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State Street Adds Global TIPS ETF
By Staff WriterFighting the ravages of inflation just got easier. In mid-March, State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) launched the SPDR DB International Government Inflation-Protected Bond ETF (WIP) on...
April 17, 2008
Alternative Investment ResearchMorningstar, Inc. has launched Morningstar Direct Alternative Investment Edition, a Web-based platform that enables users to conduct rigorous alternative investment research by combining timely data with analytics and reporting tools that cover about 8,700 hedge funds, funds of hedge funds, and Commodity Trading Advisor products.
April 17, 2008
Actively-Managed ETFsOn April 11, Invesco PowerShares announced that the industry's first three actively managed equity ETFs and PowerShares' first actively managed fixed-income ETF are scheduled to begin trading on the NYSE.
April 16, 2008
Mutual Of Omaha To Base RMS In OmahaA Midwestern insurer is expanding and realigning the sales force of a newly acquired retirement products wholesale firm.Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company, Omaha, Neb., says ...
April 16, 2008
Mutual Of Omaha To Base RMS In OmahaA Midwestern insurer is expanding and realigning the sales force of a newly acquired retirement products wholesale firm.Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company, Omaha, Neb., says ...
April 15, 2008
Citizens Funds Acquired by SentinelThe acquisition of eight mutual funds from Citizen Advisers, Portsmouth, New Hampshire by Sentinel Investments of Montpelier, Vermont, has been completed, resulting in the transfer...
April 15, 2008
Going GlobalFour themes that are occurring across the globe have compelled the Ivy Funds to launch a new fixed-income fund, the Global Strategic Income Fund. The...
April 14, 2008
Vanguard Taps Baillie Gifford Overseas Ltd.Baillie Gifford Overseas Ltd., already an advisor to other international Vanguard funds, has been tapped to advise portions of the Vanguard Global Equity Fund (VHGEX)...