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ALTERNATIVES MAR 17, 2008
New mutual fund aims for hedgelike returns Weston Financial uses fund-of-funds approach to mimic popular hedging strategies

ETFS MAR 17, 2008
Fund industry's ETN challenge may backfire

The mutual fund industry's push for raising taxes on exchange-traded notes may come back to hurt the industry when it asks Congress to defer taxes on mutual funds, the ranking minority member of a House Ways and Means subcommittee said.

MUTUAL FUNDS MAR 17, 2008
Mutual fund firms offer clients access to private equity

In a bid for higher returns amid a dismal stock market environment, some mutual fund companies are offering investors access to high-risk private-equity investments.

ALTERNATIVES MAR 14, 2008
Carlyle Capital shares take a tumble

Carlyle group's David Rubenstein looks to help investors that suffered losses.

ALTERNATIVES MAR 13, 2008
Halcyon hedge fund to go public

The New York-based hedge fund manager’s new public entity will be called has $11.5 billion in assets under management.

ETFS MAR 13, 2008
ETFs fall prey to market turbulence

The size of the exchange traded fund market shrunk by $12.9 billion in February, falling to $557 billion in assets.

FIXED INCOME MAR 12, 2008
European bond insurer takes ratings hit

CFIG, a privately held European insurer, was downgraded today to A+ from its former AAA rating by Standards and Poor's.

ALTERNATIVES MAR 12, 2008
Hedge funds flourish in February

The Greenwich Global Hedge Fund Index rebounded in February, jumping 2.21% after January’s drop of 2.79%.

FIXED INCOME MAR 11, 2008
Stocks soar on $200M Fed infusion

The Fed announced it would lend $200 billion of Treasury securities to bond dealers, causing a stock market spike.

MUTUAL FUNDS MAR 11, 2008
Schwab launches Monthly Income Funds

Charles Schwab is the most recent mutual fund company to introduce a lineup of funds designed to generate a targeted annual payout for retirees.

MUTUAL FUNDS MAR 10, 2008
Small fund companies may face consolidation

The stock market downdraft may soon ignite consolidation among small mutual fund companies.

MUTUAL FUNDS MAR 10, 2008
SEC's summary-prospectus proposal seen short on details

While mutual fund companies and brokers are enthusiastic about a proposal to simplify fund prospectuses, they object to the idea of filing quarterly performance and holding updates, according to comments filed late last month with the SEC.

ALTERNATIVES MAR 10, 2008
Morningstar charts course for growth

Despite a sinking stock market, investment research firm Morningstar Inc. is mapping plans to increase its product lineup in 2008.

MUTUAL FUNDS MAR 10, 2008
Suit against American Funds dropped

Industry observers are cheering the news that the hugely popular American Funds group stood up to regulators — and won.

ETFS MAR 10, 2008
Rivalry in ETN market is heating up

Financial advisers are glad to see that competition is heating up in the nascent exchange traded note market.

ESG MAR 10, 2008
Assets jump 18% in socially conscious investments

A growing desire among investors to align their portfolios with their personal and political beliefs is transforming the financial services landscape and creating opportunities and challenges for financial advisers.

MUTUAL FUNDS MAR 10, 2008
Recent push by Finra is the right move

The recent push by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. to return money to harmed mutual fund investors was part of what should be a never-ending effort by the financial services industry to find ways to maintain consumer faith in the marketplace.

MUTUAL FUNDS MAR 10, 2008
Eye on Asian firms with dividends

Investors have gotten used to associating the Asian equity markets with growth, but dividends are often an overlooked and potentially rewarding opportunity.

ESG MAR 10, 2008
Don't count out clean-energy stocks, some say

The big hit clean-energy stocks have taken this year is just an expected correction, not the end of a fad, green-investing advocates say.

ALTERNATIVES MAR 10, 2008
Blackstone books precipitous loss

Blackstone Group today announced fourth-quarter losses of $170 million, compared with a profit of $1.18 billion one year earlier.