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LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 21, 2011
MetLife names Goulart as new CIO

MetLife Inc., the largest U.S. life insurer, selected Steven J. Goulart as chief investment officer to oversee a portfolio valued at more than $450 billion.

State regulators aren't nuts about souped-up ETFs
ETFS JUL 20, 2011
State regulators aren't nuts about souped-up ETFs

Leveraged and inverse funds over the head of the average investor, NASAA warns; plenty of fees, too

ETFS JUL 20, 2011
The complexity of ETF options

As they do with stocks, investors have the opportunity to trade listed options on many exchange-traded funds

Short-term junk ideal for navigating long-term risk: RiverPark's Sherman
FIXED INCOME JUL 19, 2011
Short-term junk ideal for navigating long-term risk: RiverPark's Sherman

Fund manager generating solid returns with minimal exposure to interest rate risk; plenty of turnover

ALTERNATIVES JUL 19, 2011
David Lerner Associates sued over sales of REITs

David Lerner Associates Inc. has been sued by investors who claim that it acted negligently in the sale and underwriting of more than $6.8 billion in shares of the Apple Real Estate Investment Trusts

ALTERNATIVES JUL 19, 2011
Investors in Lerner REITs may find no redemption

Investors who want to redeem their shares in the Apple family of non-traded REITs marketed by David Lerner Associates Inc., which has become the target of a regulatory action, may be out of luck

RIAS JUL 19, 2011
Real estate for advisory firm owners: 'Everything is negotiable'

Financial advisers around the United States are taking advantage of the depressed corporate-real-estate market to move into bigger or more impressive office space that they couldn't have afforded before prices dipped.

Meredith Whitney's muni denial doesn't jibe with what ran on 60 Minutes: Mysak
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 19, 2011
Meredith Whitney's muni denial doesn't jibe with what ran on 60 Minutes: Mysak

Analyst claims she didn't say what she seemed to have said when she said it on national television

Fool me once: Bruce Berkowitz's new fund omits AIG, St. Joe
MUTUAL FUNDS JUL 19, 2011
Fool me once: Bruce Berkowitz's new fund omits AIG, St. Joe

Bruce Berkowitz appears to be staying away from some of his more controversial stock picks in his newest fund, The Fairholme Allocation Fund. Among the most notable absences from the top holdings of the new fund are American International Group — the flagship Fairholme Fund's top holding — and St. Joe Corp., which has received much press and attention from investors.

MUTUAL FUNDS JUL 18, 2011
Putnam's go-anywhere fund offers plenty of latitude

PMs can invest across range of asset classes, ramp up on leverage

Withdrawals hit high as investors stampede out of mutual funds
MUTUAL FUNDS JUL 18, 2011
Withdrawals hit high as investors stampede out of mutual funds

Most money pulled out since last May; stock and bond funds both dumped

Default, dear Brutus, could be bad news for money funds
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 18, 2011
Default, dear Brutus, could be bad news for money funds

Could put a hole in money-market funds, which hold $760 billion in Treasuries. The question is: should investors pull their money out now just in case lawmakers in Washington don't reach a debt-ceiling agreement by Aug. 2?

ALTERNATIVES JUL 18, 2011
AQR creates mutual fund using nine hedging strategies

AQR Capital Management LLC is tapping into the growing appetite for alternative investments by launching a mutual fund that employs nine different hedge fund strategies.

MUTUAL FUNDS JUL 18, 2011
The five funds with the largest outflows of 2011

Estimated net flows, Jan. 1-June 30, 2011. (Source: Morningstar)

FIXED INCOME JUL 18, 2011
Covered bonds offer income and safety

MUTUAL FUNDS JUL 15, 2011
CIBC to expand wealth management biz with American Century acquisition

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, the country's fifth-largest bank, agreed to buy a 41 percent stake in American Century Investments from JPMorgan Chase & Co. for $848 million to expand its asset-management business.

Funds of funds also funds of fees
MUTUAL FUNDS JUL 15, 2011
Funds of funds also funds of fees

Specialized mutual funds promise investors access to hedge fund prowess. But critics say some of the funds charge hefty fees -- and deliver less-than-stellar results.

MUTUAL FUNDS JUL 15, 2011
Catholic values-based fund eyeing financial stocks, telecoms

The global markets are flush with opportunities that have been screened for Catholic values, according to Greg Heilman, manager of the new Ave Maria World Equity Fund Ticker:(AVEWX).

ESG JUL 15, 2011
Catholic values fund fires back at N.Y. Times

The editorial took specific issue with investments in defense contractors such as United Technologies Inc. and “junk food giant” ConAgra Foods Inc. while not investing in Playboy Enterprises Inc.

Barclays Wealth set to jet from cash, move clients back to 'cheap' equities
EQUITIES JUL 14, 2011
Barclays Wealth set to jet from cash, move clients back to 'cheap' equities

Barclays Wealth may boost its bullish stance on developed-market stocks by reducing its cash investments as economic growth strengthens in the remainder of this year, according to its chief investment strategist.