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ALTERNATIVES APR 16, 2008
$3.7 billion man tops hedge fund list

Paulson & Co.'s John Paulson was paid $3.7 billion in 2007, surpassing George Soros, who received $2.9 billion.

ALTERNATIVES APR 15, 2008
Best practices for hedge funds proposed

Hedge fund managers prepared one set of recommendations; investors with money in the funds compiled the other.

ALTERNATIVES APR 15, 2008
Bayou 'mastermind' gets 20-year sentence

Samuel Israel III, former CEO of the defunct Bayou hedge fund, was also ordered to pay $300 million in restitution.

ESG APR 14, 2008
Advisers skeptical about screening companies for terrorist links

Screening companies for their ties to countries deemed sponsors of terror is a concept that seems to intrigue investors.

MUTUAL FUNDS APR 14, 2008
Tax-managed funds pique investor interest

Tomorrow is the deadline for filing income taxes, but investors are already thinking about ways to pay less next year — driving more to consider tax-managed mutual funds.

ETFS APR 14, 2008
Barclays ads tout iShares - and advisers - to investors

Responding to advisers who complain that the iShares brand means little to their clients, Barclays Global Investors is modifying its marketing.

ETFS APR 14, 2008
ETNs are enjoying steady growth

As more companies begin to offer exchange traded notes, it's beginning to look like the small but growing ETN universe could one day be a competitor to mutual funds and exchange traded funds.

MUTUAL FUNDS APR 14, 2008
TIAA-CREF’s new CEO faces challenges

As Roger W. Ferguson Jr. takes the helm of TIAA-CREF today, he assumes control of a company that often frustrates financial advisers.

MUTUAL FUNDS APR 14, 2008
Mutual fund expenses held steady in '07

The era of declining mutual fund expenses is over, and in fact, the cost of investing in a fund may soon be headed back up.

ETFS APR 14, 2008
Mutual fund seeks diversification through ETFs

The original thinking behind the development of the SmartGrowth ETF Lipper Optimal Growth Index Fund (LPGAX) was to create a viable alternative to traditional asset allocation models.

ESG APR 14, 2008
Sentinel launches two do-good mutual funds

Expanding into what some industry observers see as a significant growth area, Sentinel Asset Management Inc. last week launched two funds focused on socially conscious investing.

RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 14, 2008
Labor Department hears 401(k) providers on fee-disclosure regs

Service providers to 401(k) plans should not be required to be fiduciaries of the plans, the Department of Labor is being told.

ALTERNATIVES APR 11, 2008
London hedge fund sued for late trading

Headstart Advisers and its chief investment adviser, Najy N. Nasser, reaped $198 million in illicit profits, the SEC alleges.

ETFS APR 11, 2008
Actively managed ETF launched

Invesco PowerShares Capital Management also has launched an actively managed fixed-income ETF.

MUTUAL FUNDS APR 11, 2008
Vanguard adds adviser to two funds

Baillie Gifford Overseas will be added as an adviser to its $6.9 billion Global Equity Fund and the $980 million Growth Equity Fund.

ALTERNATIVES APR 09, 2008
Hedge fund scoops up ex-Bear exec

Jerry Bailey, former senior advisory director at Bear Stearns Merchant Bank, is joining Halcyon Asset Management.

MUTUAL FUNDS APR 09, 2008
Lord Abbett cuts fees on three funds

Lord Abbett has lowered the front-end sales charge on three of its short-term, fixed-income mutual funds to 2.25%, from 3.25%.

MUTUAL FUNDS APR 08, 2008
Morningstar sees end to sinking fund fees

The average asset-weighted expense ratio for mutual funds in 2007 was 0.90%, remaining flat from the previous year.

MUTUAL FUNDS APR 07, 2008
Henderson fund aims for concentration

Having watched the as-sets under management in the <b>Henderson International Opportunities Fund</b> (HFOAX) double to $3.9 billion over the past year, manager Iain Clark is satisfied that the portfolio was positioned in advance to handle the flood of inflows.

ALTERNATIVES APR 07, 2008
Hedge funds lag market indicators

The Hennessee Hedge Fund Index declined 1.9% last month and is off 3.5% year-to-date through March 31.