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Eric Balchunas:  Only four of the ten-highest revenue-generating ETFs are in the top 10 by assets.

J.P. Morgan may launch first zero-fee ETF as 2019 marks critical passive- and ETF-investing thresholds

The New York patriarch has an ETF registered with no-fee markings at a time when passive is set to surpass active and a mere $7 billion of revenue across 100 ETFs and iShares getting $2.9 billion of it

January 31, 2019 at 9:55 PM

Josh Vail: To grow on top of that takes a little bit more elbow grease.

361 Capital has eight-year asset rise from $100 million to $1.7 billion then makes two people moves after net inflows slow to trickle

The liquid alts provider is a beneficiary of referrals from Lovell Minnick, which owns a stake, but will need to apply 'elbow grease' to marketing to keep pace with redemptions and the law of large numbers

November 27, 2018 at 6:10 PM

Matthew O'Connor: Our aim is simple: to offer investors mutual funds and other investment products that deliver superior results with low fees.

Capital Group miraculously recovered after deep 2008 dive but RIA help may get No. 2 American Funds through the next downturn under new CEO

Matthew O’Connor takes the CEO helm of the giant LA-based active manager from Kevin Clifford with conviction not to jam the rudder hard but to be open to new markets

November 2, 2018 at 9:26 PM

Fidelity CEO Abby Johnson is opening the doors to millennials with zero-fee mutual funds; will competitors respond?

Abby Johnson's zero-fee play for millennials gets to $1 billion in one month but Vanguard, BlackRock and Schwab say piffle; Note, RIAs need not apply

The play to out-Vanguard Vanguard gets stony response from competitors but analysts say Fidelity may actually be a quick study in the freemium game

September 1, 2018 at 6:38 AM

Robert Tull: It’s a free service today, but the operative word is today.

How Vanguard, BlackRock and State Street -- which manage RIA trillions of AUM for a pittance -- may artfully make the bill come due by beating active managers at their own game

The ETF giants' latest mutual fund-killing trick is free management of ETF portfolios -- perhaps the seeds of a massive freemium model

June 6, 2018 at 9:42 PM

Abby Johnson is meeting high expectations, reporting solid growth for 2017 with positive investment flows for the asset management division.

Fidelity Investments makes unlikely turnaround as active equity manager but is it taking on too much risk?

With Abby Johnson in charge, Fidelity is swinging for more fences, beating peers, continuing to see asset outflows and thinking long-term

March 20, 2018 at 9:34 PM

Greg Fleming is setting the bar high.

Recruiters salivate as Greg Fleming completes marriage to Rockefeller & Co. to fill 'HighTower' void but now begins the wait for a business model

The Morgan Stanley ex-head sees 500% assets growth to $100 billion AUA by 2023 as critics see old branding, old money, old technology and old recruiting challenges

March 9, 2018 at 11:03 PM

Natalie Zahradnik: RIAs in particular can be early adopters of new products.

PIMCO's institutionalize-Bill-Gross effort culminates after three years in price hikes tempered by ETF migraines and fee cuts

The Newport Beach, Calif.-based manager notably jacks up charge for PIMCO Income Fund after it soars to $92 billion, which slowed its asset flows not at all as it zoomed past $100 billion

December 4, 2017 at 8:31 PM

David Mann: We’re leveraging active management expertise at Franklin Templeton and bringing it into the ETF world.

Franklin Templeton's ETF play reveals pain of being late -- yet it beats never

Franklin Resources has hewed to near a $42 share price back to 2006 but with $750 billion of AUM it is being deliberate with launch of single-country ETFs, opening wider window on strategic weaning from mutual fund dependency

November 10, 2017 at 12:29 AM

Louis Navellier: All Navellier and sub-advised portfolios have GIPS-complaint fact sheets and we have been GIPS-compliant for 20-plus years.

Louis Navellier ready to present 'extremely strong defense' to daunting SEC fraud charges

The Florida-based mutual fund owner says he advertised using GIPS-compliant material such that: 'I didn't sell this at all'

September 19, 2017 at 12:19 AM

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