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INVESTING ALTERNATIVES APR 15, 2014
CommonWealth REIT removes full board of trustees

A special meeting to elect a new board will be called on or before May 23, according to a statement by the Newton, Mass., real estate investment trust.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES APR 14, 2014
Hedge funds request Puerto Rico borrow to last two years

Hedge funds seeking to participate in Puerto Rico's planned bond offering are asking that the commonwealth raise enough money to meet its needs for two years, two people with knowledge of the preliminary talks said.

YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH APR 11, 2014
Tech-savvy planners band together to share the wealth

INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS APR 11, 2014
S&P 500 caps worst two-day drop since June

Stocks dropped amid disappointing results at JPMorgan Chase & Co. and signs hedge funds were dumping the bull market's best performers.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 11, 2014
Stock funds lure most cash in 13 years as investors chase rally

Investors are pouring more money into stock mutual funds in the U.S. than they have in 13 years, attracted by a market near record highs and stung by bond losses that would deepen if interest rates keep rising.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 10, 2014
Gross worst as volatility spikes in Pimco fund

Bill Gross is taking investors in his $232 billion Pimco Total Return Fund for a rough ride.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 10, 2014
SAC Capital's money-laundering settlement approved

Hedge fund manager Steven A. Cohen's SAC Capital Advisors won partial approval of its $1.8 billion settlement with the U.S. as a federal judge signed off on an agreement to resolve a civil money-laundering case.

INVESTING ETFS APR 08, 2014
Money pours into health care ETFs at fastest pace since 2008

Money is flooding into exchange-traded funds focused on health care at the fastest rate in at least six years, driven by booming biotechnology and pharmaceutical sectors bringing new products to market.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 05, 2014
Pimco loses another

Bill Gross' firm and Western Asset pulled as subadvisers from Mercer fund with $1.1 billion.

INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS APR 04, 2014
Pimco chases BlackRock in ETFs as money returns to bonds

Pacific Investment Management Co., the envy of the bond world when it tripled assets following the financial crisis, is finding itself in an unusual role: Playing catch up to competitors in the growing market for exchange- traded funds.