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Emerging Markets Best Performer in 2006

The world’s emerging and developed markets continued to stay in positive territory in December, making a full year of positive results as oil prices remained low, Standard&Poor’s said.

Morningstar Unveils Fixed-Income Indexes

Morningstar, Inc. plans to come out with a family of fixed income indexes, which can be licensed to institutions for the creation of investment vehicles including such things...

End of the Road for SSGA’s streetTRACKS

The investment management arm of State Street Global Corporation is rebranding its exchange-traded funds (ETFs), ending the streetTRACKS label and consolidating under the SPDR brand, in an effort...

UBS Securities LLC Gets New CEO

Teresa Mullett Ressel has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of UBS Securities LLC, the US broker-dealer unit of UBS Group Americas, the company announced today.

Workers Want Access to DC Plans

A majority of private industry workers would opt to participate in a defined contribution plan if their companies offered them, according to a recent Department of Labor report.