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INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 27, 2014
Gross: No asset bubbles given Fed neutral policy rate of 2%

Pacific Investment Management Co.'s Bill Gross said asset markets from stocks to real estate are not overpriced because the Federal Reserve's long-term policy rate will be half of what policymakers are forecasting.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 27, 2014
From Pimco to BlackRock, financial giants protest expansion of too-big-to-fail rules

Global regulators face a backlash from some of the world's largest asset managers including Pacific Investment Management Co., Fidelity Investments, and BlackRock Inc. over plans that could single them out for tougher regulation.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 22, 2014
Ex-Prim president Kaufman sentenced for defrauding NBA union

Carolyn Kaufman, a former president of a Prim Capital Corp. advisory services unit, was sentenced to 3 years' probation, including 6 months under house arrest, for lying to a grand jury investigating a fraud against the National Basketball Players Association.

INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 21, 2014
Fund firms say too-big-to-fail designation would hurt investors

U.S. fund companies are pushing back against claims that some firms may be too big to fail, saying that singling out a few large money managers and subjecting them to more regulation would hurt competition and ultimately fund investors.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 20, 2014
Deutsche Bank's Pace set to leave wealth unit

Ben Pace, Deutsche Bank AG's chief investment officer for wealth management in the Americas, is leaving, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 19, 2014
'Wolf of Wall Street's' Belfort to make $100M this year

Jordan Belfort, whose memoir was turned into a film by Martin Scorsese, expects to earn more from his story than he did as stockbroker, allowing him to repay the victims of his financial fraud. 'Greed is not good. Ambition is good, passion is good,' he says.

INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 19, 2014
Winklevoss twins seek Nasdaq listing for bitcoin ETF

The duo, who claimed Mark Zuckerberg stole their idea for a social-networking website, are seeking to open the Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust as the first ETF tracking a virtual asset.

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 11, 2014
Early 401(k) withdrawal replaces homes as America's piggy bank

Premature withdrawals from retirement accounts have become America's new piggy bank, cracked open in record amounts during lean times by people such as Cindy Cromie, who needed the money to rent a U-Haul and start a new life.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 09, 2014
Winklevoss twins to start bitcoin ETF

The duo are seeking to open the Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust as the first ETF tracking a virtual asset. The SEC, meanwhile, has issued an alert warning investors about the dangers of such investments.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 09, 2014
David Einhorn: Bernanke answers 'frightening' during dinner chat

David Einhorn, manager of the $10 billion Greenlight Capital Inc., said he found a recent dinner conversation with former Federal Reserve chairman Ben S. Bernanke scary.