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A year into its existence, the size, knowledge and dedication of the SEC's special asset management enforcement unit is going to spell “trouble with a capital T’’ for fund managers of all stripes, according to experts at the final general session of the 2011 Investment Company Institute Mutual Funds and Investment Management Conference.

The investment professionals will work from Citi’s Philadelphia office, focusing on ultra high net worth individuals, foundations, endowments and private business owners.

MFS Investment Management has rolled out the MFS Global Multi-Asset and MFS Absolute Return funds in response to growing demand for greater portfolio diversification and lower volatility through multi-asset class funds.

PALM DESERT, Calif. -- At the start of 2010, the Securities and Exchange Commission established a specialized unit within its Enforcement Division devoted to the looking for fraud and other perfidies in the $40 trillion field of asset management.

Wealthy investors apparently unnerved by rising oil prices and the potential for higher interest rates and inflation now say they are much less confident about the stock market and the broader economy than they were just one month ago.

RidgeWorth Investments has reworked and re-launched its award-winning “Add Midcap” campaign, the centerpiece of which is an updated whitepaper, “Why Mid-Cap?”

A FINRA panel has put Robert M. Jaffe, an embattled former broker who worked with Ponzi scheme mastermind Bernard Madoff, on the hook to pay $1.1 million in compensatory damages to Turbo Investors LLC.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has granted exemptive relief for iShares’ registration to offer actively managed equities and fixed income exchange-traded funds, which it filed nearly a year ago.

Robert M. Jaffe has been ordered to pay $1.1 million plus interest to Turbo Investors LLC.

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