T. Rowe Price to Acquire $19 Billion Fixed-Income Manager F/m Investments - F/m Accumulator Ultrashort Tr

Vestmark supports Vanguard's custom model portfolios. Dynasty closed $200M in private markets funds. CAIS expanded its alts platform with 40 managers. TradePMR integrated Artha for portfolio analysis. T. Rowe Price to acquire F/m Investments for fixed income expansion. Victory Capital to acquire First Eagle Investments for $7B.

T. Rowe Price filed an updated registration for a crypto ETF, potentially including Dogecoin and Shiba Inu. The actively managed fund aims to outperform the FTSE US Listed Crypto Index. Anchorage Digital Bank will serve as custodian, with possible staking and in-kind transactions. Approval would offer investors broad digital asset exposure.

T. Rowe Price reported $1.90T in AUM for August 2026, with $7.9B in net outflows. The firm is acquiring F/m Investments, a fixed income ETF specialist, to expand its fixed income ETF and SMA capabilities, increasing its fixed income AUM by nearly 9%. The deal is expected to close in early 2027, with F/m operating as a subsidiary.

Global ETF inflows reached $150 billion in August, nearing a record $1.4 trillion year-to-date. T. Rowe Price acquired F/M Investments, adding fixed income capabilities. Victory Capital acquired First Eagle, creating a $571 billion asset manager. VettaFi acquired RAFI Indexing, expanding smart-beta offerings. Northern Trust rebranded FlexShares ETFs under its main brand. Corgi hired Jeff Weniger as CIO, continuing its thematic ETF expansion.

T. Rowe Price (NASDAQ:TROW) agreed to acquire F/m Investments, a fixed-income asset manager with $19B in assets, adding 20 ETFs and increasing its fixed-income assets by 9%. The deal is expected to close in early 2027, though the purchase price was not disclosed. F/m's ETFs cover Treasuries, TIPS, corporate bonds, and municipal securities, providing T. Rowe Price with an established platform and distribution opportunities.

T. Rowe Price (TROW) will acquire F/m Investments, a fixed income asset manager with $19B in AUM. The deal aims to expand T. Rowe Price’s fixed income and ETF offerings, increasing its fixed income AUM by 9%. F/m’s leadership and brand will be retained. The transaction is expected to close in early 2027.