Journals By Industry - Index Funds

Enhanced Investment Products Limited (EIP), a Hong Kong based asset management firm, has confirmed the launch of seven new ETF products, authorised by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission at the beginning...

UK Commercial Property Trust Limited (LSE: UKCM), the largest UK focused commercial property trust, has released its Interim Management Statement for the three months to 31 December 2011 and unaudited quarterly Net Asset...

Last year proved to be difficult to describe. The economy didn't experience a double-dip recession as some had feared, though recovery is too strong a word to describe it. The Eurozone did not...

The reality is, at least according to one analysis of the stock market, most returns come from dividends, and over long periods stocks do not perform better than inflation (see "How to get...

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Recently, there has been substantial growth in mutual funds utilizing managed-futures-based strategies. The number of distinct managed futures mutual funds doubled to 24 in 2011, according to Morningstar Inc. The funds...

2 hours ago EUROPE - The number of institutional investors expecting to make future investments in real estate debt funds has almost doubled compared with last year, according to INREV, which is looking...

Full Year Diluted EPS of $12.37 ($11.85 as adjusted) Operating Margin of 36.3% (40.0% as adjusted) for Fourth Quarter 2011 Assets Under Management of $3.513 Trillion at December 31, 2011 NEW YORK --...

Historical Data and First-Hand Accounts of Change in FX, US Treasuries and Institutional Equities Demonstrates How Technology and Regulation, or Lack Thereof, Will Cause Swaps Liquidity to Fragment NEW YORK & LONDON --...

2011 Loan Originations Up 19 Percent, Operating Expenses Down NEWARK, Del. -- Sallie Mae (NASDAQ: SLM), formally SLM Corporation, today released fourth-quarter and full-year 2011 financial results highlighting increased student loan originations, lower...

SARASOTA, Fla. -- As political campaigns heat up across the country, social media tools such as those in development by Obscene Interactive, a subsidiary of Obscene Jeans Corp. (OTCBB: OBJE), are playing an...

Operating-Basis((1)) Earnings Per Share of $3.73 Increased 10% from $3.40 in 2010 BOSTON -- State Street Corporation today announced full-year and fourth-quarter 2011 earnings per common share of $3.79 and $0.76, respectively, compared...

NEW YORK -- As part of its continuous surveillance effort, Fitch Ratings has taken the following rating action on Howard Bend Levee District, Missouri (the district): --$19.8 million levee district refunding and improvement...

DAMARISCOTTA, Maine -- The First Bancorp (Nasdaq: FNLC), today announced unaudited results for the year ended December 31, 2011. Net income was $12.4 million, up $248,000 or 2.0% from 2010, and earnings per...

AUSTIN, Texas -- Fitch Ratings assigns an 'A+' rating to the bank notes corresponding to Houston, Texas (the city) Combined Utility System's (the system) commercial paper notes as follows: --$75 million bank notes...

NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings assigns a rating of 'AAA' to the following general obligation (GO) bonds of Wake County, North Carolina (the county): --$96.8 million GO school bonds, series 2012A; --$79.4 million...

NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings assigns an 'AA+' rating to the following Commonwealth of Massachusetts general obligation (GO) bonds: --$171,240,000 GO refunding bonds (SIFMA Index Bonds) 2012 series A; --$291,815,000 GO bonds consolidated...

NEW YORK -- the course of routine surveillance, Fitch Ratings has taken the following action on Chesterfield Valley Transportation Development District, MO's (the district) bonds: --$17.4 million series 2006 transportation sales tax revenue...

'361 Capital Systematic Index' Seeks Extremely Low Correlation To General Equity Markets DENVER -- 361 Capital, a provider of alternative investment portfolios to major institutions, financial intermediaries, and high-net-worth investors, today announced the...

BETHESDA, Md. -- Calvert's Sustainability Research Department has submitted the following recommendation regarding action within the Calvert Social Index[R]. If approved, the following recommendation will be effective when the Calvert Social Index Committee...