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Commodities investing posting record year
By Douglas AppellTotal investment flows into commodities already have broken the record of $51 billion set in 2006, and should reach $60 billion for the year, a report from Barclays Capital said.
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Hedge fund managers make it three quarters in a row of upside
Hedge fund managers retained their gains and posted respectable returns for the third straight quarter. All 22 of the hedge fund and fund-of-funds strategies tracked by Morningstar turned in positive average performance for the three months ended Sept. 30.
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Invesco Powershares CEO Bruce Bond stepping back
Bruce Bond is stepping down as chief executive of Invesco PowerShares Capital Management, the exchange-traded-fund provider he founded in 2003, and will be replaced by Ben Fulton.
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Oklahoma PERS taps Tillberg as CIO
Brad Tillberg was named CIO of the $5.8 billion Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System.
By Timothy InklebargerGSAM’s high-yield co-head lands at PIMCO
Andrew Jessop was named executive vice president and high-yield portfolio manager at PIMCO.
By Randy DiamondBooth to help run RS High Yield Bond fund
Kevin Booth was named co-portfolio manager of the $99 million RS Investments High Yield Bond mutual fund.
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Anything but .01%
PIMCO's Bill Gross, fed up with earning 0.1% on money market funds, is looking to utility stocks to provide better returns.
By Bill GrossHere's why buyout firms are flooding IPO market
Private equity firms are dolling up companies for initial public offering as a way of easing the $1 trillion of buyout debt weighing down their portfolios.
By Arleen JacobiusZell: Predictions of commercial crash 'greatly exaggerated'
Expectations of an impending crash in commercial real estate that would create bargain-hunting opportunities are “greatly exaggerated,” Sam Zell told several hundred investors Tuesday in...
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Aberdeen replaces Bramdean Asset
Aberdeen Asset Management is replacing Bramdean Asset Management as manager of Bramdean Alternatives' $183 million in assets.
By Drew CarterFRR picks 6 to run €4 billion in bonds
Fonds de Reserve pour les Retraites, Paris, hired six managers to run a combined €4 billion ($6 billion) in euro-denominated inflation-linked bonds.
By Drew Carter4 countries see boom in LDI use among plans
Use of liability-driven investing has picked up sharply among pension funds in the U.S., the U.K., the Netherlands and Canada.
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