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ALTERNATIVES MAY 16, 2007
ESL ups stake in Citigroup

An affiliate of Edward Lampert's ESL Investments Inc. hedge fund now owns 15.24 million shares of Citigroup Inc.

ALTERNATIVES MAY 15, 2007
Fortress plunges 52% in first quarter

The first hedge fund to go public today posted a 52% drop in first-quarter net income.

ETFS MAY 15, 2007
Claymore to launch Morningstar ETFs

Morningstar Inc. has announced that Claymore Securities Inc. has licensed three Morningstar Super Sector Indexes to create three new exchange traded funds.

ALTERNATIVES MAY 15, 2007
Bernanke warns against 'ad hoc' rules

The Federal Reserve chief today warned against creating "ad hoc" securities regulations—especially for derivatives or hedge funds.

ALTERNATIVES MAY 15, 2007
Grassley calls for hedge fund registration

The Senate Finance Committee's top Republican today introduced legislation requiring hedge fund advisers to register with the SEC.

ETFS MAY 14, 2007
Water index ETF debuts on AMEX

The American Stock Exchange today launched trading in the Claymore S&P Global Water Index ETF, the first exchange traded fund to cover the global water industry.

MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 14, 2007
Mid-caps’ flows middling despite top-notch results

PHILADELPHIA — Mid-cap stocks rank among the best- performing mutual funds, but they remain a tough sell to investors, industry experts say.

MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 14, 2007
AthenaInvest beta-tests competitor to style boxes

DETROIT — The three-year assault on mutual fund style boxes as an evaluation and asset allocation tool has moved to the beta-testing level by a firm that seeks to turn the traditional grid system inside out.

RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 14, 2007
Cox, Schapiro tackle disclosure at ICI meeting

The Securities and Exchange Commission is examining disclosures for 401(k) plans and is looking at ways to provide 401(k) information using interactive software, SEC Chairman Christopher Cox said last week.

ETFS MAY 11, 2007
First Trust Advisors launch ETFs on NYSE

After launching 17 exchange traded funds on the American Stock Exchange yesterday, First Trust Advisors LP today moved over to the New York Stock Exchange to list three more funds.

ALTERNATIVES MAY 10, 2007
Mutual funds withstand hedge fund seige

Despite the continued – if slowing – growth of hedge funds, mutual funds will continue to dominate money management for the foreseeable future, said market observers at the ICI annual conference today.

ALTERNATIVES MAY 10, 2007
Defunct hedge fund fined $716,000

Toppled hedge fund Amaranth Advisors LLC, has been censured by the Securities and Exchange Commission and has agreed to pay $716,000 to settle charges of violating securities rules, the SEC said.

ETFS MAY 10, 2007
AMEX debuts ETFs by First Trust

The American Stock Exchange began trading 17 exchange traded funds managed by First Trust Advisors LP this morning.

ALTERNATIVES MAY 09, 2007
Fortress buys real estate developer

Fortress Investment Group LLC has announced that it will buy Florida East Coast Industries Inc. in a deal valuing the Jacksonville, Fla.-based real estate developer at $3.5 billion.

ETFS MAY 09, 2007
Van Eck launches green ETFs

Van Eck Global launched the Market Vectors-Global Alternative Energy Exchange Traded Fund on the New York Stock Exchange today.

ALTERNATIVES MAY 08, 2007
NFA bars introducing broker

The National Futures Association has permanently barred former associated person Adam Leon from NFA membership.

ALTERNATIVES MAY 08, 2007
Hedge funds trail U.S. equity markets

Despite a solid showing in April, hedge funds still fell well short of the returns of the domestic equity markets, according to the latest data from Greenwich Alternative Investments LLC in Greenwich, Conn.

MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 07, 2007
Funds slow pace of hiring legal, compliance staff

Mutual fund companies are starting to slow the pace at which they hire legal and compliance officers, according to several industry experts. With the mutual fund scandals receding into the past, such a trend was inevitable, they said.

MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 07, 2007
Is quest for income old-fashioned alchemy or magic elixir?

BOSTON — The Charles Schwab Corp., T. Rowe Price Group Inc. and OppenheimerFunds Inc. are among firms exploring ways to add a guarantee to life cycle funds — providing investors with an income stream in retirement.

MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 07, 2007
Fund industry awaits simplified prospectus

Industry leaders eagerly are awaiting a proposal that would allow mutual funds to provide a two-page prospectus in lieu of the lengthy one now required, a concept that could save millions of dollars in costs.