fossil fuels and nuclear power.

Issuers want the regulator to go further and make it easier for managers to choose the securities they add or subtract when they issue and redeem shares.

Morningstar’s annual study reveals how investors are catching up to funds by making better-timed trades.

The holdings demonstrate “resiliency over several credit cycles, with low realized principal losses and robust returns for CLO equity,” managers say.

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