Here's a look back at 2024's top-read stories each month in the advisor-sold asset management industry:

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January
Spot Bitcoin ETPs Will Arrive Tomorrow
1/10/2024 - The SEC conceded a multi-year fight after an appeals court loss in summer 2023.

February
The JPMAM Team Mourns a 25-Year Senior Leader
2/28/2024 - One of the fund firm's C-suiters died at the age of 54.

March
Fido's Inflows Rise By $15B
3/19/2024 - The M* team provided updated U.S. flows data for February 2024 for ETFs and long-term, open-end mutual funds.

April
A $65B-AUM AM's Team Winds Down a 6-Year-Old ETF
4/4/2024 - The passively managed bond fund was expected to liquidate the following month.

May
For Bogle's 4th Successor, the Board Picks a Non-Crew Member, And ...
5/15/2024 - In a first, a non-Vanguard veteran was chosen to take over the Low-Cost Leviathan. Meanwhile, a familiar new chairman rose, and three new members joined the fund firm's board.

June
Franklin, Matthews, and 30 Other AMs Win Big In Gotham
6/20/2024 - A trade publisher's team hosted their annual awards gala that week.

July
The First Nine Spot Ether ETPs Arrive
7/23/2024 - The funds received their final necessary blessings, setting up their launch that day.

August
Jenny's Franklin Is "Vehicle Agnostic"
8/1/2024 - The publicly traded fund firm's chief noted that conventional wisdom about product types and margins is probably wrong long term.

September
VanEck Preps a $21MM-AUM Pair of Liquidations
9/12/2024 - One of the funds was expected to shutter in 11 days, while the other was expected to shut down in a month.

October
ETF Inflows More Than Double, Reaching $741B
10/17/2024 - An industry research team offered September 2024 data on one side of the asset management business.

November
Stumm Completes a $380MM-AUM Pair of Adoptions, And ...
11/21/2024 - A third adoption deal was expected to close in about three months. All three deals involve funds from the same multinational asset manager, which becomes the adoptees' subadvisor.

December
With Vident and SEI, a $170B-AUM AM Enters the ETF Space
12/2/2024 - A Mid-Atlantic asset manager's team rolled out their first exchange-traded fund by transforming some SMAs.

(By comparison, here's MFWire's list of top-read 2023 stories.) 

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