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The 171 respondents to the 2011 Money Management Executive Compensation Study were asked to express themselves in their own words on their level of satisfaction with their total compensation (base salary, bonus and benefits).

In Money Management Executive's first survey of its readership on their personal "profit" from this industry, the piggy bank looks full to about half the executives and managers polled ("Half Satisfied," p. 1). And not, to the other half.

The year had started off so well.

Despite heightened patches of political and economic instability around the globe in the first couple of months of 2011, many hedge funds of various strategies found ways to thrive, according to figures from Morningstar.

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”