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LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUN 02, 2008
Retirement income products just can't get adviser love

Like Goldilocks, financial advisers can't seem to find many new retirement income products that are "just right."

MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 02, 2008
Industry executives tee off to fight cancer

More than 400 executives from 50 mutual fund and financial services companies are expected to raise $650,000 June 12 at the 14th annual Expect Miracles Golf Classic, sponsored by Mutual Funds Against Cancer.

ALTERNATIVES JUN 02, 2008
Hedge funds petition SEC to be included in waiver

The hedge fund industry wants parity with mutual funds in its ability to buy exchange traded funds under a Securities and Exchange Commission proposal to streamline ETF regulation.

MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 02, 2008
Excessive-fee case may head to Supreme Court

A recent court ruling makes it harder for investors who want to sue mutual fund advisers over "excessive fees," but the case may be headed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 28, 2008
Fund sales move toward fee-based biz

A study found that about 60% of new fund sales through intermediaries last year didn’t have front-end sales loads.

MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 28, 2008
Stock and bond funds net $24.7 of inflows in April

International/global funds led the way with net inflows of $12.7 billion, followed by corporate funds with $7 billion.

ETFS MAY 26, 2008
Three ETF-of-ETFs are launched

Creating what may be a new product category, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC has launched three exchange traded funds that invest solely in other ETFs.

MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 26, 2008
Reopening of small-cap funds draws financial adviser interest

A large number of small-cap funds have reopened in recent months and are drawing the attention of financial advisers.

ETFS MAY 26, 2008
Russia tempts advisers with equity choices

Russia's eight-plus-year economic expansion has spread into parts of the country's consumer and retail sectors, presenting a potentially new angle for participation among financial advisers and their clients.

ETFS MAY 26, 2008
Training offered for new exchange traded products

Faced with waves of new exchange traded products, financial advisers are at a loss as to how best to put them to work, a dilemma that is leading product providers to offer more robust educational services.

MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 26, 2008
Fund is managed without human emotion

If you called Daniel Sido's approach to money management robotic, he probably wouldn't mind.

ALTERNATIVES MAY 23, 2008
SEC files action against hedger

The SEC has filed an injunctive action against James G. Marquez, a principal of the failed Bayou Fund.

ALTERNATIVES MAY 22, 2008
BlackRock recruits exec

BlackRock Inc. has hired Craig Phillips to head its financial markets advisory group, a unit of BlackRock Solutions.

ALTERNATIVES MAY 22, 2008
Hedge fund manager plans to leave Citi

The portfolio manager of Citigroup Inc.’s struggling Falcon Strategies and ASTA/MAT hedge funds, Reaz Islam, is leaving after 18 years at the company.

ALTERNATIVES MAY 22, 2008
Apollo hires Morgan Stanley vet

Apollo Management LP is launching a commodities business to be headed by former Morgan Stanley executive Neal Shear.

FIXED INCOME MAY 21, 2008
Nuveen gets infusion for ARS

The firm will refinance the auction rate preferred securities issued by its municipal closed-end funds.

MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 20, 2008
SSgA launches emerging-markets ETF

State Street unit launched the SPDR S&P Emerging Markets Small Cap ETF on the New York-based American Stock Exchange.

ALTERNATIVES MAY 20, 2008
Hedge fund plunges, hurting investors

Citigroup Inc.’s Falcon Strategies hedge fund plunged more than 75%, taking three banks with it.

MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 20, 2008
Fido fund to focus on international markets

Fidelity Investments of Boston today launched a new international equity fund which involves multiple emerging markets.

MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 19, 2008
Board chairmen, independent directors band together

To preserve their watchdog role and face down calls for change, independent mutual fund board chairmen and lead independent directors are banding together.