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MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 12, 2010
First-ever retail MLP funds hit market

SteelPath Fund Advisors today launched three mutual funds that invest in master limited partnerships, the first of their kind allowing retail investors to gain access to the MLP universe.

EQUITIES MAY 12, 2010
7 great dividend stocks for the next 7 months

While investors generally embrace the concept of buy-and-hold investing, they fear missing out on gains that come with other strategies.

MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 10, 2010
New Janus CEO to focus on mutual fund inflows, says firm's chairman

Mutual fund company tabs former COO at Pimco as its next chief executive.

FIXED INCOME MAY 09, 2010
SEC to focus on conflicts in muni bond business

The SEC's announcement last week that it is launching an investigation of the municipal bond market is aimed at increasing transparency and weeding out conflicts of interest.

MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 07, 2010
Fund managers facing higher taxes

Top congressional Democrats reached an agreement to increase taxes on managers of buyout firms and other investment funds as part of a jobs bill they plan to put to a vote tomorrow in the U.S. House, lawmakers said.

EQUITIES MAY 07, 2010
On our blogs: A plan and a trade

The other day I said I had mapped out a trade if the market dropped to a certain level and this happened yesterday

FIXED INCOME MAY 07, 2010
Build America Bonds: Are taxable munis here to stay?

As the market for taxable munis expands, many advisors and investors are rethinking their approach to municipal bonds.

Pimco's El-Erian: Greek's financial crisis will get worse
EMERGING MARKETS MAY 07, 2010
Pimco's El-Erian: Greek's financial crisis will get worse

Before things improve, Pimco's co-chief investment officer sees even ore pain in the near future for Greece

ALTERNATIVES MAY 06, 2010
Regulator faults Wall Street banks on derivatives

Wall Street banks are seeking exemptions to proposed new financial derivatives rules that could shield more than half the trades that should be subject to disclosure, a federal regulator said Thursday.

ALTERNATIVES MAY 05, 2010
AQR to offer mutual funds only through advisers

Retail investors will no longer be able to buy mutual funds from AQR Capital Management without going through a financial adviser, starting Oct. 30.

FIXED INCOME MAY 05, 2010
Mohamed El-Erian and Dan Fuss: Greek crisis is going global

Pacific Investment Management Co.'s Mohamed El-Erian and Loomis Sayles & Co.'s Dan Fuss said the European debt crisis may spread across the globe because of investor concern that governments have borrowed too much to revive their economies.

EMERGING MARKETS MAY 05, 2010
Bill Gross: It's now time for Greece to restructure

Greece needs to reduce the nation's debt through a restructuring and impose deep spending cuts to exit its fiscal crisis, according to Pacific Investment Management Co.'s Bill Gross.

EMERGING MARKETS MAY 05, 2010
Financial crisis sparks riots: Scenes from Greece today

At least three people have died in protests today, which have seen some 100,000 people take to the streets of Greece

ALTERNATIVES MAY 05, 2010
Setback in Bear Stearns case may force gov't shift

The swift acquittal of two Bear Stearns executives in the government's criminal case tied to the financial meltdown likely will force prosecutors to rethink the evidence they planned to present in a raft of cases that have yet to go to trial, legal experts say.

MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 04, 2010
OppenheimerFunds ex-boss Macaskill named CEO at First Eagle

Bridget A. Macaskill, president and COO of First Eagle Investment Management, was also named CEO.

That an ETF is commission-free doesn't make it cheaper, advisers say
ETFS MAY 04, 2010
That an ETF is commission-free doesn't make it cheaper, advisers say

Commission-free ETFs are good, but they may not be best.

MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 03, 2010
ICI extends reach with global launch

London calling: Fund advocacy group sets up international body in the U.K.

ALTERNATIVES MAY 03, 2010
Nuns take aim at Street's moral dilemma

At Goldman Sachs' annual stockholders meeting May 7, a group of nuns will raise some uncomfortable issues.

RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 03, 2010
Buffett takes a bath: How much did the Berkshire billionaire lose today on Goldman?

The value of Warren Buffett's options to buy Goldman Sachs Group Inc. shares dropped by $950 million after regulators sued the bank for misleading clients on the sale of securities tied to the subprime mortgage market.

EQUITIES MAY 02, 2010
TIAA-CREF: Why investments in farmland are now 'like gold'

TIAA-CREF aims to add to its $2 billion holdings of farmland to help diversify its portfolio and hedge against inflation, said the pension-fund manager's director for private-equity investments in agriculture.