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Tax-exempt money market funds gained a bit, reversing last week’s losses by generating $137.8 million of new cash and pushing total net assets to $322.2 billion in the week ended March 21, according to the Money Fund Report, a service of iMoneyNet.com.

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Morningstar said its hedge fund database saw outflows of $1.5 billion, the second consecutive month of outflows.

Diversification is the best way to hedge against volatility, but now there are more ways to invest in volatility itself.

Lipper announced the winners of the United States Lipper Fund Awards 2011 Wednesday evening.

Oakmark’s McGregor wins inaugural “Lipper Award for Excellence in Fund Management”

Aite Group's report concludes that whatever burden comes of Dodd-Frank and the EU Directive on Alternative Investment Fund Managers for hedge funds and their managers will be at least as expensive and time-consuming for the regulators looking to enforce more stringent reporting standards outlined in the law.

While corporations, consumers and governments are trying to get back on their feet following the global recession, continued volatility is pushing investors, especially high-net-worth investors, to pour their money into alternatives, which allow for broader diversification, said Gurinder Ahluwalia, president of Genworth Financial Wealth Management, at a media roundtable on diversification and new asset classes in New York.

ProShares fund to provide investors inverse exposure.

Equity funds net $582 million.