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Pax fined for SRI breach

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2008
... Chatman Thomsen, director of the SEC's division of enforcement. "This is particularly true with socially responsible mutual funds because their stated investment restrictions are likely the primary reason an investor chooses to invest in these funds ...

Embracing derivatives: South Korea

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2008
... Others who have suffered losses as a result of trading derivatives have moved to products perceived as safer, such as mutual funds. "Despite the large interest in derivatives, the range of products is still limited due to regulation and the conservative ...

Russell chief resigns

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2008
... aspects of life insurance firm Northwestern Mutual's investment products and services business including annuities, mutual funds, advisory products and the Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company. Schlifske also headed up Northwestern Mutual Investment ...

CFA launches SRI guidelines

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2008
... important to remember, however, is that your socially responsible investments may not perform like other stock indices or mutual funds." The CFA list encourages retail investors to choose an SRI ratings firm to ensure they attain appropriate information ...

Alternative investment giant eyes Asia

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2008
... Partners), real estate opportunity fund (Blackstone Real Estate Partners), fund of hedge funds business and two closed-end mutual funds (The India Fund and The Asia Tigers Fund).

JPMorgan buys $342.5 bn Nordic custody service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
... as Nordea Funds and Nordea Life & Pensions. In addition, JPMorgan will provide depository services to in-country mutual funds via Nordea's branches in Denmark, Finland and Norway. As a result of the deal, Nordea's marketing relationship with The Bank ...

FTSE war on terror

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2008
... Terror-Free Index Series is also tradable and suitable for the creation of retail investment products such as ETFs and Mutual Funds." Companies excluded from the FTSE CSAG Terror-Free indexes were informed prior to finalising the construction and given ...

Investing without feeling

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2008
... report analysed the returns of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index compared to the experience of US investors in equity mutual funds and found the index, on average, outperformed by 7.5 per cent annually over 20 years. "Inevitably market timers will lose ...

Hunter Hall extends Bravura deal

... management functions. It is modular and can be used for platforms, wholesale investment management, registry and mutual funds, and custody. It is one of Bravura's stable of finance software applications including Sonata, Rufus, Talisman and Babel. Michelle ...

Jumping volatility not yet swaying sentiment

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2008
... have shifted away from riskier investments such as stocks for the historic safer haven options of gold, REITs and mutual funds.