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MUTUAL FUNDS MAR 26, 2008
Advisers weigh in on targeted payouts

Roving reporter Aaron Siegel quizzed conference attendees on their views on finance ... and the NCAA tournament.

ETFS MAR 25, 2008
SSgA starts ETF tracking global bond index

SSgA launched a new ETF that tracks Deutsche Bank’s DB Global Government ex-U.S. Inflation-Linked Bond Capped index.

ALTERNATIVES MAR 25, 2008
Hedge funds hold nearly $2.2 trillion

Assets managed in nearly 10,000 hedge funds totaled $2.16 trillion as of Dec. 31, estimated researchers at Credit Agricole Structured Asset Management in a new report.

ETFS MAR 25, 2008
Bear launches actively managed ETF

AMEX has launched the Bear Stearns Current Yield Fund today, touting it as the the first actively-managed ETF to hit the market.

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 24, 2008
Retirement Income: Advisers still poke holes in retirement income products

Even as the financial services industry scurries to provide advisers with better retirement income vehicles, advisers continue to criticize the new products.

MUTUAL FUNDS MAR 24, 2008
Morgan Stanley streamlines retail management

Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. of New York is cutting its four retail divisions down to two, creating a South/West division and a Northeast/Central division.

MUTUAL FUNDS MAR 24, 2008
Direxion aims to shed light on leveraged-index funds

Educating financial advisers about leveraged-index funds is one goal that Dan O'Neill embraced when he took over last month as Direxion Funds' chief executive.

MUTUAL FUNDS MAR 24, 2008
Donohue: Watch out when marketing managed-payout funds

Mutual funds that offer managed payouts designed to give investors a steady stream of income have caught the attention of Andrew J. "Buddy" Donohue, director of the division of investment management at the Securities and Exchange Commission.

ETFS MAR 24, 2008
Firm plans to launch four credit default swap ETFs

Providers of exchange traded products are developing investments that give investors the ability to more accurately pinpoint risk.

ALTERNATIVES MAR 24, 2008
Coast Asset Management readies for growth

In a period of market volatility and anxiety, a Santa Monica, Calif., investment firm is preparing to expand.

MUTUAL FUNDS MAR 24, 2008
Series trusts gain popularity with funds

MUTUAL FUNDS MAR 24, 2008
SEC seen capping fees on C shares

The Securities and Exchange Commission is expected to issue a proposal by summer that would cap 12(b)-1 fees that investors in Class C mutual fund shares are charged, according to the general counsel of the Investment Company Institute.

ALTERNATIVES MAR 24, 2008
Hedge funds forced to sell private-equity holdings

Hedge funds — facing forced margin calls and investment redemptions — are selling off wide swaths of their private-equity-type investments in search of cold hard cash.

ALTERNATIVES MAR 21, 2008
Lehman veteran launches hedge fund

One William Street Capital was founded by David Scherr, who worked for Lehman for 21 years.

FIXED INCOME MAR 21, 2008
Muni bonds flee auction-rate securities

Municipal borrowers plan to pull at least $21 billion of bonds out of auction rate securities by May 1, Bloomberg reports.

FIXED INCOME MAR 21, 2008
Moody's mulls rating change for muni bonds

The firm is responding to criticism that ratings firms underrate municipal debt relative to corporate bonds.

MUTUAL FUNDS MAR 20, 2008
Cap on Class C fees in offing

A cap on fees for Class C mutual fund shares looks like it will make its way into a rule on 12(b)-1 fees.

ALTERNATIVES MAR 19, 2008
Hedge launches up, liquidations down

During last year's fourth quarter, 288 new funds were launched and 154 funds were liquidated, according to HFR.

MUTUAL FUNDS MAR 17, 2008
Lipper to launch fund classifications

Lipper Inc., responding in part to investors' increasing appetite for sector, target date and international funds, is revamping its fund classification system.

ETFS MAR 17, 2008
Mutual funds mixed over SEC's proposed ETF rule

It soon may become easier for mutual funds to invest in exchange traded funds, but industry experts are divided as to whether funds will rush to invest in a product that is sometimes depicted as a competitor.