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INVESTING ETFS JAN 29, 2014
State Street teams with MFS to open its first active stock ETFs

State Street Corp., the second-biggest provider of exchange-traded funds, plans to introduce actively managed Systematic Core Equity, Growth Equity and Value Equity ETFs.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JAN 28, 2014
Druckenmiller lawyer takes on hedge funds over unfair contracts

Stan Druckenmiller, one of the top-performing money managers of the past three decades, discovered a hard truth when he started investing in other hedge funds: Most don't treat their clients fairly, he said.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 28, 2014
T. Rowe Price rises most in two years as profit jumps on rally

T. Rowe Price Group Inc., the asset manager that posted has a profit every quarter since going public in 1986, rose the most in more than two years after fourth-quarter profit increased 24%.

INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JAN 28, 2014
Why tapering can't be stopped

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Fed tapering, Apple's dismal results, an emerging markets opportunity, and why even the Winklevoss twins are distancing themselves from Bitcoin.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 24, 2014
BlackRock sees attractive frontier market bets

BlackRock Frontiers Investment Trust Plc, a $297 million frontier markets equity fund, said it returned 33% last year and expects attractive investment opportunities this year including initial public offerings.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 24, 2014
Investors' optimism just keeps climbing

International investors are the most upbeat about the global economy than at any time in almost five years, buoyed by the U.S.-led revival of industrial nations, according to the Bloomberg Global Poll.

INVESTING FIXED INCOME JAN 24, 2014
Bond funds post record withdrawals in 2013

Bond mutual funds in the U.S. posted record investor redemptions of $80 billion in 2013 as investors fled fixed income in anticipation that interest rates will rise further.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 23, 2014
Wells Fargo to sell insurance brokers to USI

Wells Fargo &amp; Co. has agreed to sell more than 40% of its insurance brokerage locations to focus bricks-and-mortar operations on higher-growth regions and bigger clients.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 23, 2014
Investors' optimism just keeps climbing

International investors are the most upbeat about the global economy than at any time in almost five years

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 22, 2014
Stocks losing allure with highest valuation to bonds since 2011

Rising Treasury yields and the biggest equity market rally in 16 years are leading one measure of stock valuations to the most bearish level since 2011.