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ALTERNATIVES DEC 07, 2009
Hedge fund charged with running Ponzi scheme

The SEC today charged an unregistered hedge fund with operating a large-scale scheme that it said defrauded hundreds of investors millions of dollars.

FIXED INCOME DEC 06, 2009
MBIA asset manager to operate as separate unit

MBIA Inc. said on Monday that its asset management unit will function as a separate operating company, a move that sent shares of the bond insurer higher in midday trading.

MUTUAL FUNDS DEC 06, 2009
Borzi: Labor Dept. still considering target date regs

The Labor Department is still considering regulating target date funds, according to Phyllis C. Borzi, assistant secretary of labor for the Employee Benefits Security Administration.

MUTUAL FUNDS DEC 06, 2009
John Wenker: Commercial real estate a flop, but REITs are hot

If commercial real estate is in such bad shape, why are real estate investment trusts thriving?

RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 06, 2009
Skewed IRA, 401(k) data present window for advisers

Government estimates about how much investors withdraw from their 401(k)s and IRAs are probably way off — maybe by hundreds of millions of dollars, according to a report published late last month by the Investment Company Institute.

MUTUAL FUNDS DEC 06, 2009
Joel Hirsh: In equities, big and boring is best

The next wave of equity opportunities lie in big, “boring” companies that have been largely overlooked in the current rally, according to hedge fund manager Joel Hirsh.

ALTERNATIVES DEC 06, 2009
As November goes ...

Look for markets to continue November's upward climb and finish the year strongly.

MUTUAL FUNDS DEC 03, 2009
SEC to consider putting an end to 12(b)-1 fees

ETFS DEC 02, 2009
Commodities funds seen overcoming speculation concerns

Exchange-traded commodities funds will continue to prosper despite regulators' concerns that they may have helped fuel the run-up in oil prices last year.

ETFS DEC 02, 2009
Pimco, Global X launch ETFs

With The Vanguard Group Inc. on its heels, Pacific Investment Management Co. LLC today launched new actively managed exchange-traded funds.

RIAS DEC 02, 2009
ETF Roundtable transcript

The following is an edited transcript of the round-table discussion. It was moderated by <i>InvestmentNews</i> deputy editor Evan Cooper and reporter David Hoffman.

EMERGING MARKETS DEC 02, 2009
ETF sponsors can't resist latest trend

Now that exchange-traded funds can come to market with relatively little fuss, providers are readying to launch emerging-markets ETFs in what industry observers call an ill-advised attempt to jump on the latest trend.

FIXED INCOME DEC 02, 2009
Gross: "New normal' may be to avoid bonds

In the &#8220;new normal&#8221; of slower economic growth and lower investment returns, Pacific Investment Management Co. LLC's Bill Gross is himself buying steady, dividend- paying stocks.

ETFS DEC 01, 2009
Pimco joins actively managed ETF biz

Pacific Investment Management Co. LLC last week launched its first actively managed exchange-traded fund.

MUTUAL FUNDS DEC 01, 2009
Fidelity funds see monthly outflows

Fidelity Investments experienced outflows in its long-term mutual funds in October &#8212; the first time the fund behemoth has seen net outflows in months.

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES DEC 01, 2009
State insurance regulators approve new way to value residential-mortgage bonds

State insurance regulators yesterday voted in favor of using a new method to evaluate residential mortgage-backed securities that would allow them to reduce the capital requirements related to these investments.

ALTERNATIVES DEC 01, 2009
REITs took devastating early hit, but finished on upswing

Like the proverbial canary in the coal mine, assets of the largest managers of real estate investment trusts were first to feel the shock wave of volatile world markets.

ALTERNATIVES DEC 01, 2009
Non-traded REITs may hurt indie B-Ds

The real estate boom and bust is hanging over many independent broker-dealers and their financial advisers as the market for non-traded REITs soured this year.

ALTERNATIVES DEC 01, 2009
Commercial real estate may have bottomed, Green Street says

Commercial real estate is now a bargain, and the widely expected drop in commercial property values may not occur, according to a well-known real estate analyst.

EMERGING MARKETS DEC 01, 2009
iShares rolls out new emerging-markets ETF

iShares, a unit of Barclays Global Investors, today launched an emerging-markets exchange-traded fund: the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Eastern Europe Index Fund (ESR).