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• Workboard, a Redwood City, Calif. - based provider of active strategy management software, raised $ 9.3 million in Series A funding.

San Diego financial planner Andrew Russell points out that some of Bush's active funds with complicated investment strategies — like Wasatch Long / Short Investor (FMLSX), with average annual returns of 3.2 % over the past decade, and Wells Fargo Advantage Absolute Return (WABIX), up 4.7 % — have lagged plain vanilla index funds.

BlackRock has fired several prominent stockpicking fund managers and plans to switch their funds to quantitative investment strategies, in what chief executive Larry Fink called a «pivot» away from areas of active management that have fallen out of favour.

How is it possible to put any active manager, not just hedge funds, in one generic box as a «triumph of hope» strategy?»

Our Global Market Strategies segment, established in 1999 with our first high yield fund, advises a group of 46 active funds that pursue investment opportunities across various types of credit, equities and alternative instruments, including bank loans, high yield debt, structured credit products, distressed debt, corporate mezzanine, energy mezzanine opportunities and long / short high - grade and high - yield credit instruments, emerging markets equities, and (with regards to certain macroeconomic strategies) currencies, commodities and interest rate products and their deStrategies segment, established in 1999 with our first high yield fund, advises a group of 46 active funds that pursue investment opportunities across various types of credit, equities and alternative instruments, including bank loans, high yield debt, structured credit products, distressed debt, corporate mezzanine, energy mezzanine opportunities and long / short high - grade and high - yield credit instruments, emerging markets equities, and (with regards to certain macroeconomic strategies) currencies, commodities and interest rate products and their destrategies) currencies, commodities and interest rate products and their derivatives.

Prior to that, he served as head of quantitative equity for ING Investment Management, (doing business as Voya Investment Management May 1, 2014), building and developing the group and managing more than $ 20 billion in assets with 15 global active, index and enhanced index strategies for pension funds, variable annuities and mutual funds.

Despite the massive outflows out of traditional active funds and into passive and factor - based strategies, there are still several thousand too many investment products.

What's perhaps most notable about this steady increase is the number of active managers entering the fray with an ETF strategy alongside their existing mutual fund businesses.

Hartford Funds refers to Hartford Funds Management Group, Inc., and its subsidiaries, including the mutual funds» and active ETFs» investment manager, Hartford Funds Management Company, LLC («HFMC») and the mutual funds» distributor, Hartford Funds Distributors, LLC, as well as Lattice Strategies LLC («Lattice»), a wholly owned subsidiary of HFMC effective July 29, Funds refers to Hartford Funds Management Group, Inc., and its subsidiaries, including the mutual funds» and active ETFs» investment manager, Hartford Funds Management Company, LLC («HFMC») and the mutual funds» distributor, Hartford Funds Distributors, LLC, as well as Lattice Strategies LLC («Lattice»), a wholly owned subsidiary of HFMC effective July 29, Funds Management Group, Inc., and its subsidiaries, including the mutual funds» and active ETFs» investment manager, Hartford Funds Management Company, LLC («HFMC») and the mutual funds» distributor, Hartford Funds Distributors, LLC, as well as Lattice Strategies LLC («Lattice»), a wholly owned subsidiary of HFMC effective July 29, funds» and active ETFs» investment manager, Hartford Funds Management Company, LLC («HFMC») and the mutual funds» distributor, Hartford Funds Distributors, LLC, as well as Lattice Strategies LLC («Lattice»), a wholly owned subsidiary of HFMC effective July 29, Funds Management Company, LLC («HFMC») and the mutual funds» distributor, Hartford Funds Distributors, LLC, as well as Lattice Strategies LLC («Lattice»), a wholly owned subsidiary of HFMC effective July 29, funds» distributor, Hartford Funds Distributors, LLC, as well as Lattice Strategies LLC («Lattice»), a wholly owned subsidiary of HFMC effective July 29, Funds Distributors, LLC, as well as Lattice Strategies LLC («Lattice»), a wholly owned subsidiary of HFMC effective July 29, 2016.

Some barriers include the negative attitudes of women and their partners and family members, as well as health care professionals, toward breastfeeding, whereas the main reasons that women do not start or give up breastfeeding are reported to be poor family and social support, perceived milk insufficiency, breast problems, maternal or infant illness, and return to outside employment.2 Several strategies have been used to promote breastfeeding, such as setting standards for maternity services3, 4 (eg, the joint World Health Organization — United Nations Children's Fund [WHO - UNICEF] Baby Friendly Initiative), public education through media campaigns, and health professionals and peer - led initiatives to support individual mothers.5 — 9 Support from the infant's father through active participation in the breastfeeding decision, together with a positive attitude and knowledge about the benefits of breastfeeding, has been shown to have a strong influence on the initiation and duration of breastfeeding in observational studies, 2,10 but scientific evidence is not available as to whether training fathers to manage the most common lactation difficulties can enhance breastfeeding rates.

Congress has been pressing the U.S. national security community to turn its attentions to the role of offensive rather than defensive capabilities, even dictating that most of the fiscal year 2015 funding for the Pentagon's Space Security and Defense Program go toward «development of offensive space control and active defense strategies and capabilities.»

Key recommendations for government in the report that won API support were: for play to be embedded within a Whole Child Strategy under the aegis of a Cabinet Minister for Children responsible for cross ‑ departmental roll out and co-ordination; for government to require local authorities to prepare children and young people's plans including strategies to address overweight and obesity with its physical, mental and emotional consequences; for funding for play to be ring - fenced within local authority budgets; to address barriers to outdoor play for children of all ages and abilities; to extend the Sport England Primary Spaces and Sport Premium programmes to all schools with a broader scope to incorporate a wide variety of physical literacy activities including play; to communicate through public information campaigns to parents and families the value of active outdoor play, including risk or benefit assessment; and to improve public sector procurement practice for public play provision.

As part of our strategy, we aim to support education partners in becoming research active: this fund will give schools and nurseries the resources to carry out their own research — with an academic from Leeds Beckett supporting them all the way — to find out what really works in the classroom.»

In December, the coalition sent letters to 22 wealthy individuals — including Siart — who are some of the most active in funding pro-charter candidates and the charter industry in California, asking the recipients to sign a Statement of Support to invest in a strategy for traditional neighborhood schools, ensuring that all children have access to a truly high - quality education.

They have also embraced smart beta funds, which allow them to take advantage of alternative index constructions, or combine passive and active strategies.

BlackRock's active equity strategies are having trouble, only half of their equity funds are beating their peers.

Horizons recently launched two new Exchange - Traded Funds (ETFs) that provide passive exposure to the Canadian and US stock markets while overlaying an active options strategy that seeks to take advantage of sudden downward movements in stock prices.

Thousands of enterprising investors manage their own fund and ETF portfolios using our active, flexible, objective strategies.

While there will still always be a niche for active management with a proven track record or strategies that an ETF can't employ (which are few), as outflows continue, the cost structure of many of the largest mutual funds will become less attractive and firms will have to either continue to run them as loss leaders, increase add spending — or actually outperform benchmarks, which decades of research has shown to be very difficult.

Many active funds pursue a similar strategy to passive funds (closely replicating the performance of an index), but charge significantly more to do so.

Our Smart Beta Portfolios are managed by a team of professionals with significant experience in back - testing and managing quantitatively oriented «active» equity strategies designed to compete with actively - traded funds.

As a result, I am in the process of liquidating my ETFs and index funds and switching back to an active strategy.

Many people would argue the real problem with active funds is not the strategies per se, but the higher cost of implementing them.

It begins with my best attempt at laying out the case for passive investing: I explain the problems with mutual funds and active stock - picking strategies designed to beat the market, and I encourage investors to focus on the things they can control rather than basing their financial lives around the pursuit of an unlikely goal.

Next - generation indexing has taken the ETF beyond traditional market - cap - weighted exposures, to strategies that were once the province of higher - cost active mutual funds.

Similar to mutual funds, ETFs allow access to a number of types of stocks and bonds (or asset classes), provide an efficient means to construct a fully diversified portfolio, include index - and more active - management strategies and are comprised of individual stocks or bonds.

These funds aim to offer high - risk adjusted returns and sit at the intersection of both passive and active strategies.

Hartford Funds refers to Hartford Funds Management Group, Inc., and its subsidiaries, including the mutual funds», ETMFs» and active ETFs» investment manager, Hartford Funds Management Company, LLC (HFMC), the mutual funds» distributor, Hartford Funds Distributors, LLC, Member FINRA, as well as Lattice Strategies LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of HFMC, which serves as the investment adviser to strategic beta exchange - traded funds (EFunds refers to Hartford Funds Management Group, Inc., and its subsidiaries, including the mutual funds», ETMFs» and active ETFs» investment manager, Hartford Funds Management Company, LLC (HFMC), the mutual funds» distributor, Hartford Funds Distributors, LLC, Member FINRA, as well as Lattice Strategies LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of HFMC, which serves as the investment adviser to strategic beta exchange - traded funds (EFunds Management Group, Inc., and its subsidiaries, including the mutual funds», ETMFs» and active ETFs» investment manager, Hartford Funds Management Company, LLC (HFMC), the mutual funds» distributor, Hartford Funds Distributors, LLC, Member FINRA, as well as Lattice Strategies LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of HFMC, which serves as the investment adviser to strategic beta exchange - traded funds (Efunds», ETMFs» and active ETFs» investment manager, Hartford Funds Management Company, LLC (HFMC), the mutual funds» distributor, Hartford Funds Distributors, LLC, Member FINRA, as well as Lattice Strategies LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of HFMC, which serves as the investment adviser to strategic beta exchange - traded funds (EFunds Management Company, LLC (HFMC), the mutual funds» distributor, Hartford Funds Distributors, LLC, Member FINRA, as well as Lattice Strategies LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of HFMC, which serves as the investment adviser to strategic beta exchange - traded funds (Efunds» distributor, Hartford Funds Distributors, LLC, Member FINRA, as well as Lattice Strategies LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of HFMC, which serves as the investment adviser to strategic beta exchange - traded funds (EFunds Distributors, LLC, Member FINRA, as well as Lattice Strategies LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of HFMC, which serves as the investment adviser to strategic beta exchange - traded funds (Efunds (ETFs).

Hartford Funds refers to Hartford Funds Management Group, Inc., and its subsidiaries, including the mutual funds» and active ETFs» investment manager, Hartford Funds Management Company, LLC (HFMC), the mutual funds» distributor, Hartford Funds Distributors, LLC (HFD), Member FINRA / SIPC as well as Lattice Strategies LLC (Lattice), a wholly owned subsidiary of HFMC, which serves as the investment adviser to strategic beta exchange - traded funds (EFunds refers to Hartford Funds Management Group, Inc., and its subsidiaries, including the mutual funds» and active ETFs» investment manager, Hartford Funds Management Company, LLC (HFMC), the mutual funds» distributor, Hartford Funds Distributors, LLC (HFD), Member FINRA / SIPC as well as Lattice Strategies LLC (Lattice), a wholly owned subsidiary of HFMC, which serves as the investment adviser to strategic beta exchange - traded funds (EFunds Management Group, Inc., and its subsidiaries, including the mutual funds» and active ETFs» investment manager, Hartford Funds Management Company, LLC (HFMC), the mutual funds» distributor, Hartford Funds Distributors, LLC (HFD), Member FINRA / SIPC as well as Lattice Strategies LLC (Lattice), a wholly owned subsidiary of HFMC, which serves as the investment adviser to strategic beta exchange - traded funds (Efunds» and active ETFs» investment manager, Hartford Funds Management Company, LLC (HFMC), the mutual funds» distributor, Hartford Funds Distributors, LLC (HFD), Member FINRA / SIPC as well as Lattice Strategies LLC (Lattice), a wholly owned subsidiary of HFMC, which serves as the investment adviser to strategic beta exchange - traded funds (EFunds Management Company, LLC (HFMC), the mutual funds» distributor, Hartford Funds Distributors, LLC (HFD), Member FINRA / SIPC as well as Lattice Strategies LLC (Lattice), a wholly owned subsidiary of HFMC, which serves as the investment adviser to strategic beta exchange - traded funds (Efunds» distributor, Hartford Funds Distributors, LLC (HFD), Member FINRA / SIPC as well as Lattice Strategies LLC (Lattice), a wholly owned subsidiary of HFMC, which serves as the investment adviser to strategic beta exchange - traded funds (EFunds Distributors, LLC (HFD), Member FINRA / SIPC as well as Lattice Strategies LLC (Lattice), a wholly owned subsidiary of HFMC, which serves as the investment adviser to strategic beta exchange - traded funds (Efunds (ETFs).

For some investors, this active management strategy is an attractive feature of bond funds, but it typically comes at the cost of management and other fees defined by the fund's expense ratio.

ETFs are being adopted in portfolios alongside, and in some cases in place of, individual stocks and bonds, mutual funds and derivatives as a source of primary beta exposures for use in a wide variety of active and passive investment strategies.»

NextShares have the potential to broadly improve the performance and tax efficiency of active fund strategies...» - Navigate CEO Stephen Clarke

Columbia Threadneedle plans to build on its small lineup of active ETFs with both index - based strategies and non-transparent exchanged - traded managed funds.

Visit PaulMerriman.com to read more from one of our favorite nationally - recognized authorities on mutual funds, index investing, asset allocation and both buy - and - hold and active management strategies.

NextShares funds can invest in all the same asset classes and strategies as mutual funds, including equity, income, alternative and multi-asset investments managed in a wide range of active styles.

IFA.tv provides videos explaining the investing strategies of IFA.com and Mark Hebner's book, Index Funds: The 12 - Step Recovery Program for Active Investors, with Foreword by Nobel Laureate Harry Markowitz.

The article cites Morningstar data showing that, last year, the flow of funds into passive strategies totaled $ 505 billion, while $ 340 billion was withdrawn from active management.

Aims to add value via active management of investments across a variety of fixed income and credit strategies in a multi-manager fund structure

Yes, if you observe many of the multi-cap funds have now higher allocation to Large cap stocks, its the duty of the active Fund manager to implement an investment strategy which benefits the fund investors as per current market conditiFund manager to implement an investment strategy which benefits the fund investors as per current market conditifund investors as per current market conditions.

Hartford Funds refers to Hartford Funds Management Group, Inc., and its subsidiaries, including the mutual funds» and active ETFs» investment manager, Hartford Funds Management Company, LLC (HFMC), the mutual funds» distributor, Hartford Funds Distributors, LLC, Member FINRA, as well as Lattice Strategies LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of HFMC, which serves as the investment adviser to strategic beta exchange - traded funds (EFunds refers to Hartford Funds Management Group, Inc., and its subsidiaries, including the mutual funds» and active ETFs» investment manager, Hartford Funds Management Company, LLC (HFMC), the mutual funds» distributor, Hartford Funds Distributors, LLC, Member FINRA, as well as Lattice Strategies LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of HFMC, which serves as the investment adviser to strategic beta exchange - traded funds (EFunds Management Group, Inc., and its subsidiaries, including the mutual funds» and active ETFs» investment manager, Hartford Funds Management Company, LLC (HFMC), the mutual funds» distributor, Hartford Funds Distributors, LLC, Member FINRA, as well as Lattice Strategies LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of HFMC, which serves as the investment adviser to strategic beta exchange - traded funds (Efunds» and active ETFs» investment manager, Hartford Funds Management Company, LLC (HFMC), the mutual funds» distributor, Hartford Funds Distributors, LLC, Member FINRA, as well as Lattice Strategies LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of HFMC, which serves as the investment adviser to strategic beta exchange - traded funds (EFunds Management Company, LLC (HFMC), the mutual funds» distributor, Hartford Funds Distributors, LLC, Member FINRA, as well as Lattice Strategies LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of HFMC, which serves as the investment adviser to strategic beta exchange - traded funds (Efunds» distributor, Hartford Funds Distributors, LLC, Member FINRA, as well as Lattice Strategies LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of HFMC, which serves as the investment adviser to strategic beta exchange - traded funds (EFunds Distributors, LLC, Member FINRA, as well as Lattice Strategies LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of HFMC, which serves as the investment adviser to strategic beta exchange - traded funds (Efunds (ETFs).

And we know through the over-performance of passive funds as compared to active funds that this strategy doesn't work.

Subsequently, many active hedge funds began to adapt strategies based on the anticipation of future company - specific or macroeconomic events.

As the investment world moves towards passive investment strategies and exchange traded funds, traditional active managers have been trying to figure out how to keep their strategies in front of advisors and investors.

The Plan offers significant tax benefits, a broad range of investment options, competitive fees and an active multi-manager approach that makes Scholars Choice a solid foundation when building a comprehensive college funding strategy.

Still, there is one type of active ETF that has become extremely popular with investors: funds that use covered call strategies.

A growing class of ETFs is giving investors access to active strategies but for a fraction of the cost of owning mutual funds

To interpret this Exhibit, using the first line example, we see that 89.52 % of active mutual funds with a 10 - year track record and following a large cap growth strategy failed to outperform the S&P 500 Growth (the benchmark index for the group) over the same 10 - year measurement period.

This Dorsey Wright Insights illustrates a portfolio management strategy known as The Three Legged Stool which combines a core portfolio of tactical and alternative mutual funds with three active management strategies.

As the vast majority of investors choose the conventional route of active management through mutual funds (the second half of the book is a stinging critique of the shortcomings of active management), the author says that constructing a well - diversified, equity - oriented, passive portfolio is an unconventional investment strategy but provides the best chance of success.

One source of the rising popularity of index investing, even among active fund managers, is the growth in strategy indices offering a wide range of investment strategies through ETFs.