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Schwab to Acquire ETF Manager Windward for $150 Million
By James J. GreenCharles Schwab Corp. announced Monday, August 30, that it has agreed to acquire Boston-based Windward Investment Management, Inc., for $150 million in stock and cash.
August 27, 2010
IAIS: Stress Testing is GainingInsurance regulators in many jurisdictions still have trouble getting the data and the legal authority they need to take a "bird's eye" look at the industry.
August 27, 2010
Nile Capital Report: Africa Has 'Ground Floor Opportunity' for InvestorsAccording to a white paper released recently by Nile Capital Management, LLC, several of Africa's emerging and frontier markets are attractive and should be considered in an investor's asset allocation strategy.
August 26, 2010
First MLP ETF Starts TradingNew exchange-traded fund Tracks the Alerian Master Limited Partnership Infrastructure Index which includes midstream-energy firms.
August 25, 2010
New ETFs Target Emerging Markets, CommoditiesThree ETF offerings from WisdomTree, EGShares and USCF with portfolio exposure to commodities and emerging markets have just debuted.
August 25, 2010
Invesco PowerShares Switches to Fundamental Bond IndexThe Wheaton, Il.-based investment firm changed both the name and the index for PowerShares High Yield Corporate Bond Portfolio (PHB).
August 25, 2010
Bull and Bear Treasury Notes Hit the StreetThe new iShares ETNs have annual expenses of 0.75 percent.
August 25, 2010
Mid-Cap Value Funds Deliver Outsized Performance: Mutual Fund Focus, August 2010Mid-cap stocks seem to suffer from a perennial identity crisis. One the one hand, they are too small to command the dominant positions in large