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Despite the fact investor interest in emerging markets seemed to decline during the first quarter, Emerging Global Advisors announced its assets under management soared as investors looked for more precise exposures to emerging market opportunities.

After weeks of speculation, Nasdaq OMX has formally teamed up with IntercontinentalExchange to try and top Deutsche Borse’s takeover bid for NYSE Euronext. Nasdaq OMX and ICE have offered $11.3 billion while the Deutsche Borse, the owner of the Frankfurt stock exchange, wants to buy NYSE Euronext for about $10 billion

As overseas turmoil continues, financial advisers are growing concerned about the U.S. economy and stock market, according to a benchmark from asset manager Rydex SGI.

But $1.42 billion is redeemed from equity funds.

While healthcare costs are inevitably going to rise in the future, a 65-year-old couple retiring in 2011 will likely spend $230,000 on healthcare throughout their retirement, Fidelity estimates. This is an 8% decline from the $250,000 retiring couples in 2010 will need, due to recent changes in Medicare, Fidelity said.

The Lifetime Income Analysis Tool boosts 401(k) contribution rate from an average of 7% to 8.6%.

Tax-exempt municipal money market funds lost nearly $3 billion in the week ended March 28 as total net assets fell to $319.30 billion, according to the Money Fund Report, a service of iMoneyNet.com.

Self-regulatory officials may assess fees on municipal advisors based on their advisory activity and are focused on disclosure to retail muni investors.

Frustrated by the lack of progress with a global settlement between the 50 state attorneys general and the top mortgage servicers, federal banking regulators are expected to move forward with their own enforcement actions against 14 servicers as early as next week.

On a nationwide basis, unemployment and jobless-claims data have slowly improved. But the metrics vary widely from market to market and, complicating matters, many bank operations, even those of regionals, straddle strong and weak markets.