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RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 07, 2014
Senate committee faults Credit Suisse over tax dodgers

A Senate committee report will reprimand Credit Suisse Group AG for helping American clients dodge taxes and will criticize the Justice Department for not pursuing offshore banks aggressively enough, according to two people with knowledge of the findings.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 06, 2014
Money pours into health care ETFs at fastest pace since 2008

Booming biotechnology and pharmaceutical sectors bringing new products to market attract record money

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 05, 2014
What Warren Buffett considers his best investment

The billionaire recently cited buying a copy of “The Intelligent Investor” by Benjamin Graham as money well spent

INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS MAR 05, 2014
Gross vows to diversify: Pimco to launch 19 active ETFs

Pacific Investment Management Co., the world's biggest bond manager, plans to start 19 actively managed exchange-traded funds as co-founder Bill Gross further diversifies the firm following Chief Executive Officer Mohamed El-Erian's resignation last week.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 28, 2014
'Alpha is not dead,' Yale declares

Yale University, the world's second-wealthiest school with a $20.8 billion endowment, said it can still beat market returns, known as generating alpha, as it seeks to stand out from other investors.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 28, 2014
What the new surge to U.S. equities means for the markets

Investors are returning to the U.S stock market after the worst selloff in seven months, sending $21 billion to stock ETFs

INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS FEB 28, 2014
Could Ivascyn be Gross' heir apparent at Pimco?

“It has been pretty clear for a while that Dan [Ivascyn] is part of the next generation of leadership at Pimco,” said Michael Rosen, chief investment officer at Angeles Investment Advisors, a consultant to institutions. “He has done well and he's a good guy.”

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 27, 2014
Study: SEC staff sold shares before cases made public

People working for the SEC who owned stock in companies under investigation were more likely to sell shares than other investors in the months before the agency announced it was taking enforcement actions, according to a new academic paper.

INVESTING FIXED INCOME FEB 27, 2014
Goldman attracts record deposits to bond fund

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is drawing record deposits into a bond mutual fund that's making money even as interest rates rise, giving the bank a boost in one of the few Wall Street businesses it hasn't dominated.

RETIREMENT TAX FEB 25, 2014
Credit Suisse's U.S. clients in limbo as prosecutors inch ahead

Thousands of Credit Suisse Group AG's U.S. clients still don't know whether tax authorities will learn their identities as prosecutors work to conclude a three-year probe of how the bank helped them evade taxes.