Here's a look back at 2025's top-read stories each month in the advisor-sold asset management industry:

January
Sapir Adds 2 Senior Leaders and Shifts a 3rd
1/16 - A $79.9-billion-AUM fund firm's chief unveiled a trio of appointments, including two hirings.

February
Sapir Celebrates His $25B-AUM Flagship
2/13 - A giant leveraged index fund reached its crystal anniversary.

March
The JPMAM Streak Hits 10 Months
3/28 - The M* team updated U.S. flows data for February 2025 for ETFs and long-term, open-end mutual funds.

April
April Fools For Fundsters
4/1 - A veteran asset management industry consultant and his team offered up some laughs with their annual "news" roundup for April Fools' Day.

May
In FAs' Eyes, 4 FUnd Firms Dominate Thought Leadership
5/8 - Yet an industry consulting firm's new research showed the perceived thought leadership race to be tightening among the leading players.

June
Fidelity, Artisan, and BlackRock Lead an 8-Firm Race
6/17 - Other contenders in the competition included DFA, Harris, J.P. Morgan, MFS, and T. Rowe Price. The winners would be revealed in July.

July
33 Fund Firms Join a Giant's INTF Platform For RIAs
7/10 - An RIA custody giant's institutional no transaction fee mutual fund platform expands by about 800 funds.

August
An $870B-AUMA Multinational's U.S. Team Adds an 18th ETF
8/22 - The new, subadvised, actively managed, fixed income fund debuted earlier that week.

September
A Bank Breach Didn't Hit Its $3.7T-AUS Asset Manager
9/4 - A recent cybersecurity incident affected five Massachusetts residents connected with a money center bank.

October
An $860B-AUM AM's Parent Gains an M&A Chief
10/17 - The rising executive joined the holding company four years ago.

November
POW! Patti Launches Another ETF
11/13 - The folks at a Diamond State boutique were launching another thematic index fund.

December
First Eagle Will Take a $32B-AUMA AM Private
12/11 - The PE-backed, Gotham fund firm is preparing to buy a publicly traded asset manager in the Midwest.

(By comparison, here's MFWire's list of top-read 2024 stories.) 

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