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From asset manager compensation and active mutual fund outflows to the impact of President Trump’s tariffs on fund flows, Ignites analyzed key trends shaping the industry. Explore this year’s best data-driven stories from Ignites. Read more: ow.ly/pN0a50XQ2FO

After 30 shops got the green light for dual-share classes on Thursday, fund attorneys say the SEC appears to be handing out approvals based on when shops filed for relief and how closely they track a model the regulator suggested shops use. ow.ly/nErv50XMFUn

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The SEC has granted preliminary approval for dual-shares to 30 firms, including BlackRock, Fidelity and J.P. Morgan. Read more: ow.ly/Iv7C50XLy6W

Interval fund sponsors are facing widely varying requirements and wait times in order to get their funds on some custodial platforms. ow.ly/ALVY50XL0Ey

The firm says it has reached a "disposition" with the Justice Department related to the ongoing prosecution of its former co-CIO. ow.ly/2ox250XJW1b

President Donald Trump has issued an executive order cracking down on proxy advisors, but stopped short of demanding new rules for index fund firms. ow.ly/mKVv50XIvx0

T. Rowe Price is shaking up the management of six mutual funds, including the merger of two small funds into larger ones. ow.ly/NajQ50XHB9U

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Rollouts from the firms' private investments collaborations are on track for launch next year. Learn more: ow.ly/OT9U50XH3lg

President Donald Trump last week said the U.S. is "seriously" considering developing a national retirement savings platform similar to Australia's. However, retirement policy experts say the hurdles of implementing such a structure would be high. ow.ly/8RiO50XGp7r

Now that regulators have greenlit Dimensional Fund Advisors’ dual-share-class bid, asset managers also interested in the structure must find custodians capable of facilitating them, analysts say. ow.ly/b1nn50XFQ4o

Six partners recently retired from Lord Abbett, which has named a new head of national sales for the U.S. wealth market. ow.ly/mwTz50XE1eW

The first investors in Vanguard's forthcoming target-date funds with annuities will likely be shareholders of the firm's other, long-established target-dates, a Morningstar analyst said. Keep reading: ow.ly/36Mz50XBZqZ

T. Rowe Price and Charles Schwab have ended a multiyear revenue-sharing arrangement. Learn more: ow.ly/sokE50XBw3M

Funds with unitary fee structures may have a leg up in managing the potentially higher distribution costs of dual shares, analysts say. ow.ly/MACU50XAKoI

Goldman Sachs Asset Management is buying Innovator ETFs for roughly $2 billion, providing GSAM instant scale in the defined-outcome ETF niche. Learn more: ow.ly/UEyn50XA6Cr

Vanguard has registered 10 new bond ladder ETFs that are expected to charge less than rivals BlackRock and Invesco. Learn more: ow.ly/72NS50Xyiwn

Some asset managers have started to use a decades-old provision in the tax code for new ETFs to reach the magic $100 million survival threshold. But the strategy is not for the faint of heart. Keep reading: ow.ly/A5Jt50XxBeY

According to the SEC's former investment management division head, the agency will actively monitor the dual-shares space to ensure it is in compliance with its exemptive relief, as well as to gather information. Learn more: ow.ly/QPc550XwVYs