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ESG JAN 07, 2008
Pax fund focuses on firms that empower women

A woman's place is in the House and Senate, said the late feminist and congresswoman Bella Abzug. Today, include the marketplace as well.

MUTUAL FUNDS JAN 07, 2008
Going small is fund's secret to finding hidden gems

The basic premise behind the management of the Managers AMG Essex Small/Microcap Growth Fund (MBRSX) is finding good companies that few other analysts have yet to identify as prospects.

MUTUAL FUNDS JAN 04, 2008
Mutual fund inflows $502M in November

The inflows slowed substantially as investors poured more money into exchange traded funds.

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JAN 03, 2008
Jackson adds VIP and S&P funds

Jackson National Life Insurance Co. today added a pair of new portfolios to its retail mutual fund lineup.

ETFS JAN 02, 2008
Mutual funds boast banner year

Asset levels hit $13 trillion in December, gaining approximately $1.8 trillion from the beginning of the year.

ALTERNATIVES DEC 27, 2007
Mitchell named Pacificor CEO

Pacificor has named portfolio manager Andy Mitchell to helm the hedge fund after Michael B. Klein, former CEO, died after his private plane crashed in Panama on Sunday.

ETFS DEC 21, 2007
Vanguard unveils ETFs on NYSE Arca

The Vanguard Group has launched ETFs on the NYSE Arca today, which seek to track three MSCI Indexes.

ALTERNATIVES DEC 20, 2007
Barclays next up to sue Bear

Burned in the aftermath of Bear Stearns’ two collapsed hedge funds, Barclays has sued the firm and a pair of its fund managers.

MUTUAL FUNDS DEC 20, 2007
Evergreen bows three mutual funds

Evergreen Investment Management has launched three new diversity equity mutual funds.

ALTERNATIVES DEC 19, 2007
Hedge funds dying on the vine

The number of hedge fund launches and liquidations are off at a 25% annual rate for the second consecutive year, according to HFR.

ETFS DEC 18, 2007
Claymore launches China real estate ETF

The first U.S.-listed Chinese Real Estate ETF gives investors exposure to the Chinese real restate market.

ALTERNATIVES DEC 17, 2007
Chiefs at funds of funds take top pay

CEO and CIO were the best-compensated positions at hedge funds of funds in 2007, according to an Infovest21 survey.

MUTUAL FUNDS DEC 17, 2007
Investors yank cash from REITs

Due to negative returns, investors are pulling money out of mutual funds that invest in real estate investment trusts, but financial advisers believe that now is not the time to trim holdings.

ALTERNATIVES DEC 17, 2007
Tudor clients take bite out of Raptor

Tudor Investment clients have pulled more than $1 billion from its Raptor hedge fund after it fell 8.5% this year.

ETFS DEC 17, 2007
Growth of ETFs, separates outguns that of mutual funds

While mutual funds continue to garner the lion's share of investment assets, their growth is trailing that of exchange traded assets and separately managed accounts.

MUTUAL FUNDS DEC 17, 2007
Brokers unload on fund study findings

Brokers and other industry observers are steaming over a new study that shows that investors who buy load funds do far worse than the funds themselves.

ALTERNATIVES DEC 14, 2007
Red Kite hedge fund comes a copper

The hedge fund run by RK Capital Management of London lost 22% in November as copper prices fell.

ALTERNATIVES DEC 12, 2007
Greenwich November hedge index off 1.61%

Greenwich reported significantly smaller losses than the S&P 500, Dow Jones and Nasdaq indexes.

ESG DEC 10, 2007
Socially conscious fund firms spread their asset-class wings

Investors eyeing socially conscious funds are no longer looking merely at the social issues; they are also looking for performance — a change that has resulted in new offerings from fund firms in asset classes that have been underrepresented in this market for nearly a decade.

ALTERNATIVES DEC 10, 2007
Hennessee index falls in November

The Hennessee Hedge Fund Index fell by 1.58% in November, but remains up 11.94% year-to-date.