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Masimo CEO Resigns Days After Proxy Battle Ejected Him From Board

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Masimo CEO Joe Kiani stepped down following a two-year skirmish with an activist investor that ejected him from his own board.

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Latest ETF Taps AI Versions of Buffett, Druckenmiller

Intelligent Alpha launched a new ETF that leverages AI large-language models to mimic some of the world’s best stock pickers.

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Morgan Stanley Converts Mutual Funds into First ‘Pathway’ ETFs

Morgan Stanley is bolstering its ETF suite by converting two mutual funds into exchange-traded funds under the Morgan Stanley Pathway brand.

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Active ETFs Approach $1 Trillion in Global Assets

The actively managed investment vehicles have quickly gained momentum after a Securities and Exchange Commission rule change in 2019.

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White House Readying US Sovereign Fund Proposal

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White House officials are drafting plans to start a sovereign wealth fund that could invest in national security interests.

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Patent Drop

Stripe Fraud Detection Patent Could Restore Trust in Crypto

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Stripe wants to fortify blockchain transactions with it’s latest patent.

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Investments

Silicon Valley Incubator Backs Its First Defense Company

Y Combinator is backing Ares Industries, a defense company that builds “low-cost cruise missiles.” It previously avoided the defense market.

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Investments

Bill Ackman’s Pershing USA Officially Slashes IPO Fundraising Target to $2 Billion

Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management announced that its planned IPO for a US closed-end fund will raise $2 billion.

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ETFs

The Vanguard Patent Shaking Up the Fund Industry

Nearly 50 years ago, Vanguard disrupted the investing world by launching the first index fund for individual investors. Now comes the sequel.

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Going Under the Hood of Buffer ETFs

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Buffer ETFs have quickly gained momentum with 200 funds currently trading on US markets with about $37 billion in aggregate assets.

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