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MUTUAL FUNDS FEB 04, 2008
Principal-protection funds boast set payouts, guarantees

Two mutual funds that offer set payouts and principal guarantees have been launched, with more expected, but financial advisers think the guarantee is flimsy.

ALTERNATIVES FEB 01, 2008
Deutsche Bank acquires hedge fund

The company has bought HedgeWorks, a Southern California hedge fund with more than $10 billion in assets.

FIXED INCOME FEB 01, 2008
Ambac, MBIA soars as bailout banks named

Shares of Ambac and MBIA rose after CNBC reported the names of eight banks that have banded together with the New York state Insurance Department to rescue the beleaguered bond insurance industry.

ALTERNATIVES JAN 31, 2008
MSIM launches fund-of-hedge-funds

The Morgan Stanley Global Long/Short Fund aims to offer an institutional-quality portfolio of long/short equity hedge funds.

ALTERNATIVES JAN 30, 2008
Bayou CFO gets 20 years in prison

Daniel Marino, who faced a maximum sentence of 50 years, had sought leniency due to his cooperation with prosecutors.

ETFS JAN 30, 2008
Claymore, PowerShares launch ETFs

Claymore Securities has unveiled the Claymore/AlphaShares China Small Cap Index exchange traded fund on Amex.

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JAN 30, 2008
Bond insurers could cost finance firms $75B

A possible collapse of teetering bond insurers could cost financial firms, including Merrill Lynch and Citigroup, up to $75 billion.

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JAN 29, 2008
Dinallo races to bolster bond insurers

Efforts to bail out bond insurers may be too late to prevent a ratings downgrade, a research firm says.

MUTUAL FUNDS JAN 29, 2008
The Reserve to launch two funds

A Euro Fund and Sterling Fund will be rolled out, most likely sometime this summer, said founder Bruce Bent.

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JAN 29, 2008
Perella to advise NY on bond insurers

By recruiting Perella Weinberg, the state regulator would focus on protecting the policyholders of “monoline” insurers.

FIXED INCOME JAN 29, 2008
Heartland fined $3.9M for mispricing funds

When projects went into default or were failing, Heartland didn't accurately re-price the funds, the SEC said.

FINTECH JAN 28, 2008
Thomson relaunches InvestmentView

InvestmentView, one of the first software tools to use hypothetical comparisons to help advisers recommend mutual funds, is being re-launched today by Thomson Financial.

ETFS JAN 28, 2008
ICI forms ETF committee

The Investment Company Institute has created a committee for exchange traded funds in what some say is an effort to head off the possibility that ETF providers will create their own trade association.

ETFS JAN 28, 2008
Advisers disagree on gold's portfolio share

A gloomy market outlook is making gold shine bright, but financial advisers are divided as to whether it deserves a place in most clients' portfolios.

FIXED INCOME JAN 28, 2008
Franklin Templeton launches int'l bond fund

The fund, which is offered by the Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Group, seeks to generate income by investing in foreign fixed income markets.

MUTUAL FUNDS JAN 28, 2008
New Kaufmann fund gets muted response

Federated Investors Inc. launched the Federated Kaufmann Large Cap Fund this month in a bid to capitalize further on the success of star managers Lawrence E. Auriana and Hans P. Utsch.

MUTUAL FUNDS JAN 28, 2008
For mutual funds the scandal is what has remained legal

One very large player figured only marginally in the scandals of the 1990s — the $7 trillion mutual fund industry.

MUTUAL FUNDS JAN 28, 2008
Fund Architects targets retail investors

Fund Architects LLC, which promises to provide small investors with institutional-quality money management, legitimately can claim that it thinks outside the box.

FIXED INCOME JAN 25, 2008
Banks on the hook if muni bonds tank

Banks could be obliged to to set aside $143 billion in reserves if municipal bonds are downgraded, a report says.

ALTERNATIVES JAN 25, 2008
Study: Private equity goes easy on jobs

After a buyout, a company cuts an average of 7% of its workforce, but new positions in new locations are added at a 6% clip.