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EMERGING MARKETS JUL 12, 2009
Markets remain rocky; Asia looks appealing

Investors should prepare for a roller-coaster ride for the rest of the year as equity markets struggle to make headway.

ALTERNATIVES JUL 10, 2009
Frank: Congress to clamp down on derivatives

The chairman of the House Financial Services Committee says that Congress will substantially increase the power of government regulators to monitor derivatives, a type of financial instrument that contributed to the U.S. economic turmoil.

ALTERNATIVES JUL 10, 2009
Ameriprise to pay $17.3M for receiving undisclosed compensation for REIT sales

Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. of Minneapolis has agreed to pay $17.3 million to settle charges that it received nearly $31 million in undisclosed compensation for selling its brokerage customers real estate investment trusts between 2000 and 2004, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced today.

ALTERNATIVES JUL 10, 2009
Hatteras Funds to acquire Alternative Investment Partners

Hatteras Funds has entered into an agreement to acquire Alternative Investment Partners LLC, which manages the AIP Mutual Funds.

ESG JUL 09, 2009
Genocide-free investing policy urged for Fidelity funds

Shareholders of 13 Fidelity funds will vote next week on a non-binding resolution that asks the funds' boards of trustees to establish a policy of so-called genocide-free investing.

ALTERNATIVES JUL 08, 2009
Hedge funds outpaced indexes in first half of year

The hedge fund industry experienced gains in the first half of the year, according to data released today by Hennessee Group LLC of New York.

ALTERNATIVES JUL 08, 2009
Private-equity fundraising plummets

Private-equity firms continue to struggle to raise funds as the recession wears on, according to a report today in the Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst newsletter.

RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 07, 2009
Target date funds increasingly featured in 403(b) plans, survey says

Non-profit organizations are embracing target date funds and a majority of 403(b) plan sponsors have begun offering these funds in their plans, a study released today showed.

MUTUAL FUNDS JUL 06, 2009
Fund launches slow; caution is watchword for investors

While new mutual fund launches are lagging last year's total, fund firms continue to introduce new products, even in the down market.

ESG JUL 01, 2009
VC dollars rev up 'Green' machines

Venture capital investments in green technologies rebounded in the second quarter, according to a report released by Greentech Media Inc., a Cambridge, Mass.-based online media and research firm.

MUTUAL FUNDS JUL 01, 2009
Lord Abbett revamps large-cap funds in bid to raise profile

In a move to increase awareness of its large-cap mutual funds, Lord Abbett & Co. LLC announced today it has changed the names of four of its large-cap offerings and lowered the expense ratio on one of them.

FIXED INCOME JUN 28, 2009
Two new munis and a swaps recap

Through the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the government has created Build America Bonds.

MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 28, 2009
Securing the next generation of life cycle funds

Target date life cycle funds, one of the most successful investment innovations of the past generation, have come under intense scrutiny — from Congress, regulators and the media.

MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 28, 2009
Target date funds seen as a question of how rather than if

Target date funds are ripe for regulation — a conclusion made abundantly clear at a joint Department of Labor and Securities and Exchange Commission hearing this month dissecting these popular retirement funds.

ALTERNATIVES JUN 28, 2009
Managers desperate for big infusions of cash

Real estate managers are making a mad scramble to raise cash.

FIXED INCOME JUN 28, 2009
MSRB readies new muni disclosure system

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board's revamped municipal-bond disclosure system, set to go live next month, won't be quite the panacea for disclosure that regulators hope, according to some observers.

EQUITIES JUN 28, 2009
Battered equity boutiques broaden focus to bonds

Some well-known equity boutiques have begun offering bond strategies this year, diversifying their portfolios after the market collapse focused attention on the ability of money management companies to cope with severe downturns.

ESG JUN 28, 2009
Keeping the faith

ESG JUN 28, 2009

ALTERNATIVES JUN 28, 2009
McCool says solution near on custody of alternatives

The Charles Schwab Corp., which promised to spell out details of its plan to help advisers move alternative assets from its platform this month, has nearly met its deadline.