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ALTERNATIVES MAY 11, 2009
Lawyer set to plead guilty to huge hedge fund fraud

A prominent lawyer accused of defrauding hedge funds of at least $400 million is expected to plead guilty Monday to charges that carry a potential sentence of decades in prison.

ALTERNATIVES MAY 11, 2009
Despite market gains, March sees major fund redemptions

Investors pulled $87.6 billion out of stock, bond, mixed-equity and money market mutual funds in March, the highest net redemption total since September 2008, according to a report released today by New York-based Lipper Inc.

ALTERNATIVES MAY 11, 2009
Hedge funds on upswing, but lag behind broader indexes

Hedge funds gained almost 4% in April, but failed to keep pace with the surging broad market indexes.

MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 11, 2009
Money market mutual funds hit record low in April

The average yield for money market mutual funds hit a record low in April, according to Crane Data LLC.

MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 11, 2009
Turner Investment Partners introduces long/short equity fund

Turner Investment Partners Inc. today announced the launch of a mutual fund that will invest in six long-short equity strategies.

EQUITIES MAY 10, 2009
Non-traditional strategies dominate in equity funds

Equity managers overall got a boost at the end of the first quarter, thanks to the March rally, but the firms at the top of the performance charts for the 12-month period ended March 31 were those that followed non-traditional strategies, according to Morningstar Inc.'s database of separate accounts and collective investment trusts.

FIXED INCOME MAY 10, 2009
Bond portfolios that played it safe fared best

Safety reigns supreme this year, with managers of long-duration and government bond strategies taking six of the top 10 spots in Morningstar Inc.'s database of separate accounts and collective investment trusts for the year ended March 31.

MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 10, 2009
Neuberger Berman targets brokers, advisers

Executives of Neuberger Berman Group LLC, now running the $155 billion money manager as an independent firm, plan to share some of their institutional-only investment strategies with investment advisers and individuals for the first time.

MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 10, 2009
Mutual fund sales, advice tilt toward fee-based model

Sales of mutual funds through brokers and financial advisers continued to shift toward fee-based compensation last year, while the trend toward fee-for-advice distribution accelerated, according to a study released last week by Strategic Insight Mutual Fund Research and Consulting LLC.

ALTERNATIVES MAY 10, 2009
Critics question whether endowment model should be used by individual investors

Some industry observers are questioning whether an endowment model of investing — as popularized by the Yale University endowment fund — should be used for individual investors.

ETFS MAY 10, 2009
ETF giant iShares is going after 401(k) market

Led by the iShares exchange traded fund group, exchange traded funds are poised to break the stranglehold that mutual funds have on 401(k) retirement plans.

MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 10, 2009
Employees don't understand target funds, survey shows

Employees don't understand target date funds, and that could spell trouble for employers.

ALTERNATIVES MAY 08, 2009
Hedge fund honcho to pay $62M for fraud charges

Michael Lauer, the head of two Connecticut hedge funds, was ordered to pay more than $62 million to settle charges he defrauded investors of more than $500 million by manipulating securities prices and lying about the holdings of his funds, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced today.

ALTERNATIVES MAY 07, 2009
Hedge fund industry finding even keel, Credit Suisse/Tremont report suggests

An analysis of the hedge fund industry’s first-quarter activity indicates that the $1.3 trillion industry is stabilizing, according to Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index LLC in New York.

EMERGING MARKETS MAY 07, 2009
European Central Bank cuts key rate to 1%

The European Central Bank cut its main interest rate by a quarter point to 1 percent Thursday and is poised to unveil more measures to help boost the 16-nation euro zone economy.

RIAS MAY 05, 2009
Mutual fund sales, financial advice tilt toward fee-based compensation model

Sales of mutual funds through brokers and financial advisers continued to shift toward fee-based compensation last year, while the trend toward fee-for-advice distribution accelerated, according to a study released today by Strategic Insight Mutual Fund Research and Consulting LLC.

ETFS MAY 05, 2009
Is it time to look at emerging-markets ETFs?

EMERGING MARKETS MAY 05, 2009
SIFMA to shed European operation

EMERGING MARKETS MAY 05, 2009
Libor dips below 1% for first time

MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 04, 2009
SEC ponders new money-market rules

The Securities and Exchange Commission is considering how regulation of money-market mutual funds could be tightened to better protect investors, the head of the agency said today.