Franklin Templeton CEO Jenny Johnson has two equally challenging jobs. She oversees a fund company with nearly $2 trillion in assets under management within an industry experienced accelerated change, from active ETFs to tokenization. And, as a third-generation leader from the Johnson family, she’s in charge of the legacy of a business started by her…
Xavier Lorenzo | Moment | Getty Images A smaller share of actively managed mutual funds and exchange-traded funds outperformed their index-based counterparts in 2025 than in the prior year, according to new research. Even so, both kinds of investments can have a place in your portfolio, financial advisors say. “I don’t treat passive and active…
Schroders soared to the top of the Stoxx 600 on Thursday, hitting a 52-week high, after U.S. fund management giant Nuveen said it would buy the U.K.’s largest standalone asset management. The deal, sized at £9.9 billion ($13.5 billion), will create one of the world’s biggest asset management groups. Nuveen — the investment management arm…
Larry Fink, Chairman and CEO of BlackRock, speaks during an interview with CNBC on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., Jan. 15, 2026. Brendan McDermid | Reuters BlackRock CEO Larry Fink and Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani want Indians to invest in the country’s equity markets instead…
Signage at an ICICI Prudential Asset Management Co. branch in Delhi, India, on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. ICICI Prudential AMC’s initial public offering to raise as much as 106 billion rupees ($1.2 billion) received bids for more than 1.37 billion shares, compared with 35.02 million offered, at close on last day of the sale Tuesday,…
Goldman Sachs Asset Management is making a big bet on defined outcome exchange-traded funds — also known as buffer ETFs, which use options to help protect against market losses. This month, Goldman Sachs agreed to buy defined outcome ETF provider Innovator Capital Management for $2 billion. The deal is expected to close in the first…
A key rotation away from artificial intelligence stocks may be underway in the market. According to Astoria Portfolio Advisors’ John Davi, a broader range of stocks are getting a “green light” because liquidity is returning to the system. “The Fed cut rates four times last year. They cut rates twice already. They’re going to go again…
Nearly half of Americans are not saving enough for retirement and TIAA Retirement Solutions CEO Kourney Gibson say we have no time to waste, herself included. “45% of Americans aren’t saving enough for retirement so every single day that we’re sitting there presenting on something, or sitting in a room, looking at each other without…
A major exchange-traded fund provider is getting ready to launch a fund designed to ease investors’ tax burdens from a record-setting stock market. Even though ETFs are considered more tax efficient than mutual funds, Astoria Portfolio Advisors plans to launch the Astoria U.S. Enhanced Core Equity ETF (LCOR) in October. The fund uses a tax-mitigation…
Investors may want to consider bracing for a weaker stock market performance over the next six months. According to Vanguard’s Roger Hallam, it’s prudent for long-term investors to have sufficient exposure to fixed income in this environment. “Our outlook for the second half of this year is that growth will slow,” the firm’s global head…
