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ALTERNATIVES APR 21, 2009
Hedge fund assets expected to dip to $1T by midyear

Global hedge fund assets are expected to fall to $1 trillion by midyear, down from $1.4 trillion at the end of 2008 and a peak of $1.868 trillion in 2007.

MUTUAL FUNDS APR 20, 2009
S&P passive funds trumped active over past five years

Passively managed funds outperformed actively managed funds across all categories during the past five years according to Standard & Poor’s Index Services, which was released today.

EMERGING MARKETS APR 19, 2009
Emerging markets attracting interest

A little more than one-third of private-equity investors without exposure to emerging-markets funds plan to invest in such funds within the next two years, according to a new survey conducted by Coller Capital and the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association.

FIXED INCOME APR 19, 2009
Convertible bonds are enjoying a good run

After getting beaten to a pulp last year, convertible bonds are making a comeback.

EQUITIES APR 19, 2009
Spike in financial stocks stirs hopes for big banks

Financial stocks have made a remarkable comeback in the past month, leaving advisers to make a hard call: Are banks regaining their health after the yearlong shellacking that they have endured?

ALTERNATIVES APR 19, 2009
Schwab webcast to address its revised alternatives plan

The Charles Schwab Corp. has scheduled a webcast Thursday to brief registered investment advisers on its revised plans to wind down custody of alternative investments.

MUTUAL FUNDS APR 19, 2009
Class C shares set to go the way of the dodo

The mutual fund industry is poised to do away with Class C mutual fund shares, even though the Securities and Exchange Commission gave them a reprieve by moving to table reforms.

ALTERNATIVES APR 19, 2009
Advisers are wary of the federal toxic-debt program

The government's Public-Private Investment Program — designed to remove bad assets from bank balance sheets and promote lending — will help turn around the economy in the short run, but perhaps not long-term, according to financial advisers.

ETFS APR 17, 2009
Stock mutual fund outflows increase for week

Equity funds investing primarily in U.S. stocks had a net outflow of $3 billion, reversing the previous week’s inflow of $3.2 billion, TrimTabs reported.

ALTERNATIVES APR 16, 2009
World Trade Center reconstruction may be postponed

ALTERNATIVES APR 16, 2009
Ex-state party leader and hedge manager charged in kickback scheme

The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed an amended complaint charging a former state political party leader and a hedge fund manager in connection with a multimillion-dollar kickback scheme involving New York's largest pension fund.

ALTERNATIVES APR 16, 2009
U.S. foreclosures up 24% in first quarter

The number of American households threatened with losing their homes grew 24 percent in the first three months of this year and is poised to rise further as major lenders restart foreclosures after a temporary break, according to data released today.

MUTUAL FUNDS APR 15, 2009
Mutual fund investors paid $15.8B in taxes on distributions in '08

Mutual fund investors paid $15.8 billion in taxes last year for distributions, according to a report released today by Lipper Inc. of New York.

ETFS APR 15, 2009
Health care sector ETFs offer a port in the storm

MUTUAL FUNDS APR 15, 2009
American Funds seeks OK to merge two money market funds

American Funds plans to send out proxy statements next week to shareholders of its money market mutual funds seeking approval to merge two of the funds and convert one to a short-term bond fund.

EQUITIES APR 14, 2009
Stocks fall as retail sales, price data disappoint

Stocks fell Tuesday after an unexpected drop in retail sales and producer prices tested a notion that the economy is starting to find its footing.

FIXED INCOME APR 14, 2009
MSRB wants to expand voluntary muni disclosures

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board today filed a proposed rule change with the Securities and Exchange Commission that would allow it to collect voluntary-disclosure data from municipal issuers.

MUTUAL FUNDS APR 14, 2009
SEC mulls $10 a share NAV for money market funds

The Securities and Exchange Commission is exploring structural changes to money market mutual funds, including raising the net asset value standard to $10, from $1.

ALTERNATIVES APR 14, 2009
Mutual fund launched by Legg Mason’s hedge fund affiliate

In what some say is a growing trend, The Permal Group Inc., a fund-of-hedge-funds affiliate of Legg Mason Inc., today launched its first mutual fund.

MUTUAL FUNDS APR 13, 2009
Pay for mutual fund directors inched up in 2008

Year-over-year median compensation paid to mutual fund directors increased an average of 4.2% last year, bringing it to $49,000, from $47,000, according to a study released today by Management Practice Inc., a Stamford, Conn. consulting firm for independent fund directors.