One division will cover global fixed-income and currencies beta trading, another will focus on global ETF research and a third will manage regional ETF sales and business development.

VanEck Vectors BDC Income ETF has an expense ratio of 920 basis points. The next closest fund charges 362 basis points.

Faster computers and better data has enabled asset managers to automate skills that once were limited to market legends.

Financial advisors asked Pershing to help lower costs so they eliminated explicit fees for some funds.

Precidian Funds LLC is planning to offer U.S. investors blue-chip foreign stocks in a fund structure that could eliminate the risk of a falling foreign currency hurting the stock price.

ETFs account for a greater portion of trading volume in bank stocks than ever before.

Several sectors have outpaced the broad equity market.

At the Inside Smart Beta conference, ETF experts debated four of the most popular smart beta ETFs on the market. But it was really an exercise in due diligence.

"People need a mirror, a reverse of themselves to force them to diversify. You’ll never be able to robo this,” said Kevin O’Leary of “Shark Tank” and O’Shares fame.