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By Staff WriterWhile Investment Advisor typically uses a fund's A shares to demonstrate returns and star rankings in our monthly mutual fund spotlights, for the Icon International...
March 01, 2008
About the managerIn addition to managing the Icon International Equity Fund, Scott Snyder is VP, investments, at Icon Funds, and a senior member of Icon's investment committee....
March 01, 2008
IRA Owners Guard Assets, But Are Minority in U.S.Some 70 percent of those who own Individual Retirement Accounts plan to defer withdrawals from these accounts as long as possible, according to a new...
March 01, 2008
Legg Mason Names Fetting New CEOLegg Mason has appointed Mark R. Fetting, 53, as the firm's president and CEO, with Legg Mason co-founder and Chairman Raymond "Chip" Mason serving as...
March 01, 2008
A New Global Force?Sovereign wealth funds -- government-owned funds often amassed from petrodollar surpluses and geared toward investment in foreign industrial and financial assets -- have become seemingly...
March 01, 2008
Fund Sales to Face More PressureBoston-based Financial Research Corporation has projected that mutual fund net sales should grow 2 percent a year and reach $340 billion by 2012. Other products,...
March 01, 2008
Quant ExplorerWhen the markets are as volatile as they were in January 2008, with news about ratings agencies, banks, broker/dealers, and the bond insurers growing darker...