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Jessica Toonkel

Jessica was a reporter for InvestmentNews from 2009 to 2011 before moving on to Thomson Reuters. As of 2022 she had become Deputy Media Editor at The Wall Street Journal. She tweets at: @jtoonkel

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Much-anticipated site for investors good news/bad news for advisers

BrightScope's new Advisor Pages allows reps and planners to connect with potentially vast numbers of prospective clients. It also highlights rules infractions and formal complaints lodged against advisers.

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Gundlach’s fast-growing startup sees nearly $6B in inflows in a year

Despite months of legal wrangling with his former employer, TCW Group Inc., it appears that Jeffrey Gundlach's move to start his own firm is paying off

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Guggenheim eyes combining Claymore and Rydex, sources say

Melding of two acquired units would create seventh-largest ETF provider; 'scale business'.

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Why Fairholme’s Bruce Berkowitz doesn’t want to be Carl Icahn

Given the months of controversy surrounding his role as an activist investor with The St. Joe Co., a real estate developer, iconic fund manager Bruce Berkowitz isn't so sure that he wants to play that part again.

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Look who’s defending Goldman Sachs and Bank of America

Bruce Berkowitz backs the two demonized financial titans; 'ethical good guys'.

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Legent Clearing about to be bought?

Rumors are swirling that Legent Clearing LLC is about to be bought by private-equity investors — just months after a previous attempt to buy the firm failed.

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St. Joe probe latest blow for Berkowitz’ reeling Fairholme Fund

Bruce Berkowitz is an icon in the fund management world. His flagship Fairholme Fund led its category for ten-year peformance. But things haven't gone so well of late for fund manager or fund, which is hemorrhaging assets. A newly announced SEC investigation of St. Joe, a company Berkowitz runs, isn't going to help matters.

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Fund companies expand menus amid flight from stocks

Investors' wariness of equities is prompting some mutual fund companies to expand their menu of offerings to include more bonds and alternative investments

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  • December 7, 2011

Nuclear-power stocks suffer meltdown in wake of Japan quake

But alternative-energy shares getting a boost from renewed fears about atomic energy.

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SEC’s floating-NAV proposal slowly sinking

Apparently, the GOP is not so keen on the SEC's plan to let the net asset value of money market funds drift, rather than remain at a constant $1 per share. Fund firms are no doubt happy to hear it.