Following serious questions about how it calculated returns, F-Squared hires a new CEO after the old one leaves
On a short Raymond James, RBC and Wells Fargo leash, the biggest ETF manager in the industry with $28 billion loses Howard Present and brings up Laura Dagan from its board of directors

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Do advisors/ers (or brokers masquerading as advisors/ers) get kickbacks from F-Squared for putting muppets’ money into their fund(s)?
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