Big financial institutions don’t feel the need to offer competitive rates on certificates of deposit, which are universally below the world’s safest asset: Treasury bills.
Stephen Laipply, the US head of fixed-income ETFs at BlackRock, explains why ETFs focused on safe and simple Treasuries have attracted funds this year after the bond market's worst year on record in 2022.
Any benefit from incorporating ESG credentials into a portfolio is already captured by other well-defined equity factors.
The newly released tool seeks to automate multiple compliance processes, including share class monitoring.