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Money-market Mutual Fund Assets Rise By $29.28 Billion
new york -- investors to money-market funds contributed $29.28 billion in the week ended tuesday, bringing total net assets to $3.535 trillion, according to the money fund report, published by imoneynet inc.
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Hong Kong Mutual Fund Industry Hit By Sales Drop - Forbes
hong kong, sept 11 (reuters) - hong kong mutual fund sales slumped in the first seven months of 2008, as tumbling global stock markets spurred investors to redeem once high-flying equity funds, according to industry data released on thursday. the ...
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Update 1-manulife To Enter Japan mutual Fund Market - Reuters
tokyo, sept 9 (reuters) - manulife financial corp (mfc.to: quote , profile , research , stock buzz ), north america's no. 2 life insurer, will enter the japanese mutual fund market, aiming to tap the $7 trillion of household financial assets still ...
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(afx Uk Focus) 2008-09-11 10:57 Hong Kong Mutual Fund Industry Hit By Sales Drop
hong kong, sept 11 (reuters) - hong kong mutual fund sales slumped in the first seven months of 2008, as tumbling global stock markets spurred investors to redeem once high-flying equity funds, according to industry data released on thursday.
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Big Fund Firms Among Top Holders In Sinking Stocks
some of america's biggest and best-known mutual fund companies likely suffered heavy losses multiple times this week because they had large holdings in the market's worst performing stocks.
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Manulife To Enter Japan mutual Fund Market - Guardian Unlimited
tokyo, sept 9 (reuters) - manulife financial corp north america's no. 2 life insurer, will enter the japanese mutual fund market, aiming to tap the $7 trillion of household financial assets still parked in cash or deposit accounts. manulife told an ...
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Big Fund Firms Among Top Holders In Sinking Stocks - Washington Post
boston (reuters) - some of america's biggest and best-known mutual fund companies likely suffered heavy losses multiple times this week because they had large holdings in the market's worst performing stocks. alliancebernstein holding lp (ab.n ...
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Manulife To Enter Japan mutual Fund Market
manulife financial corp north america's no. 2 life insurer, said it would enter the japanese mutual fund business next month to tap the country's $14 trillion in household assets.
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Investors Queue Up To Buy Mutual Fund Schemes Directly
sebi’s much-hyped entry load waiver for direct mutual fund (mf) applications seems to be having some positive impact, as investors are cashing in on the load-free route to apply for mfs.
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Investing To Get Easier With Online Mutual Funds - Hindustan Times
dealing in mutual funds is about to get faster and easier. an electronic platform is being developed for trading in mutual fund units and this is slated to change the way in which investors have been looking at mutual funds for their investments. the ...
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Lehman's Survival Hinges On Fuld's Reluctant Sale Of Fund Unit - Bloomberg
sept. 11 (bloomberg) -- richard fuld's plan to keep lehman brothers holdings inc. afloat depends on whether the chief executive officer can sell a business that he'd rather keep to a buyer who may not be able to pay for it. lehman told investors ...
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Federated Investors Acquires Mutual Fund Worth $1 Billion
federated investors inc., the mutual fund firm based downtown, has acquired six mutual funds worth about $1 billion from fifth third asset management, according to a recent securities filing.
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Washington Mutual Stock Falls On Investor Fears
as wall street scoured the financial industry for the next weakest link after lehman brothers, it set its sights on a familiar target: washington mutual.
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Manulife To Enter Japan's mutual Fund Market - Windsor Star
tokyo - manulife financial corp north america's no. 2 life insurer, said it would enter the japanese mutual fund business next month to tap the country's us$14-trillion in household assets. manulife executives told an investor conference in tokyo ...
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Mutual Fund Sales Taking A Hit? - Hindustan Times
no commissions on direct investment in mutual funds and due diligence procedures for customer identification, have started impacting mutual fund sales, according to a survey. the study was conducted in august by iims dataworks. mutual fund houses ...
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Is Washington Mutual Running Out Of Time?
as wall street scoured the financial industry wednesday for the next weakest link after lehman brothers , it set its sights on a familiar target: washington mutual , the nation’s largest savings and loan.
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Manulife To Enter Japan mutual Fund Market
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Stocks Rise After Lehman Announces Recovery Plan - Usa Today
managing your money: sign up for our free e-mail newsletter. every friday, you'll get a week's worth of usa today's personal finance news and columns. readers' choice: see the 50 stocks that appear most in usatoday.com reader portfolios. your ...
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1. What Exactly Is A Mutual Fund? - Cnn Money
a mutual fund pools money from hundreds and thousands of investors to construct a portfolio of stocks, bonds, real estate, or other securities, according to its charter. each investor in the fund gets a slice of the total pie. 2. mutual funds make it ...
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Hong Kong Mutual Fund Industry Hit By Sales Drop
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