SOVEREIGN WEALTH: IT COULD BE GOOD FOR YOUMar 1, 2008By Christopher C. L. Anderson Kuwait. Singapore. Russia. China. The government investment funds of these countries, and several others, may have saved our financial system from severe... THE FEVER FOR STRUCTURED PRODUCTSMar 1, 2008BY BRIAN WARGO Long a Favorite of Investors in Europe, structured products are rapidly gaining popularity in the United States. Last year, $114 billion in structured... Scandal or Goof? Analyst Tracker Icon Is Called Into QuestionMar 7, 2007By John Churchill Someone’s going to get fired, fined or thrown in jail for this one. A recently released research report from a trio of finance professors claims to have found a pattern of, ahem, revisionism going on within Thomson Financial’s I/B/E/S database of stock-analyst recommendations.... 60 Seconds with...Curtis TebergNov 1, 2006Kevin Burke Market historian and portfolio manager of the Teberg Fund, a fund of funds... Cold Call: Ralph ParksNov 1, 2006Kristen French Interview with Ralph Parks, founder of Ralph Parks Investment Group in Pittsford NY... The HereticNov 1, 2006By Cheryl Winokur Munk These days, it's all about open architecture. Money manager Kenneth Fisher is having none of that. Fisher hires reps to gather assets for him to run on a discretionary basis... Future WealthNov 1, 2006By David A. Geracioti Alvin Toffler and his wife, Heidi, authors of the classic, Future Shock, argue that economists stink at forecasting, that wealth is moving from the West to the East... The Trouble with Performance-Based FeesNov 1, 2006By Kevin Burke A handful of money managers have placed incentive fees on some of their funds, but inherent flaws and an unproven track record are enough to give advisors pause... Pre-Presidential Rally Starts NowNov 1, 2006Kevin Burke Curtis Teberg, market historian, former broker and portfolio manager of the tiny $35 million Teberg Fund in Duluth, Minn., is betting on a monster rally in the stock market during mid-term elections... 60 Seconds with...David TyrieOct 1, 2006Kevin Burke David Tyrie, head of Putnam's retirement services unit, works directly with 401(k) sponsors and financial advisors. We sat down with Tyrie to get the... Mission USAOct 1, 2006By John Churchill UBS rocks in Europe and Asia - but not in the USA. How new US retail brokerage chief Marten Hoekstra intends to improve the performance of the US unit... Save for Retirement, or ElseOct 1, 2006By David A. Geracioti Now that the defined benefit plan is in decline, Americans will ahve to take charge of their retirement. How to get employees to participate? How to save Social Security? Robert Pozen, a retirement expert and chairman of MFS, on what needs to be done.... Not the Man, But the MachineSep 1, 2006BY KEVIN BURKE Quantitative mutual funds, dubbed “black box” investments for their strict adherence to quantitative metrics and technical analysis, have come into vogue this year... 60 Seconds with...Kevin RowellSep 1, 2006Kevin Burke Kevin Rowell is no stranger to advisors. A longtime executive at some of the nation's largest broker-sold fund shops, he was recruited away from Charles Schwab in January to boost slumping sales at Pioneer Investments... RIA Asset BoomSep 1, 2006Kristen French For the third year in a row, the registered investment advisor (RIA) industry enjoyed strong asset growth. ... A Colossus Is BornSep 1, 2006By Kevin Burke Larry Fink is something of a rock star. For starters, Fink has built his asset-management company, the New York-based BlackRock, into the third-largest bond manager in the U.S., with some $450 billion in assets.... The 20-Year ItchJul 1, 2006By David A. Geracioti In the 1990s, fund manager James O'Shaughnessy caused a stir with his bestseller, "What Works On Wall Street" . The book's conclusion: The best strategy for superior returns was to invest in small-cap value stocks.... E*Trade on RIA Shopping SpreeJul 1, 2006By Kristen French Having acquired four wealth-management firms in the past 18 months, E*Trade is still just getting started on its acquisition strategy, says Jon Foster, head of wealth management for the firm.... Schwab's Secret SuccessJun 1, 2006By Kevin Burke Schwab may be a lot of things to a lot of different clients, from custodian to fund supermarket. But fund manager?... 60 Seconds with Tom BradleyJun 1, 2006
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