Financial advisors are missing the importance of alternative investments for diversification, Invesco's chief global market strategist said at Inside ETFs.

Factor funds are spurring a revival of active investing, said asset managers at the Inside ETFs conference in Hollywood, Fla.

The Nobel laureate economist and Yale professor proclaims that "all good things come to an end" at the Inside ETFs conference.

The biggest challenge in investing comes in the bond market, Columbia Threadneedle Investments' Edward Kerschner said. Interest rates have stopped falling after 35 years of decline. "We have a new rate regime," he said.

The Schwab ETF OneSource program will now have more than 500 commission-free ETFs, including 90 funds by BlackRock's iShares.

Advisor Tyrone Ross Jr. said the wealth management industry will be the last to get on the cryptocurrency bandwagon, due to the fiduciary standard.