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Largest Hedge Funds continue impressive growth trajectory

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While hedge fund assets have been slowly recovering, the industry remains down nearly 20% from its market peak in July 2008. For hedge fund firms managing assets of $1 billion or more, they have been able to skip this slow recovery and continue to growth their asset base.

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30 November 2011  1 comment

Pensions make fundamental changes to investment portfolios

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Recent research conducted by SEI indicates that fundamental changes are afoot in how pensions structure their portfolios.

26 August 2011  No comments

FINRA Notice 11-39: Interpreting the finer points of social media guidance

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Following up on Regulatory Notice 10-06, ‘FINRA’, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, has recently posted new guidance in the form of notice 11-39 on its website. The guidance attempts to answer additional questions regarding the original application of the rules as well as the finer points on how companies …

23 August 2011  1 comment

Severe Stress for Equity Mutual Funds Managers

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The Investment Company Institutute (‘ICI’) released weekly domestic US mutual fund flow figures through August 3, 2011 and it is not a pretty picture.

11 August 2011  2 comments

Actively Managed Equity ETFs – ready for widespread adoption?

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To date, actively managed ETFs are a very small portion of the overall U.S. listed ETF marketplace, making up only about 1% of assets. In fact, active ETFs in the fixed-income and currency categories are the only such offerings with any sort of commercial success, but that could soon be …

4 May 2011  No comments

No further proof needed – ETFs are red hot

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If you had any doubt that all client types of investment management firms are gravitating to the use of ETFs and ETNs, look no further than recent research from Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank.

26 January 2011  No comments

The world’s largest investment managers

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According to the annual Pensions & Investments/Towers Watson global 500 ranking, over $16 Trillion dollars of total assets are controlled by the top 10 investments managers.

8 November 2010  2 comments

Conflict of interest risk in the asset management industry

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A study of the Spanish mutual fund marketplace has uncovered the possibility of a huge conflict of interest on behalf of some Asset Managers.

4 November 2010  No comments

Asset Management Industry News: Financial Reform bill, active ETFs, Mergers and Acquisitions

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A selection of 6 noteworthy asset management industry news stories that you might have missed.

3 November 2010  No comments

Financial Advisors get help connecting with their clients

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Many financial advisors who are independent or work for small to mid-size wealth managers do not have the luxury of an in-house marketing, research and writing staff. Now, advisors facing this situation are going to get assistance running a successful marketing and communication plan.

19 October 2010  No comments
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