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MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 30, 2008
Funds eyeing growth look past boxes

Faced with an increasingly global market in which the United States plays a diminished role, asset management companies must rethink how they approach investing.

MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 27, 2008
Alger to brand Spectra funds

Fred Alger Management Inc. of New York is consolidating all of the open-end mutual funds under the Alger brand.

MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 27, 2008
LMP Corp. to redeem auction rate preferreds

LMP Corporate Loan Fund Inc., a closed-end fund from Legg Mason Inc., today announced plans to “restructure” the fund’s leverage and add liquidity.

ALTERNATIVES JUN 26, 2008

Oil prices shot up again today on comments by the president of OPEC that they could rise to $170 a barrel and fears of a production slowdown by Libya.

EQUITIES JUN 26, 2008
Beware the financials

Two top stock-pickers are steering clear of financial service company stocks.

EQUITIES JUN 26, 2008
BRIC countries look like long-term play

Fidelity expects the emerging markets of Brazil, Russia, India and China to generate long-term growth.

ETFS JUN 25, 2008
Barclays to raise $8.9 billion

Barclays PLC plans to raise $8.9 billion through the issuance of new shares as part of an effort to shore up its balance sheet.

MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 25, 2008
Fund flows surpass $34B in May

Stock and bond funds had net inflows of $34.6 billion last month, up from $24.7 billion in April, according to FRC.

ALTERNATIVES JUN 24, 2008
Home prices continue to tumble in April

Home prices continued their freefall in April, with some areas reporting declines of nearly 27% year-over-year.

MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 23, 2008
Schwab faces adviser discontent

Financial advisers are looking to punish The Charles Schwab Corp. for leaving them in the lurch after its bond funds suffered when investments in mortgage-backed securities went sour.

ALTERNATIVES JUN 23, 2008
Fortress tries to gain on Street’s pain

The hedge fund is reportedly considering raising another $1 billion to take advantage of Wall Street turbulence.

ETFS JUN 23, 2008
Advisers view ETFs as ingenious invention

As an innovation, ETFs have no peer.

MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 23, 2008
Hennessy Funds puts focus on distribution

Competing in a crowded, cost-focused market, 20-year-old Hennessy Funds is putting an emphasis on distribution.

MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 23, 2008
Virtual portfolio boasts solid returns, multiple stars from Morningstar

After more than seven years of tapping into the Internet for the best stock pickers who are willing to run a virtual portfolio, Marketocracy Inc. has produced a top-tier mutual fund that is loosely subadvised by an eclectic group of individuals, most of whom have no connection to Wall Street.

FIXED INCOME JUN 23, 2008
Bond insurers try to erase insurance

Bond insurers are in talks with banks, looking to wipe away some $125 billion of insurance on debt securities.

ESG JUN 23, 2008
Study: Financial services firms are going green

In a move that likely will make environmentalist and actor Ed Begley Jr. proud, financial services firms are taking steps to make their offices green.

ETFS JUN 23, 2008
Frontier ETFs may expand investors' horizons

A handful of exchange traded funds are looking to give investors access to frontier markets, or countries that are less developed than traditional emerging markets.

ESG JUN 23, 2008
Socially conscious investing blossoms with DOL's blessing

Ten years after the Department of Labor gave its blessing to socially conscious investments in defined contribution plans, the area finally has come of age.

MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 23, 2008
Donor fund inflows track volatile market

Economic uncertainty and market volatility are taking donor-advised funds on a roller coaster ride.

FIXED INCOME JUN 20, 2008
Bill would curtail separate muni ratings

Legislation that would require municipal bonds to be rated similarly to corporate bonds was introduced today in the House.