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Cerulli: Alternative Investment Strategy Vehicles More than Doubled Between 2007 and 2011
By Warren S. HerschThe research reveals that the number of open-ended mutual funds (OEMFs), closed-ended funds (CEFs), exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and exchange-traded notes (ETNs) increased to 1,019 products by 2011 from 430 products in 2007.
May 02, 2012
How to Detect if Your Fund Manager Is a ‘Closet Indexer’Theres a simple trick for advisors to figure out whether an actively managed mutual fund tracks its benchmark index too closely. Ever hear of R-squared?
May 02, 2012
PIMCO Launches Active TIPS ETFFresh off the heels of the release of its Total Return ETF, PIMCO on Tuesday began trading its Global Advantage Inflation-Linked Bond Strategy Fund on the NYSE.
May 01, 2012
FINRA Sanctions Citigroup, Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley and UBS for ETF ViolationsThe Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced Tuesday that it has sanctioned Citigroup Global Markets, Inc; Morgan Stanley & Co.; UBS Financial Services; and Wells Fargo Advisors, a total of more than $9.1 million for selling leveraged and inverse exchange-traded funds (ETFs) without reasonable supervision and for not having a...
April 30, 2012
Week’s Top Portfolio Products: Altegris’ New RIA Shares; State Street’s Actively Managed ETFsiShares creates new suite of corporate-bond ETFs; new ETF out from Market Vectors.
April 30, 2012
LTCI Hearing: All Politics is PersonalThe Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (LTCIP) played a direct role in shaping thinking at this weeks Senate hearing on long-term care (LTC) financing.
April 30, 2012
Do you believe your advisor understands the unique boomer market and how are they making a connection?I would say yes for the most part. I dont like to be bombarded by phone calls or junk mail. I made that clear to my advisor.
April 30, 2012
EIA Market Likely to Survive Aviva ExitThe indexed annuities market is likely to easily find capacity to replace Aviva if the second largest factor in the equity-index annuity market decides to shrink or change its role in the U.S. insurance marketplace.