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Taking a Gamble on Emerging Markets

The performance benchmark for stocks in developing countries, the MSCI Emerging Market Index, has grown at almost 21% annually over the past three years.

'Offshore Shams' Abet Mutual Fund Speculation in Commodities, Senator Says

The head of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations called Thursday for an end to private letter rulings from the Internal Revenue Service which have “essentially opened the floodgates” for mutual funds to speculate in commodities from offshore tax havens such as the Cayman Islands.

The Sweet, Short Life of Synthetic ETFs

“Synthetic” exchange-traded funds, where interest-rate swaps and other derivative products are used to replicate the performance of a securities index, are taking Europe by storm.

Euro Crisis to Resolve in 2012: Schroders

The main drivers of markets in 2012 are likely to be similar to last year’s themes —uncertainty over the fate of the Euro, and the related question of whether or not there will be a global recession, said Alan Brown, group chief investment officer at Schroders.

HSBC Launches RMB Money Fund in China

The fund has raised RMB1.16 billion (US$178 million) in its initial public offering.

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Five Biggest Myths of Investing in Emerging Markets

Emerging markets are definitely here to stay.

ICI GMM 2011: New World Order and the Rise of 'Schmeeks'

International investing will dominate in the next two decades, and a new breed of wholesaler part "schmoozer" and part intellectual "geek" will be selling these complex investments.

Emerging Markets Seen Outpacing Boomer Market by 25 Times

And that makes the case for sector- and style-specific emerging market ETFs, executives say.

Affluent Investors Set to Take Off Abroad

Strategic Insight projects the growth in affluent investor assets in other regions of the world rivaling those in North America.

Today's Tough Choice: Same-Day Affirmation or Mandatory Matching

Managers will have to pre-settle their equity trades with B/Ds or use an electronic post-trade matching service.

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