- Money Management Executive
Over the past few years, leveraged buyout firms have raised billions to invest in India, but to date, much of that money remains on the table, The Wall Street Journal reports.
June 8 - Money Management Executive
Japanese hedge funds are poised for better returns this year as small- and mid-cap stocks have recovered from worries over the Livedoor scandal, a media and Internet company, according to Dow Jones.
June 8 - Money Management Executive
Over the past several months, mutual fund portfolio managers have been scaling back their cash reserves, holding fully invested, diversified portfolios, The Wall Street Journal reports.
June 8 - Money Management Executive
A new mutual fund from Vista Research and Management will give these investors to a corner of the investment management world rarely available to them: private equity.
June 7 - Money Management Executive
The Thailand SEC Secretarial Office is warning investors that there are as many as 20 illegal mutual funds in the nation touting high returns but actually losing large amounts of money, the Thailand news agency reports. More than 30 people have reported being scammed, one person losing 6 million Thai Baht, or $183,000.
June 7 - Money Management Executive
New securities account openings in China have plummeted from two months ago, primarily due to the government’s recent tripling on the stock trading tax pushing stock prices lower, Bloomberg reports.
June 7 - Money Management Executive
BenefitStreet and Barclays Global Investors have partnered to create a 401(k) platform offering Barclays’ iShares exchange-traded funds.
June 7 - Money Management Executive
At the beginning of this year, Barclays Global Advisors was the only investment management company with a bond exchange-traded fund, the Financial Times reports. Today, however, there are nearly two dozen fixed-income ETFs from the likes of State Street and Vanguard, with more on the way from Bear Stearns and Ameristock.
June 7 - Money Management Executive
A few insurance companies are fighting annuities’ bad reputation for high fees and complexity with stripped-down offerings, The Wall Street Journal reports. But to some degree, columnist Tom Lauricella says, that’s merely a sales pitch.
June 6 - Money Management Executive
China has approved four mutual funds, in hopes that the move will restore investor confidence following the recent selloff, The Economic Times reports.
June 6