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MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 05, 2008

ALTERNATIVES APR 29, 2008
Home prices fall, foreclosures skyrocket

Home foreclosure filings increased 112% during the first quarter of 2008, according to RealtyTrac Inc.

MUTUAL FUNDS APR 28, 2008
Asset managers gearing up to launch global mutual funds

Global mutual funds that invest in domestic and overseas stocks are the flavor of the moment, and several well-respected asset managers intend to launch such funds in the coming weeks.

ESG APR 28, 2008
More firms do good

A growing number of businesses are finding that they can do well by doing good.

MUTUAL FUNDS APR 28, 2008
A fund that capitalizes on volatility

Like a lot of alternative investment strategies, the $4.3 billion <b>Gateway Fund</b> (GATEX) thrives on the kind of stock market volatility we have experienced lately.

ETFS APR 28, 2008
Advisers are taking defensive tack

Recent market volatility, and concerns over credit quality and availability, have caused many financial advisers to become more defensive in their portfolio strategies.

ALTERNATIVES APR 28, 2008
MFA plans effort to reach out to SEC

The Managed Funds Association, following the direction of many of its hedge fund members, is moving to get ahead of an expected trend toward increased regulatory oversight.

MUTUAL FUNDS APR 28, 2008
Emerging-markets-equity funds see big 1Q outflows

A cold front materialized in the first quarter for the once-hot emerging-markets-equity sector as U.S. investors pulled out $1.85 billion from the fund category.

MUTUAL FUNDS APR 28, 2008
Wealthy are dissatisfied with fund industry

While they trust financial advisers, most wealthy investors are not satisfied with the amount of information they get from their mutual fund companies, according to the results of a new survey.

ALTERNATIVES APR 25, 2008
SEC sues Gabelli for market timing

Ex-execs committed securities fraud by allowing a hedge fund to profit by quickly trading shares, the SEC alleges.

MUTUAL FUNDS APR 25, 2008
Fund inflows hit $24.6 billion in March

Domestic-equity funds posted net inflows of $17.5 billion and government funds had nearly $3 billion.

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 24, 2008
MBIA, Ambac Financial: Back to the trough?

One Goldman analyst says the bond insurers will need $3.4 billion each in added capital thanks to more quarterly losses.

FIXED INCOME APR 24, 2008
Bond issuance on the rise, survey says

Net new issuance of Treasury coupon securities is expected to hit $47 billion in the second quarter.

MUTUAL FUNDS APR 24, 2008
Cox queried on auction rate securities

Congressmen question an apparent conflict of interest between holders of auction rate securities and fund companies.

MUTUAL FUNDS APR 23, 2008
Eaton funds in failed auctions get financing

The redemptions would be the first involving tax-free closed-end funds caught in failed auctions.

ALTERNATIVES APR 23, 2008
Citadel nabs another JPMorgan exec

Derek Kaufman, who spent 12 years at JPMorgan, will serve as the hedge fund's senior managing director.

ALTERNATIVES APR 23, 2008
Top manager to depart GLG

Greg Coffey, a portfolio manager with the hedge fund, who oversees $7 billion in assets, is stepping down May 1.

ALTERNATIVES APR 22, 2008
Sales of existing homes drop 2% in March

Sales of existing homes decreased by 2% last month to a seasonally adjusted rate of 4.93 million units.

ALTERNATIVES APR 21, 2008
Unhedged hedge optimism

The current economic and market challenges apparently aren't enough to derail the growth and prosperity of the $2 trillion hedge fund industry, according to a survey of hedge fund managers.

ETFS APR 21, 2008
Active ETFs are, well, less active

If investors were expecting the first actively managed exchange traded funds to look anything like their mutual fund counterparts, they are probably disappointed by three ETFs that Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC introduced this month.