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Emerging Markets Dominated Inflows in 4Q07
By Janet Levaux"The broadest, most distinct theme of 2007 has been the record strong inflows into global and emerging-market equity funds," says Brad Durham, managing director of...
February 01, 2008
Results Are in for Top Funds, Managers of 2007With 2008 shaping up to be a year with at least as much market uncertainty as 2007, several trends from last year may offer advisors...
February 01, 2008
Go AnywhereBy now advisors have heard the hue and cry of many experts imploring them to move away from value investing and into growth investing, and...
February 01, 2008
IllusionistOne of the banes of modern investment manage- ment is the existence of closet indexers--money managers who are ostensibly active managers but who in fact...
February 01, 2008
Year of the Bond ETFWith so much happening in all directions, last year was insane for the ETF industry, even in relatively staid areas like fixed-income. The number of...
January 30, 2008
FRC: Domestic Funds Lead In DecemberInvestors put $47 billion more cash into U.S. mutual funds in December 2007 than they took out, up from $45 billion in December 2006.Net inflow ...
January 24, 2008
NAIC Panel Rules On Bond Insurer DowngradesAn arm of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners has come up with rules for incorporating bond insurer rating cuts in the valuation of insured ...