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RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 18, 2008
Target date funds gain traction in 401(k)s

More than 7% of 401(k) assets were invested in target date funds at the end of 2007 and 25% of 401(k) participants held the funds, according to an analysis released today.

ALTERNATIVES DEC 18, 2008
Major homebuilder sees 4Q improvement

Homebuilder Lennar Corp. posted a loss in its fiscal fourth quarter that was significantly smaller than last year’s record loss, but executives at the Miami company have yet to see signs that the troubled housing industry has bottomed.

MUTUAL FUNDS DEC 18, 2008
Mutual funds in peril, study says

Mutual fund assets will remain in decline unless regulations put them on equal footing with other investment vehicles, such as ETFs, according to a study released this week by Celent, a Boston-based research and consulting firm.

ALTERNATIVES DEC 18, 2008
MFA gives thumbs-up to Schapiro, Gensler

The Managed Funds Association, the Washington-based organization that represents the hedge fund industry, announced its support for Mary Schapiro as the new head of the Securities and Exchange Commission and Gary Gensler, who will head-up the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

ALTERNATIVES DEC 17, 2008
JP analyst ups estimates on mortgage REITs

JPMorgan Chase & Co. analyst Andrew Wessel has raised earnings estimates and price targets on several mortgage real estate investment trusts in the wake of the Fed’s latest rate cut.

MUTUAL FUNDS DEC 17, 2008
Mutual fund outflows stanched in November

Net outflows were down 63% across the mutual fund industry in November, but most money managers still bled billions in assets, according to research released last week by Morningstar Inc.

ALTERNATIVES DEC 16, 2008
LaSalle: Real estate valuations to fall in '09

Real estate valuations are expected to fall next year, with the low point in the cycle expected in 2010, according to LaSalle Investment Management’s Investment Strategy Annual, a comprehensive survey of global real estate markets.

MUTUAL FUNDS DEC 14, 2008
Cost may dampen investor appeal of eclectic multiasset funds

A select group of mutual funds that can invest beyond stocks, bonds and cash are being heralded as the next great innovation, but some industry observers question whether the funds are merely repackaging an existing concept.

ALTERNATIVES DEC 12, 2008
Ryland latest homebuilder to slash dividend

The Ryland Group has become the latest home builder to slash its dividend, chopping its quarterly dividend by 75% to 3 cents a share, from 12 cents.

ALTERNATIVES DEC 11, 2008
Emerging-market hedge funds take hard hit

A lower appetite for risk among investors has added up to some lousy returns for hedge funds concentrated in emerging markets, according to the latest data from HFR Group LLC in Chicago.

MUTUAL FUNDS DEC 11, 2008
Reserve begins distribution for 12 funds

The Reserve Management Co. Inc. of New York has announced that it has begun distributions for 12 of its money market mutual funds and gave a distribution schedule for a host of others.

MUTUAL FUNDS DEC 10, 2008
Analyst calls rate cuts a foe to money funds

Money market mutual funds that invest in Treasuries could cost investors money if the Federal Reserve Bank cuts interest rates further, according to Peter Crane, president of the Westborough, Mass.-based research firm Crane Data LLC.

ALTERNATIVES DEC 09, 2008
Ray of light seen for battered home sales

Pending sales of existing homes and median home prices fell in October, although the declines were smaller than anticipated — and there were even signs of improvement in certain markets.

ALTERNATIVES DEC 08, 2008
Hedge funds continue slow downhill roll

The latest performance data from the hedge fund industry shows that its indexes continue to decline at a slower pace than that of the stock market, but are still widely underperforming bonds.

MUTUAL FUNDS DEC 07, 2008
Congress to probe Labor Department regulations

The next Congress will scrutinize a Department of Labor proposal that permits advisers affiliated with an in-house money management unit to recommend whatever products they want, including mutual funds with high management fees, to 401(k) participants.

ETFS DEC 07, 2008
Discrepancies in ETF pricing, timing said to cloud real value

A popular argument for using exchange traded funds is that investors receive more bang for their buck because ETFs are generally cheaper than mutual funds. In some cases, however, the bang is being muted because of the way ETF returns are reported.

MUTUAL FUNDS DEC 07, 2008
Staff cutbacks mount amid turmoil

Money managers said they have laid off or plan to lay off nearly 3,600 staff members as a result of financial market swoons.

ALTERNATIVES DEC 04, 2008
Fortress pulls up Drawbridge fund

Fortress Investment Group LLC has suspended redemptions from its largest hedge fund and three of its feeder funds., according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

MUTUAL FUNDS DEC 03, 2008
Fidelity reopens two retirement-oriented funds

To offset numerous redemptions this year, Fidelity Investments announced yesterday it will be reopening two of its mutual funds to new investors and accounts, starting Dec. 16.

MUTUAL FUNDS DEC 03, 2008
Utopia lost for famed Michigan fund

After a three-year run in the mutual funds sector, Utopia Funds in Traverse City, Mich. is throwing in the towel by liquidating all four of its funds as of Dec. 22.