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Levitt and Donaldson Head Investor's Rights Task Force
By Nancy R. MandellA non-partisan task force composed of financial industry experts and co-chaired by two former SEC chairmen has been assembled to stress the "primacy of investor interest" in the expected regulatory reforms to the U.S. financial markets.
March 01, 2009
Climate Change White PaperYou can download a copy of the white paper, "Investment Opportunities in a Climate Change Economy," by Chat Reynders, CEO of Reynders McVeigh Capital Managment...
March 01, 2009
Clark at Large: We Can Be HeroesCan you believe that annuities are not only still hanging around but actually making a comeback thanks to the retirement of the baby boom generation?...
March 01, 2009
The Green Advisor: Climate Change OpportunitiesOn the January day that Al Gore testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee about the climate crisis, it snowed in Washington. That was apparently...
February 24, 2009
Morningstar Restructures OperationsNow includes two operating segments instead of three audience segments
February 06, 2009
Wachovia Settles SEC's ARS ChargesThe SEC announced a settlement with Wachovia Securities LLC that will provide more than $7 billion in liquidity to customers who invested in ARS before the market collapsed.
February 04, 2009
Liability-driven investment strategies outperformed traditional allocations in '08Pension funds that used so-called liability-driven investment (LDI) strategies outperformed funds with traditional asset allocations in 2008 by a significant margin, according to global consulting...
February 02, 2009
More Barometric Folly: Searching for Alpha, February 2009With the first month of the year showing horrendous losses for nearly every size and valuation segment of the market, the bear growl of the so-called "January Barometer" can hardly be contained.