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Northern Trust Corp.’s conservative approach has enabled it to avoid a lot of the problems that have affected competitors and has it thinking about growth, its chief financial officer said.
Even though Northern Trust is not immune to the challenges facing the market, “we continue to focus on our conservative management process,” Steven L. Fradkin, its [...]

The funds became UCITS III compliant earlier this year following a vote by their shareholders. They are now in the process of obtaining local market registration, which is necessary in order for them to be marketed.
Both the funds are Luxembourg-domiciled and are aimed at institutional investors and high net worth individuals, with a minimum investment [...]

Peter Lynch, the famed investor and vice chairman of Fidelity Investments, often advised to “invest in what you know.”
Maybe that’s why Francis Koenig thinks Wall Street is ready to come around to putting big money into the adult-entertainment business.
Koenig is chief executive officer and founder of AdultVest Inc., “the world’s first and only investment community [...]

Active extension strategies, which are relatively new to institutional investors, are already in use or are under consideration by more than half of public defined contribution plans and one-third of corporate plans, based on responses to a new research study. The research was sponsored by RiverSource Investments, LLC, a subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, Inc., (NYSE: [...]

Fidelity International is planning to cut staff and crimp costs despite steady investment performances, as UK fund managers batten down the hatches in expectation of tougher times brought on by the credit crunch.
Fidelity said this morning it was looking “across the business” at making savings, which may or may not include redundancies or choosing not [...]

By Lynne Olver
TORONTO, March 28 (Reuters) - A relief plan to assist
individual owners of frozen Canadian asset-backed commercial
paper is in the works, but it is moving more slowly than
participants hoped, Canaccord Capital Inc (CCI.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) Chief
Operating Officer Mark Maybank said on Friday.
“A lot of people are [...]

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — When Heidi Sadowsky quit the finance sector, she abandoned a job market on the verge of collapse for one that may be air-tight: nursing.I was never happy in my life in finance, said Sadowsky, 39, a former liaison for institutional investors and money managers at Citibank and Invesco. I always felt [...]

BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — Asian stock prices mostly rose in light trading Friday, after a turbulent week. But trading was light, however, as most markets worldwide were closed for Good Friday.Japan’s key stock market index rose 1.8%, while South Korean shares extended their winning streak into a fourth session as its key market indicator [...]

Media General Urges Investors to Deny Harbinger Slate
By Leon Lazaroff
March 19 (Bloomberg) — Media General Inc. Chief Executive
Officer Marshall Morton said directors nominated by dissident
investor Harbinger Capital Partners arent qualified and
shouldnt be elected to the companys board.
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