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FRC: Variable Product Buyers See The World
By Staff WriterU.S. residents are starting to put more into variable annuities and variable life insurance policies, and they are particularly interested in domestic bonds and international ...
May 22, 2006
S&P Scans Strongly Performing Funds of FundsStrongest first quarter in several years leads to increased monitoring of the sector
May 19, 2006
More Fund Information For Investors ProposedNASD Chairman and CEO Robert Glauber told a packed room at the Investment Company Institute's annual gathering May 18 in Washington, that the NASD should extend its proposed mutual fund point-of-sale disclosure document, Profile Plus, to exchange-traded funds, separately managed accounts, and, in some form, to fixed, variable and equity-indexed...
May 04, 2006
Treasury Arm Changes Suspicious Activity RulesThe Financial Crimes Enforcement Network has issued a final rule dealing with mutual funds' responsibility to report suspicious transactions to FinCEN.FinCEN, a unit of the ...
May 04, 2006
Treasury Arm Changes Suspicious Activity RulesThe Financial Crimes Enforcement Network has issued a final rule dealing with mutual funds' responsibility to report suspicious transactions to FinCEN.FinCEN, a unit of the ...
May 02, 2006
Swiss Funds Show Strength, Alternatives ShineThe Swiss fund market posted a strong increase in assets under management in the first quarter of 2006, according to data released yesterday by the Swiss Funds Association. Assets under management at funds covered by the statistics increased by 6.7%, or 35.8 billion CHF, to a record high of 572...
May 01, 2006
A Renaissance in EuropeEuropean stock markets are enjoying a rejuvenation as strong corporate profit growth has led to a wave of merger & acquisition activity. The MSCI Europe...
May 01, 2006
When Smaller Equals BetterOver the long term, small-cap stocks have outperformed other investments. According to Ibbotson Associates, the hypothetical value of $1 invested at year-end 1925 in small...