February 6, 2012 |
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The performance benchmark for stocks in developing countries, the MSCI Emerging Market Index, has grown at almost 21% annually over the past three years.
Alternative assets. Alternative styles. Absolute return. Those are the three bases of John Hancock Mutual Funds newly launched effort to set itself apart as, in itself, an alternative to larger mutual fund creators, marketers and managers.
For a brief moment last year, the exchange-traded fund held in greatest value by investors had nothing to do with the Standard and Poor's 500. Or stocks of publicly traded companies of any sort.
Retirement Projected to Hit $22 Trillion by 2016; Fund Uses Student Research; Gets Morningstar Five Stars; Deutsche Boerse: It's a Black Day for Europe
Participants in employer-sponsored retirement plans are hungry for investment guidance and willing to use automatic enrollment features to achieve their goals, according to results of a survey of changing attitudes toward retirement readiness released by State Street.
So, NYSE Euronext and Deutsche Boerse agreed to terminate their agreement to merge, thanks to the European Commission's prohibition of it.
Petrone Expands Kasina's Research Effort; Great-West Names Killgore Regional Sales Director; Neuberger Appoints Saltzman Wealth Advisor; Jones Joins CLS in Regional VP of Sales Role