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NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 03, 2014
MF Global starts final repayments of 100% of customer claims

Defunct brokerage MF Global Inc. will begin final distributions to satisfy $6.7 billion in claims, but has justice prevailed?

INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS APR 03, 2014
Pimco replaced by TCW as manager of $1.3B bond fund

The fund, previously known as the Pimco Mortgage-Backed Securities Fund, will become the TCW Core Plus Bond Fund, according to a statement today from Los Angeles-based TCW.

INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS APR 02, 2014
Pimco funds may face Morningstar analyst cuts

After visiting Pimco, analysts at Morningstar may downgrade their ratings for the money manager's funds. In a new report, they cited, among other things, a 'higher degree of uncertainty' around personnel in the wake of the departure of co-CIO Mohamed El-Erian.

INVESTING ETFS APR 01, 2014
Vanguard to launch actively managed ETFs

The Vanguard Group Inc., the third-largest U.S. provider of exchange-traded funds, has asked regulators for permission to open actively managed ETFs.

INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS APR 01, 2014
Smart beta ETFs squeezing 256% from S&P 500

Index funds became popular over the last four decades because they're simple, conservative and low cost. A different kind of exchange-traded fund is drawing record cash by promoting better returns with the same stocks.

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 31, 2014
Progress (not perfection) at Bradshaw Financial

Trent Bradshaw's problems appeared obvious, and the solutions simple, but fixing a financial advisory practice takes time.

INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS MAR 31, 2014
SEC to probe whether FX rigging distorted options, ETFs

The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating whether currency traders at the world's biggest banks distorted prices for options and exchange- traded funds by rigging benchmark foreign-exchange rates, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 28, 2014
Advisers confront shrinking fortunes

The advancing age of wealthy baby boomers is a creeping and subtle threat to the long-term survival of many asset-based, fee-dependent advisory firms. Here's what some advisers are doing to stem the tide of dwindling assets.

YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH MAR 27, 2014
Envestnet cloud-based software a lure for bids

Envestnet Inc. a maker of cloud-based software used by financial advisers, has increased its value fivefold since going public. Buyers may take notice.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAR 27, 2014
Buffett alters yardstick after Berkshire falls short of goal

Warren Buffett, the billionaire chairman and chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., changed the standard by which he measures performance after falling short of his target for the first time in decades.