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Judge Lets Viatical Investors Control Asset Sale
By Staff WriterA federal court in Miami has sided with investors who put money in a troubled viatical settlement provider.[@@]U.S. District Judge Federico Moreno has ruled ...
September 21, 2005
New Institutional Funds Protect GainsAIG VALIC has started offering group retirement plans a family of 3 new mutual funds that come with rich performance guarantees.[@@]AIG VALIC, Houston, has ...
September 19, 2005
Hancock%3A Lifestyle Funds Do BetterJohn Hancock Funds says a study it sponsored suggests that investors who invest in lifestyle funds do better than investors who try to pick ...
September 12, 2005
Municipal Bond Backers Should Weather KatrinaMunicipal bond insurers should be able to make good on their promises to back debt issued by state and local agencies in the region ...
September 01, 2005
The Global Itch?With the Federal Reserve continuing to raise short-term interest rates, while longer-term rates inexplicably remain low (Alan Greenspan's "conundrum"), some fixed-income investors are seeking alternative...
September 01, 2005
But Are They a Good Deal?When could it make sense for an advisor to use an asset allocation fund for a client? Perhaps when advisors want to achieve lower risk through...
September 01, 2005
About The ManagerFinancial sector funds have been David H. Ellison's focus for more than two decades. He spent 13 years at Fidelity Investments, developing his investment philosophy...