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For Sale: Active Management 50% Off at PIMCO
By Ronald DeleggeAs more money managers jump into the ETF business, financial advisors and their clients are being offered the bargain of a lifetime: Funds managed by established managers with rock bottom fees.
May 04, 2012
For Sale: Active Management 50% Off at PIMCOThe new PIMCO Total Return ETF charges annual expenses of just 0.55% vs. the $252 billion PIMCO Total Return Fund, which charges 0.90% for the waive-load shares.
May 04, 2012
Norway Dumps Bonds as Elections LoomAs the possibility of drastic change hovers over France and Greece, with elections to be held Sunday, Norway has warned that Europe is in for a rough ride.
May 03, 2012
Cerulli: Alternative Investment Strategy Vehicles More than Doubled Between 2007 and 2011The 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 03, 2012
Cerulli: Alternative Investment Strategy Vehicles More than Doubled Between 2007 and 2011The 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 03, 2012
ECB Plans to Hold Firm in Debt Crisis PolicyThe ECB had no plans to announce at its Thursday meeting that it would launch any additional bond-buying measures or take any other action to combat the debt crisis in the euro zone, holding steady against calls for more action.
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.