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Mid- and Small-Cap Funds Still Lag Indexes Through Third Quarter
By Staff WriterActively managed mid- and small-cap mutual funds continued to underperform their relative Standard & Poor's benchmarks through the first nine months of 2005, where as...
October 04, 2005
NASD Fines 3 Firms For Rule BreachesThe National Association of Securities Dealers Inc. has fined 3 securities firms for market-timing transactions and other violations.ING Funds Distributor L.L.C., First Allied Securities ...
October 03, 2005
Fund Unit To Pay Market-Timing FineThe National Association of Securities Dealers Inc. has ordered ING Funds Distributor L.L.C. to pay a $1.5 million fine and $1.4 million in restitution ...
October 01, 2005
Relief PitcherIn the category of timely topics, you can't get much that's fresher than this: in our spotlight this month we've got municipal bonds, the alternative...
October 01, 2005
Financials Come in All FlavorsFinancial services stocks have bloomed under a benign climate of historically low interest rates the past few years. Now that the Federal Reserve is committed...
September 30, 2005
Iowa Insurer Gets Money Management JobA mutual fund arm of a Canadian bank has hired the capital management unit of AmerUs Group Company to be the sub-advisor for 2 ...
September 30, 2005
Judge Lets Viatical Investors Control Asset SaleA 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 28, 2005
Russell Offers New Integrated Managed Accounts ProgramCustomizable multimanager approach available through Schwab and Fidelity