James Katz tailors his RIA, Humankind Investments, to serve clients who place the greater good at the top of mind.
The deal would be a big one, given that State Street Global Advisors, the bank's asset management unit, has about $4 trillion in assets.
A report shows that the ESG investment category 'got lucky' by benefiting from high-profile climate disasters.
As investor demand grows, advisers are realizing they need to step up their ESG game.
Executives at the 90-year-old asset manager have high hopes for building out Capital Group as a global ETF brand, with designs on a $500 billion business.
The sponsor of the American Funds mutual fund family will release six fully transparent exchange-traded funds in the first quarter.
The asset manager known mostly for its money market funds has high hopes for its late move into fast-growing exchange traded funds. The firm first filed plans to launch the fund 10 years ago.
The enforcement action centered on a decision in April 2019 to replace third-party ETFs in approximately 20,000 automated accounts with funds sponsored by the firm’s parent company, Social Finance Inc.
The trend toward offering customizable indexes puts direct indexing on a track for explosive growth, according to new research from Cerulli Associates.
The questions that RIAs have about commission-free annuities right now are the very same questions they had just 15 years ago about exchange-traded funds, which are now a core part of client portfolios.
The SEC chairman's nod toward '40 Act crypto funds is the only opening the ETF space needed.
By joining forces with ETF Trends and ETF Database, Alerian seeks to become a powerful force that helps ETF providers stay ahead of the curve.
The actively managed ETF offers the narrowest of investment themes: a leveraged play on Bitcoin with the added twist of being easy on the planet.
Nearly 90% of exchange-traded fund sponsors received the highest score in Sage Advisory's study of ETF stewardship.
Investments pegged to market volatility remained in client accounts for up to a year when they were meant to be short-term investments.
The Knights of Columbus Asset Advisors will manage the new fund, which will be advised by Faith Investor Services. The two largest faith-based funds are the Global X S&P 500 Catholic Values ETF and Inspire 100 ETF.
Innovator Defined Wealth Shield ETF offers 20% downside protection but caps annual gains at 2.8%.
Flows into exchange-traded funds have been unprecedented this year, even against the backdrop of a record 2020. Despite market valuations and inflation threats, financial advisers are keeping the pedal to the metal.
Five exchange-traded funds took in about $13.5 billion amid the rebalancing of the FTSE Russell indexes, suggesting heartbeat trades designed to defer taxes faced by fund investors.
Amplify DTOX fund tracks an index of 78 companies that derive at least 80% of revenues from one of five cleaner living market segments.
