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MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 11, 2008
Junk funds pique investor interest

Junk bond funds are beginning to look more attractive to investors, even though their returns haven't been impressive.

ALTERNATIVES AUG 11, 2008
Morgan Stanley Investment Management looks beyond U.S.

Morgan Stanley Investment Management is counting on overseas growth to help get it back on track as revenue continues to fall.

ALTERNATIVES AUG 11, 2008
Fortress exec bags $300 million deal

Adam Levinson, who has been with Fortress since 2002, will join five principals who hold around 77% of the stock.

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 08, 2008
Principal report focuses on retirement income

The Principal Financial Group has released a white paper that examines the four methods of providing retirees with income.

ETFS AUG 08, 2008
Socially conscious U.S. bond indexes launched

Indexes apply environmental, social and governance performance factors to a U.S. fixed-income asset class.

ALTERNATIVES AUG 07, 2008
REITs bounce back in July

After posting an 11.25% drop in June, real estate investment trusts rebounded in July, rising 2.8% for the month, NAREIT and FTSE Group reported today.

MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 07, 2008
Vanguard reopens two mutual funds

The Vanguard Group reopened the Vanguard Explorer Fund and the Vanguard Health Care Fund to new shareholders.

ALTERNATIVES AUG 07, 2008
Pallotta planning to leave Tudor Investments

Jim Pallotta, a fund manager at Tudor Investment Corp., will start his own investment firm in 2009.

FIXED INCOME AUG 07, 2008
Prudential agrees to settle with SEC

Prudential Financial yesterday agreed to settle allegations from the SEC that it used reinsurance contracts to overstate its income by more than $200 million.

ALTERNATIVES AUG 07, 2008
Hedge fund index falls

The Hennessee Hedge Fund Index slipped 1.95% last month and was down 3.23% for the year-to-date.

ALTERNATIVES AUG 07, 2008
Pending sales index reports increases

The pending-home-sales index rose 5.3% in June, after hitting a six-year low in May, according the National Association of Realtors.

FIXED INCOME AUG 07, 2008
Industry group to address credit risk

In response to the credit crisis, a group of financial industry executives unveiled a plan today to improve risk management.

MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 07, 2008
The restitution check is in the mail

Janus Capital Management LLC will begin sending out checks to investors Aug. 15 as restitution from its 2004 market-timing settlement.

MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 07, 2008
Newsletter releases ‘Fund Lemon List’

Products of some top fund companies included on Doug Fabian's roster.

ALTERNATIVES AUG 06, 2008
Israel pleads guilty to jumping bail

Samuel Israel III, founder of Bayou Group LLC, pled guilty to charges related to his attempts to jump bail and flee.

ALTERNATIVES AUG 05, 2008
Ex-Merrill exec’s hedge fund nipped in bud

Dow Kim, former head of trading and investment banking, has shelved plans to launch a hedge fund, says Bloomberg.

MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 04, 2008
Taking a broad view of 'environmentally friendly'

Demand for "green" investing is growing, studies show, but opinions vary widely on what makes an investment green.

ALTERNATIVES AUG 04, 2008
New IRS rulings affect investors

Three new revenue rulings released by the Internal Revenue Service over the past few weeks are likely to have substantial effects on investors.

MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 04, 2008
American to introduce international fund

For the first time in almost a decade, American Funds plans to launch a new equity fund.

MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 04, 2008
Critics seize upon Vanguard's handling of U.S. Growth Fund

The Vanguard Group Inc.'s handling of its lackluster U.S. Growth Fund threatens to tarnish the company's reputation for putting investors first.