Sue Asci

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NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 27, 2009
CFP Board announces exam results

The Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. today announced that slightly more than half (52.3%) of the 2,063 individuals who sat for the March 20-21, 2009, CFP certification examination passed the test.

INVESTING ETFS MAY 27, 2009
ETFs, mutual funds see welcome inflows in April

Investors poured money into equity mutual funds, including exchange traded funds, in April in a reversal from the previous month, when those funds experienced net outflows, according to a report released yesterday by Financial Research Corp. of Boston.

INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 27, 2009
Mutual fund expense ratios at lowest level in years, Lipper says

Mutual fund expense ratios declined in 2008 for the fourth consecutive year, seeing an average reduction of 0.036% industrywide, according to a report by New York-based research firm Lipper Inc.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAY 26, 2009
Swiss hedge fund reaches $235M settlement with Madoff trustee

Optimal Investment Services, the Geneva-based hedge fund arm of Banco Santander SA, has reached a settlement with Irving Picard, trustee for the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, for $235 million.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 26, 2009
Vanguard Group cuts costs for Nevada college savings plan

The Vanguard Group Inc. today announced expense cuts across the lineup of investment options in The Vanguard 529 College Savings Plan, sponsored by the state of Nevada.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 24, 2009
Tenets for the times

Investments that adhere to Islamic law have at least one advantage at the moment: hey restrict the use of leverage, according to a report from State Street Corp.

INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 22, 2009
Money fund firms withdrawing from Treasury program

Signaling greater stability in the credit markets, most of the major fund complexes offering Treasury money market mutial funds have discontinued their participation in the federal guarantee program on those funds.

INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 22, 2009
Bill to defer taxes on reinvested mutual fund dividends seeks traction

A bill to defer taxation on dividends that are reinvested in mutual funds has received support from the Investment Company Institute.

INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 22, 2009
Muni bond funds enjoy newfound popularity

In what advisers say is a flight to safety and returns, municipal bond funds attracted more than $20 billion in new cash from January through May 13, according to the Washington-based Investment Company Institute.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MAY 21, 2009
Recession will bottom out in fourth quarter, says Moody's economist

The battered economy will begin a slow upward climb after the recession bottoms out in the fourth quarter of 2009, predicted Mark Zandi, senior economist at Moody&#8217;s <a href=http://www.Economy.com>Economy.com</a>.