College enrollment nationwide is expected to rise, and universities are struggling with the increased enrollment, with on-campus housing capacity falling to 24.8% of undergraduates in 2004.
LONDON — The first active exchange traded funds might be introduced in the United States within the next three to six months, according to sources close to negotiations between the Securities and Exchange Commission and Bear Stearns Asset Management Inc. of New York.
Barclays Global Investors of San Francisco announced today that five iShares exchange traded funds designed to track the FTSE NAREIT Indexes began trading today.
A.G. Edwards & Sons Inc. of St. Louis yesterday settled with the Securities and Exchange Commission over allegations of mutual fund market timing. The firm agreed to pay $2.4 million in disgorgement and $1.5 million in penalties.
UBS AG will close its two-year-old Dillon Read Capital Management hedge fund unit, the bank said today according to published reports.
The first active exchange traded funds might be introduced in the United States within the next three to six months, according to sources close to negotiations between the Securities and Exchange Commission and Bear Stearns Asset Management Inc. of New York.
Active managers that thrive on volatile markets soon may get their day in the sun. Recent data from Wilshire Associates Inc. in Santa Monica, Calif., show just how long those managers have waited.
The hedge fund industry grew by a healthy 26% in 2006, despite energy market volatility and several hedge fund blowups, according to Hennessee Group LLC’s 2006 Hedge Fund manager survey.
Japan's Financial Services Agency said today that it will begin monitoring hedge funds that operate in Japan, according to published reports.
The Ave Maria Mutual Funds in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. is replacing a baseball legend with a football legend on its advisory board.
Van Eck Associates Corp. of New York today announced it had launched the first exchange traded fund to offer investors exposure to Russian companies.
New York-based Smith Barney’s Consulting Group has launched eight model portfolios that invest in exchange traded funds: the CG Select ETF Allocations.
The Vanguard Group Inc. of Malvern, Pa., has registered to offer an actively managed exchange fund, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The mutual fund industry’s powerful trade group is stepping up its support of financial advisers.
BOSTON — Sen. Barack Obama took in at least $49,185 from employees of the 20-largest U.S. mutual fund groups and related companies in the first quarter, more than any other 2008 presidential candidate.
BOSTON — Nearly three and a half years after PBHG Funds’ founders were charged with fraud, checks have started going out to mutual fund investors wronged by the alleged trading abuses at their former firm.
PHILADELPHIA — It is a message he has delivered many times before, but industry experts said John C. Bogle’s continued assertion that bond funds on average are too expensive deserves special attention in the current market.
State Street Global Advisors of Boston today announced the launch of two new international exchange traded funds: the SPDR S&P International Small Cap ETF and the SPDR S&P World-ex-US ETF.
Pershing LLC, a subsidiary of The Bank of New York Company, Inc., has added Schroders PLC to FundVest, Pershing’s no-transaction-fee mutual fund platform.
Claymore Securities Inc. of Lisle, Ill., today announced the launch of two new exchange traded funds: the Claymore/Clear Mid-Cap Growth Index ETF, and the Claymore/IndexIQ Small-Cap Value ETF.
