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By Burton Keller August 5, 2019 – While mutual funds may still dominate the U.S. market, ETFs are gaining traction quickly. According to the 2019 Investment Company Institute Factbook, at the end of 2018, the U.S. domestic mutual funds market amounted to $17.7 trillion in total net assets.

By Jill Gregorie March 11, 2019 – The investment management “gravy train” is rapidly losing steam, and shops need to spend more money — not less — if they hope to stay on track, according to a Baillie Gifford executive.

By Jill Gregorie January 4, 2019 – CCOs face enormous tasks entering 2019, including finalizing their liquidity programs, fine-tuning their internal processes of gathering and presenting data used in electronic shareholder reports, and refining their methods of examining the algorithms that underpin investment models.

By Jill Gregorie December 28, 2018 – CCOs had to meet several new digital- and data-focused demands in 2018, and in 2019, they will need to be even more tech-savvy, consultants say.

By Whitfield Athey December 18, 2018 – Morningstar’s head of retirement research recently outlined why individuals and advisors should avoid “mixing in” additional investments alongside target date fund (TDF) commitments. Likening it to adding extra eggs to a cake recipe, he emphasized that these improvisations, however well intentioned, invariably alter anticipated outcomes.

By Chris Larson December 17, 2018 – Back-office software provider and consultant Delta Data has created a new position, chief sales officer, and promoted SVP of sales Bret Bange to fill the role. Bange, a four-year veteran of Delta Data, will report to CEO Whitfield Athey and oversee a five-person sales team.

By Bradley Saacks September 21, 2018 – A start-up hoping to fast-track due diligence between asset managers and broker-dealer home offices has recruited dozens of managers and manager research teams.

By Jill Gregorie August 22, 2018 – Most shops are setting monthly “bucket” classifications for their investments — but over time, most will likely switch to evaluating securities daily, lawyers and consultants say.

By Jill Gregorie June 13, 2018 – Portfolio managers will play a critical role in shops’ efforts to comply with the so-called “bucketing” provision of the SEC’s 2016 liquidity rule, lawyers and consultants say.

By Joe Morris June 13, 2018 – BNY Mellon has adopted a new platform for communicating mutual fund data to industry clients. Effective today, the firm is processing fund-related notifications including product rollouts, mergers, liquidations, accounting changes and trade rule updates via FundBlast, operated by Columbus, Ga.-based Delta Data.