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ALTERNATIVES JAN 04, 2009
LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL?

By some measures, 2008 was one of the darkest periods in the history of the hedge fund industry.

MUTUAL FUNDS JAN 04, 2009
Fund liquidations may reach record

Mutual fund liquidations could reach record levels in 2009 as assets decline and fund management companies trim overhead.

MUTUAL FUNDS JAN 04, 2009
'Life events' ignored

Employees who were recently laid off won't find a lot of advice from mutual fund companies about what they should do with their cash.

MUTUAL FUNDS JAN 04, 2009
Charter plots a steady course

Even in the best economic environment, you are not likely to see the <b>Aim Charter Fund </b>(CHTRX) hitting the top of most performance charts.

ALTERNATIVES DEC 31, 2008
Mortgage applications unchanged for week

The volume of residential mortgage applications was essentially unchanged for the week ended Dec. 26, even as the interest rates charged on mortgages continued to decline, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association of Washington.

ALTERNATIVES DEC 31, 2008
GLG to hold off on dividend

Hedge fund GLG Partners yesterday announced that it will temporarily stop paying a quarterly dividend.

ALTERNATIVES DEC 30, 2008
Home prices decline at record pace

Home prices in the 20 largest U.S. cities fell 18% in October, a record year-over-year decline.

ALTERNATIVES DEC 29, 2008
IndyMac sale imminent, report says

IndyMac Bancorp Inc. is close to being sold to a consortium of private-equity and hedge fund firms in a deal that will be partially financed by the federal government, people involved with the deal told The New York Times.

FIXED INCOME DEC 24, 2008
Debt issuance fell 29% in 2008

Global bond underwriting activity declined by 29% in 2008 to $4.33 billion, the lowest level since 2000, according to data from Dealogic Holdings PLC of London.

MUTUAL FUNDS DEC 24, 2008
SEC mulls enforcement action against Reserve

Staff at the SEC&#8217;s Division of Enforcement has informed Reserve Management that it intends to recommend that the SEC bring an enforcement action against the company for violating federal securities laws.

ALTERNATIVES DEC 23, 2008
Home sales down despite falling mortgage rates

Rising unemployment and volatility in the stock market continued to pull down the troubled housing market as sales of existing homes tumbled 10.6% in November from the same period a year earlier.

ALTERNATIVES DEC 22, 2008
Apt. REITs susceptible to downturn, analysts say

Apartment real estate investment trusts, which have been outperforming many of their real estate peers in 2008, are expected to take a hit in 2009 as rising unemployment will likely cause both demand and rents to decline.

ALTERNATIVES DEC 19, 2008
Hedge fund liquidations gain steam

Hedge fund liquidations outpaced hedge fund launches during the third quarter, offering more solid evidence that the weakened state of the global economy is taking its toll on the $1.6 trillion hedge fund industry.

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&#8217;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 &amp; Co. analyst Andrew Wessel has raised earnings estimates and price targets on several mortgage real estate investment trusts in the wake of the Fed&#8217;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&#8217;s Investment Strategy Annual, a comprehensive survey of global real estate markets.