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• RiverNorth Stops Flows Into Strategic Income Fund

  February 22, 2012

  RiverNorth Capital Management said its RiverNorth/DoubleLine Strategic Income Fund will be closed to new investors on March 30, but current investors and advisors can still purchase shares after that date.

• Active Managers Don't Add Value: Study

  February 21, 2012

  A new study by is looking to answer the age-old question: Do active investment managers (e.g., mutual funds and hedge funds) add value above and beyond simply investing in an index?

• Money Market Funds Pick Back Up

  February 17, 2012

  After two weeks of decline, total money market mutual fund assets increased by $2.86 billion to $2.659 trillion in the week ended Wednesday, Feb. 15, according to the Investment Company Institute.

• Defining Dodd-Frank: A Glossary of Acronyms (Title VII: Derivatives)

  February 16, 2012

  What terms will you need to get familiar with as clearing of what can be considered exchange-traded swaps starts up? Here’s one answer, in a gallery of key acronyms.

• U.S. Economy in a 'Recession of Confidence'

  February 15, 2012

  The Great Recession ended 32 months ago. But fear about the sturdiness of its recovery persists.

• Equities Order Flow Drops for Third Straight Year

  February 15, 2012

  The U.S. equities market has been losing the order flow battle for three straight years and will continue to fall until 4th quarter 2012, a Tabb Group Research Report says.

• NICSA 2012: Trade Deficits Worst Headwind for West

  February 14, 2012

  The sovereign debt and banking crises are not over. But the stiffest headwind facing Western economies? Trade deficits, says a Citigroup investment research director.

• NICSA 2012: Equities May Be a 'Good' Black Swan

  February 14, 2012

  The next black swan in the financial industry is likely to be rising interest rates. And there could be a “good” black swan event: a rally over the next 10 years in stocks, said speakers at NICSA’s 30th Annual Conference and Expo.

• Rep-Driven Programs Projected to Hit $1.7 Trillion by 2015

  February 13, 2012

  Advisors who make investment decisions on behalf of their clients in rep-driven managed accounts are very likely to see their business grow, according to projections by Cerulli Associates.

• ProShares Premieres 10-Year, Breakeven Inflation ETFs

  February 13, 2012

  Following ProShare Advisors' roll out last month of the first 30-year breakeven inflation exchange-traded funds, the company now offers a 10-year version.

• Pension Plan Funding Increases 1.7%

  February 10, 2012

  A boost in United States and global equity markets led in January to a 1.7% increase in the funded status of the typical U.S. corporate pension plan, according to a newly released report from BNY Mellon Asset Management.

• S&P Capital IQ Acquires Risk Analytics Firm

  February 10, 2012

  S&P Capital IQ said it acquired R2 Financial Technologies, a Toronto-based developer of risk and scenario analysis software.

• LCH.Clearnet: All MF Global Market Positions Successfully Closed

  February 10, 2012

  LCH.Clearnet Group said its operating profit increased 81 percent in 2011, to 106.9 million euros. Underlying operating profit was 335.0 million in 2010.

• Why Soros Sees No Quick End to the Crisis in Europe

  February 9, 2012

  In an address to a peer group of high-net-worth investors in New York City, George Soros told the audience that he would have little to say to cheer them about the state of the global economy.

• IndexIQ Hedge Fund Benchmarks Surge 3% in January

  February 8, 2012

  The seven hedge fund benchmark indexes operated by alternative investment manager IndexIQ on average rose more than 3% in January, according to January 2012 performance data released by the firm.

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