Asset Managers
The latest news on top asset managers, including updates on mergers and acquisitions, as well as new investment strategies and fund offerings.
Time for an Alternative
By Melanie WaddellDespite the recent tumult in the hedge fund world with the collapse of Bear Stearns's two hedge funds and the subsequent arrest of its two...
July 11, 2008
Putnam's New PeoplePutnam has added some new faces to its team. It recently appointed Alan McCormack and Mike Scafali as co-managers of Putnam International Equity, although neither...
July 01, 2008
Follow the MoneyIf you need further convincing that advisors are increasingly allocating their clients' assets to overseas markets, just look at recent data from Advisor Perspectives. Using...
June 09, 2008
Greenspan unpluggedI had a chance to see Alan Greenspan at Pershing's Insite conference in Florida last week. I've seen Greenspan speak on previous occasions, but this...
June 04, 2008
401(k) run-down33.9%: Percentage of people between 55 and 64 who owned an IRA at the end of 2005. 2.7%: Percentage of workers without a high school diploma who have an IRA, compared with 46.5 percent of those with a graduate degree. 15.4%: Percentag
June 04, 2008
MetLife To Acquire First Horizon Mortgage UnitThe banking arm of a financial services giant has announced one acquisition agreement hours after completing a second deal.MetLife Bank N.A., Bridgewater, N.J., a subsidiary ...
June 03, 2008
Investing in themesTheme investing, like most other things, has its good and bad. If you're choosing funds by looking at broad trends, there are some issues to...