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MUTUAL FUNDS DEC 09, 2009
Most portfolio managers shun their own funds

Helpful hint for mutual fund portfolio managers: Get some skin in the game if you want to outperform other managers.

By Dan Jamieson
MUTUAL FUNDS DEC 08, 2009
Putnam CEO: Performance will win back advisers

Robert Reynolds, president and chief executive of Putnam Investments, is nothing if not an optimist.

By Sue Asci
MUTUAL FUNDS DEC 08, 2009
Putnam to combine absolute-return funds with target date funds

Putnam Investments expects to deploy its absolute-return funds within target date retirement funds — a strategy slated for launch this fall.

By Sue Asci
FIXED INCOME DEC 07, 2009
Downbeat Bernanke boosts bond buying

Treasury prices rose Monday as investors jumped back into the market, seizing on attractive prices following big declines at the end of last week.

By Associated Press
RIAS DEC 07, 2009
As insurers gain in wealth management race, hurdles remain high

In the long battle to position themselves as wealth managers, life insurance companies still have to prove to financial advisers that they can do more than sell annuities.

By Darla Mercado
ALTERNATIVES DEC 07, 2009
Hedge fund charged with running Ponzi scheme

The SEC today charged an unregistered hedge fund with operating a large-scale scheme that it said defrauded hundreds of investors millions of dollars.

By Bloomberg
FIXED INCOME DEC 06, 2009
MBIA asset manager to operate as separate unit

MBIA Inc. said on Monday that its asset management unit will function as a separate operating company, a move that sent shares of the bond insurer higher in midday trading.

By Bloomberg
MUTUAL FUNDS DEC 06, 2009
Borzi: Labor Dept. still considering target date regs

The Labor Department is still considering regulating target date funds, according to Phyllis C. Borzi, assistant secretary of labor for the Employee Benefits Security Administration.

By Jessica Toonkel Marquez
MUTUAL FUNDS DEC 06, 2009
John Wenker: Commercial real estate a flop, but REITs are hot

If commercial real estate is in such bad shape, why are real estate investment trusts thriving?

By Jeff Benjamin
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 06, 2009
Skewed IRA, 401(k) data present window for advisers

Government estimates about how much investors withdraw from their 401(k)s and IRAs are probably way off — maybe by hundreds of millions of dollars, according to a report published late last month by the Investment Company Institute.

By Jessica Toonkel Marquez
MUTUAL FUNDS DEC 06, 2009
Joel Hirsh: In equities, big and boring is best

The next wave of equity opportunities lie in big, “boring” companies that have been largely overlooked in the current rally, according to hedge fund manager Joel Hirsh.

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES DEC 06, 2009
As November goes ...

Look for markets to continue November's upward climb and finish the year strongly.

By Evan Cooper
MUTUAL FUNDS DEC 03, 2009
SEC to consider putting an end to 12(b)-1 fees

By Sara Hansard
ETFS DEC 02, 2009
Commodities funds seen overcoming speculation concerns

Exchange-traded commodities funds will continue to prosper despite regulators' concerns that they may have helped fuel the run-up in oil prices last year.

By Bloomberg
ETFS DEC 02, 2009
Pimco, Global X launch ETFs

With The Vanguard Group Inc. on its heels, Pacific Investment Management Co. LLC today launched new actively managed exchange-traded funds.

By David Hoffman
RIAS DEC 02, 2009
ETF Roundtable transcript

The following is an edited transcript of the round-table discussion. It was moderated by <i>InvestmentNews</i> deputy editor Evan Cooper and reporter David Hoffman.

By MFXFeeder
EMERGING MARKETS DEC 02, 2009
ETF sponsors can't resist latest trend

Now that exchange-traded funds can come to market with relatively little fuss, providers are readying to launch emerging-markets ETFs in what industry observers call an ill-advised attempt to jump on the latest trend.

By David Hoffman
FIXED INCOME DEC 02, 2009
Gross: "New normal' may be to avoid bonds

In the &#8220;new normal&#8221; of slower economic growth and lower investment returns, Pacific Investment Management Co. LLC's Bill Gross is himself buying steady, dividend- paying stocks.

By Bloomberg
ETFS DEC 01, 2009
Pimco joins actively managed ETF biz

Pacific Investment Management Co. LLC last week launched its first actively managed exchange-traded fund.

By David Hoffman
MUTUAL FUNDS DEC 01, 2009
Fidelity funds see monthly outflows

Fidelity Investments experienced outflows in its long-term mutual funds in October &#8212; the first time the fund behemoth has seen net outflows in months.

By David Hoffman