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Advisers stick with BRICs — despite Goldman warning
EMERGING MARKETS JUN 11, 2012
Advisers stick with BRICs — despite Goldman warning

Firm's analysts say big four have peaked, but others not ready to cave

By Jason Kephart
Biggest China ETF in U.S. rocked as investors exit the dragon
ETFS JUN 11, 2012
Biggest China ETF in U.S. rocked as investors exit the dragon

FTSE China 25 index fund from iShares recorded nearly $1B in net outflows this year; 'starting to get scared'

By John Goff
Nontraded REITs benefiting from scrutiny
ALTERNATIVES JUN 10, 2012
Nontraded REITs benefiting from scrutiny

Press, attention had helped improve nontraded REIT's 'shareholder friendliness'

By Bruce Kelly
Indexed annuities boast strong 1Q
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 10, 2012
Indexed annuities boast strong 1Q

By Darla Mercado
Ignore emerging-markets debt at your own risk
EMERGING MARKETS JUN 08, 2012
Ignore emerging-markets debt at your own risk

Investors may be making a mistake by overlooking emerging-markets debt or associating the fixed-income category with emerging-markets equity

By Jeff Benjamin
Bleak outlook means opportunity … to a point
EQUITIES JUN 08, 2012
Bleak outlook means opportunity … to a point

Speakers at a gathering of Hatteras Funds advisers chimed in on the markets

By Jeff Benjamin
MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 08, 2012
Luz M. Padilla: DoubleLine Emerging Markets Fixed-Income Fund

By JKEPHART
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 08, 2012
Health becoming new focus of wealth

By MFXFeeder
California dreaming, as state's budget gap swells beyond forecast
FIXED INCOME JUN 07, 2012
California dreaming, as state's budget gap swells beyond forecast

Deficit swells to $16B; governor targets the wealthy with hiked tax

By John Goff
FIXED INCOME JUN 07, 2012
SEC to start enforcing municipal bond disclosure rules

By Bloomberg
FIXED INCOME JUN 07, 2012
Muni bust still a fear for investors

By Jeff Benjamin
Wells Fargo latest to offer fee-based VAs
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 06, 2012
Wells Fargo latest to offer fee-based VAs

Firm joins the likes of LPL Financial, Commonwealth and Royal Alliance

By Darla Mercado
Axa looks to terminate 'costly' VA death benefits with swap deal
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 06, 2012
Axa looks to terminate 'costly' VA death benefits with swap deal

Axa aims to offer VA policyholders a hike in account value if they agree to cancel a generous death benefit. If the plan works, expect other insurers to follow suit. Says one industry watcher: 'The floodgates will open.'

By Darla Mercado
Gross says low quality of debt threatens monetary system
FIXED INCOME JUN 06, 2012
Gross says low quality of debt threatens monetary system

Bill Gross, who runs the world's biggest bond fund at Pacific Investment Management Co., said the lower quality of sovereign debt represents a threat to the global monetary system.

By Doug Cubberley
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 06, 2012
MetLife trims VA offerings

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 06, 2012
Annuities fell in 1Q; indexed up

By Darla Mercado
Pimco's Total Return ETF even better than the real thing
MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 06, 2012
Pimco's Total Return ETF even better than the real thing

Bill Gross Lite outstripping flagship Total Return mutual fund by almost 300 basis points

By JKEPHART
Greece's reckoning could be 'day or weeks' off: OppenheimerFunds' CIO
FIXED INCOME JUN 06, 2012
Greece's reckoning could be 'day or weeks' off: OppenheimerFunds' CIO

The worst of the European financial crisis could soon be over, said Art Steinmetz, cio at OppenheimerFunds Inc. But that could mean that things will have to get worse before they can get better.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 05, 2012
DOL green lights exclusive hedge fund's retirement plan

The switch to Roth IRAs could yield an extraordinary payoff for workers at quantitative-trading specialist Renaissance, while the U.S. Treasury loses.

By Bloomberg
Morgan Keegan settles with DOL over revenue-sharing accusations
ALTERNATIVES JUN 05, 2012
Morgan Keegan settles with DOL over revenue-sharing accusations

Firm found to have collected fees for recommending funds of hedge funds to retirement plans

By Darla Mercado