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Total assets in exchange-traded funds fell 5.8%, or $45 billion, in January from a month earlier, according to monthly data from State Street.

Mutual funds brought in $377 billion in assets last year, while exchange-traded funds attracted $104.1 billion and separately managed accounts garnered $80 billion, according to Morningstar’s Fund Flows and Investment Trends 2009 Annual Report.

Hedge fund assets grew last year to $1.96 trillion, levels not seen since the pre-crisis days of 2007, according to Hennessee Group LLC, an adviser to hedge fund investors.

Mission statements are meant to develop a purpose for family wealth that all members can support.

Over the past decade, the firm's mission has remained the same: to help women build confidence and an open dialogue around financial responsibility and knowledge.

Investors recover their appetites on a steady diet of bonds and fixed income, but can you have too much of a good thing?

More than one in four, 28%, of wealthy Americans with at least $500,000 in investable assets and annual incomes of $150,000 or more have or plan to cut back on charitable giving due to the economic climate.

Citigroup has hired Sanjiv Sawhney as global head of fund services, a new position. He was previously head of fund services operations at JP Morgan and is returning to Citi, where he began his career and served for 15 years.

Financial advisors are looking forward to 2010. In fact, 68% of advisers recently surveyed define their 2010 business mindset as one of acceleration and growth.

Inflows and performance take funds to pre-crisis levels.