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ETFS JUL 09, 2007
Barclays Bank exchange traded notes gather $2.6B

PHILADELPHIA — Although iPath exchange traded notes have amassed more than $2.6 billion since making their debut more than a year ago, their appeal remains a mystery to some industry experts.

By Bloomberg
MUTUAL FUNDS JUL 09, 2007
Vanguard’s fund inflows top rivals’ in first five months

BOSTON — Fidelity Investments and American Funds lagged behind The Vanguard Group Inc. in stock and bond mutual fund sales for this year through May as investor appetite for low-cost index and exchange traded funds increased.

By Bloomberg
MUTUAL FUNDS JUL 09, 2007
Trading costs have predictive power

Forget expense ratios. Portfolio trading costs can be an even bigger drag on mutual fund performance.

By Bloomberg
MUTUAL FUNDS JUL 06, 2007
Old Mutual eyes U.S. expansion

Old Mutual of London is planning to significantly expand its asset-management division in the U.S., according to MarketWatch.

By Bloomberg
MUTUAL FUNDS JUL 06, 2007
ICAP fund manager dies

Robert Lyon, former CEO and CIO of Institutional Capital Corp., died earlier this week at the age of 57.

By Bloomberg
MUTUAL FUNDS JUL 05, 2007

By Investment News Team
ETFS JUL 02, 2007
AMEX lists five new Ameristock ETFs

Ameristock Corp. today announced the launch of trading in five new U.S. Treasury exchange traded funds on the American Stock Exchange today.

By Bloomberg
MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 29, 2007
Analysts at Morningstar see few bargains

Fund managers are keeping their powder dry, saying "nothing is really cheap" right now.

By Bloomberg
MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 29, 2007
Fidelity buyback may lead to restructuring

Fidelity has bought back preferred shares from stockholders, possibly paving the way for a new ownership structure.

By Bloomberg
ETFS JUN 28, 2007
Claymore launches ETFs

Claymore Securities has launched two exchange traded funds on the American Stock Exchange today, themed on brokerages to vaccines.

By Bloomberg
MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 28, 2007
Large trades costly to fund performance

On average, every dollar that funds spend on trading costs translates into a roughly 42-cent reduction in fund value, Virginia Tech Professor Gregory Kadlec said today.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUN 28, 2007
Rydex to be acquired by Security Benefit

The Security Benefit Group of Companies today announced it will acquire Rydex Investments.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUN 26, 2007
NYLIM to offer target-date funds

New York Life will launch a series of five target-date funds called the MainStay Retirement Funds.

By Bloomberg
ETFS JUN 25, 2007
Claymore debuts Sudan-linked ETF

Claymore Securities today announced the launch of Claymore/KLD Sudan Free Large-Cap Core ETF on the /MEX.

By Bloomberg
ETFS JUN 25, 2007
PowerShares unveils ETFs

PowerShares today launched four exchange traded funds based on the FTSE RAFI indexes.

By Bloomberg
MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 25, 2007
More fund companies to offer 130/30s

More mutual fund companies soon will offer individual investors access to a strategy that is popular among institutional investors who are trying to outperform a benchmark.

By Bloomberg
MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 25, 2007
Fund company makes a bet on infrastructure

PHILADELPHIA — A mutual fund company is taking a chance on the burgeoning market of infrastructure investments.

By Bloomberg
MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 25, 2007
Make 12(b)-1 fee disclosures more discernible

WASHINGTON — Disclosures of 12(b)-1 fees should be made clearer and easier to decipher, but the fees themselves should not be abolished, officials from the mutual fund and brokerage industries said at a Securities and Exchange Commission round table last week.

By Bloomberg
ETFS JUN 22, 2007
State Street launches BRIC ETF

State Street Global Advisors said that its SPDR Standard & Poor's BRIC 40 ETF will begin trading on the American Stock Exchange today.

By Bloomberg
MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 20, 2007
Investors eye shorting China funds

Investors who won big during China’s stock market rise are looking to cash in on its possible decline, the Wall Street Journal said.

By Bloomberg