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ALTERNATIVES JUN 26, 2007
GLG settles short-selling charges

GLG Partners of London has agreed to pay more than $3.2 million to settle charges of illegal short-selling.

ALTERNATIVES JUN 26, 2007
Hedge honcho scores Hamptons bargain

The head of SAC Capital has gotten a nice price on his new home in the Hamptons, according to published reports.

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUN 26, 2007
NYLIM to offer target-date funds

New York Life will launch a series of five target-date funds called the MainStay Retirement Funds.

ETFS JUN 25, 2007
Claymore debuts Sudan-linked ETF

Claymore Securities today announced the launch of Claymore/KLD Sudan Free Large-Cap Core ETF on the /MEX.

ALTERNATIVES JUN 25, 2007
GLG hedge fund to go public in U.S.

A London hedge fund manager will go public by merging with New York's Freedom Acquisition Holdings.

ALTERNATIVES JUN 25, 2007
Amaranth blurred holdings, says Senate

Amaranth Advisors used a loophole to cloud the extend of its massive gas holdings, according to a Senate report.

ETFS JUN 25, 2007
PowerShares unveils ETFs

PowerShares today launched four exchange traded funds based on the FTSE RAFI indexes.

MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 25, 2007
More fund companies to offer 130/30s

More mutual fund companies soon will offer individual investors access to a strategy that is popular among institutional investors who are trying to outperform a benchmark.

ALTERNATIVES JUN 25, 2007
Hedge funds embracing social mandate

The ever-increasing focus on social and environmental causes is attracting a segment of the hedge fund industry to a movement that is considered by some to be the ultimate test of socially conscious investing.

MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 25, 2007
Fund company makes a bet on infrastructure

PHILADELPHIA — A mutual fund company is taking a chance on the burgeoning market of infrastructure investments.

MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 25, 2007
Make 12(b)-1 fee disclosures more discernible

WASHINGTON — Disclosures of 12(b)-1 fees should be made clearer and easier to decipher, but the fees themselves should not be abolished, officials from the mutual fund and brokerage industries said at a Securities and Exchange Commission round table last week.

ALTERNATIVES JUN 22, 2007
Bear Stearns rescues hedge fund

Bear Stearns will chip in up to $3.2 billion to help one of its struggling hedge funds

ETFS JUN 22, 2007
State Street launches BRIC ETF

State Street Global Advisors said that its SPDR Standard & Poor's BRIC 40 ETF will begin trading on the American Stock Exchange today.

ALTERNATIVES JUN 22, 2007
Ritchie declares two units bankrupt

Hedge fund Ritchie Capital has filed for bankruptcy for two of its life insurance units that lost $700 million in policies.

MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 20, 2007
Investors eye shorting China funds

Investors who won big during China’s stock market rise are looking to cash in on its possible decline, the Wall Street Journal said.

ALTERNATIVES JUN 20, 2007
Index tracks minority-owned hedge funds

HFR has introduced the HFRX Diversity Index, designed to reflect the performance of the minority- and women-owned hedge funds.

ALTERNATIVES JUN 20, 2007
Two Bear funds on verge of breakdown

Two Bear Stearns hedge funds that invested heavily in securities backed by subprime mortgage loans are close to being shut down.

MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 20, 2007
Commission OKs XBRL for funds

The SEC voted to allow mutual funds to submit data on their risks and returns in an interactive electronic format.

ETFS JUN 20, 2007
London Stock Exchange speeds up

The London Stock Exchange has launched a new electronic trading system which promises to execute trades in 10 milliseconds.

ETFS JUN 20, 2007
Fabozzi joins ETF index developer

Noted academic Frank J. Fabozzi will serve as senior adviser to ETF and index research firm IndexIQ Inc.