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Brokers voice concerns at Mutual Fund Directors Forum.

The Justice Department is seeking to intervene and temporarily halt fact-finding by a group of localities in their class action suit against Wells Fargo & Co. and 15 other banks, broker-dealers and investment brokers for allegedly conspiring to rig bids and fix prices of investment and derivatives contracts in the municipal market.

The New York PE firm, in a filing, disclosed that it raised $491 million of a revised $1.3 billion target

WASHINGTON – The Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposed large trader reporting system would seriously hinder large floor traders and brokerages, according to industry executives.

Putnam President and CEO Robert L. Reynolds has replaced the managers of three funds to further bolster investment performance.

WASHINGTON — The Senate Agriculture Committee has voted 13 to 8, mostly along party lines, to approve a bill to regulate over-the-counter derivatives. The bill would impose a fiduciary duty on dealers who pitch, advise or enter into swaps with localities, endowment funds, or pension funds.

The country's two largest custody banks said they will keep looking for acquisitions, of whatever size, as they wait for higher interest rates to spur organic growth.

The Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) actions against Goldman Sachs have sent credit default swap spreads spiraling wider not only for Goldman, but for the entire banking sector, according to Fitch Solutions.

The company, known for its socially responsible investing strategy, launched a global water fund in October 2008 that is already paying dividends.

The two funds are focused on current market opportunities in taxable securities and selectively across the fixed income universe.