Asset Managers
The latest news on top asset managers, including updates on mergers and acquisitions, as well as new investment strategies and fund offerings.
Assets in ETF Managed Portfolios Increased 17.6% in Q1: Morningstar
By Emily ZulzThese portfolios represent one of the fastest-growing segments of the managed-account universe, according to Morningstar.
July 07, 2017
Natixis Completes First Transaction on Blockchain Platform: Tech RoundupNatixis announced Wednesday that investors have successfully purchased shares on its blockchain-based fund distribution platform, FundsDLT.
July 03, 2017
What is Alpha and Why Do We Care?Professions exist to deliver specific outcomes for their clients. Medical professionals cure the sick. Asset managers produce alpha; this is our business.
July 03, 2017
SMA Manager of the Year Libby Toudouze on Energy and GrowthUnless you can think of anything in your life, in your clients [lives], where theyre going to use less energy, that's the only thing that hurts this story," says Cushing's Toudouze.
July 03, 2017
SMA Manager of the Year James Donald on Taking RisksWe do invest in places that ... might be highly risky, but we think [that] in our process, we take that into account, Lazard Asset Management's Donald says.
July 03, 2017
SMA Manager of the Year Todd Solomon on Beating Passive InvestorsCongress Asset Management uses a strategy best described as steady as she goes.
July 03, 2017
SMA Manager of the Year Dan Meyer on Hitting Home RunsToday, portfolio managers tend to concentrate on short-term performance that has a tendency to hit home runs, says Pacific Income Advisers' Meyer.
July 03, 2017
SMA Manager of the Year Andy Bischel on Market Dysfunction and FundamentalsMarkets routinely overshoot the true change in the underlying fundamentals, whether it's earnings deterioration or a valuation issue, SKBA's Bischel says.