The number of independent and affiliated robo - advisors has been rising, along with the assets they manage, and the
percentage of mutual fund assets with loads or 12b - 1 fees has been declining and the percentage of lower cost institutional shares and ETF shares have risen.
12b - 1 fees are paid by the fund
out of mutual fund assets and are generally limited to a maximum of 1.00 % per year -LRB-.75 % distribution and.25 % shareholder servicing) under FINRA Rules.
About 70
percent of mutual fund assets are now invested in actively managed funds, although for institutional investors (pension plans and endowments, for instance) that figure is likely now below 60 percent.
I saw something the other day that said that almost 40 %
of mutual fund assets in the United States are in cash and short - term T - bills.
Millennials are still in the very early stages of market participation: those under 35 own just 4 %
of mutual fund assets, but the 80 - 90 million millennials will soar in importance to everyone in the wealth / asset management business before too long.
In 2006, ETF assets were equivalent to only about 4 %
of mutual fund assets.1
ETFs are still only about 5 %
of mutual fund assets, and even if we take that 5 % to 10 % there is still a whole lot of opportunity.