Reserve Management Co. Inc. has announced that its U.S. Government Fund is now covered by Treasury’s temporary guarantee program for money market funds.
The PowerShares Active U.S. Real Estate Fund (PSR) seeks to provide high total return by investing in publicly traded U.S. real estate companies, selected using a proprietary stock selection model.
Roger W. Crandall, co-COO, executive vice president and chief investment officer, will take on the role of president, presently held by chairman and chief executive Stuart H. Reese.
MetLife Inc. of New York said that State Street Global Advisors in Boston will subadvise a pair of exchange-traded-fund-focused asset allocation portfolios for the carrier’s variable annuities.
This week, three more insurers announced their intentions to apply for to the Department of the Treasury’s Capital Purchase Program.
The Conference Board's index of leading indicators, which measures the economic outlook for the next three to six months, fell 0.8% in October in a sign that the economy will continue to suffer in the months ahead.
The exposure was in four transactions: two collateralized-debt-obligation squared transactions and two high-grade CDOs of asset backed securities.
T. Rowe Price Group Inc. of Baltimore has launched two funds aimed at providing investors with exposure to the markets in Europe, Asia and the Americas.
The number of Americans filing claims for first-time unemployment benefits rose by 27,000 to a seasonally adjusted 542,000 for the week ended Nov. 15 — a 16-year high, according to data from the Department of Labor.
