Fixed Income

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  Aberdeen Asset Management Acquires Artio Global for $175M

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  February 14, 2013

  The U.K.-based global asset manager continues its growth plan in U.S. with the acquisition of a $14.3 billion firm and looks to further its reach with BDs and RIAs.

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  FINRA Warns on Bonds’ Duration Risk

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  February 14, 2013

  FINRA issued an alert Thursday underscoring the importance of a bond’s duration risk in the current low-interest-rate environment.

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  PIMCO’s El-Erian: Prepare for More Currency Confusion

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  February 14, 2013

  "Within the last 24 hours, G-7 officials issued a currency statement, 'clarified' it and then criticized the clarification," the PIMCO CEO wrote on Thursday.

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  Largest ETF Firms Still See Ample Room for Growth

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  February 11, 2013

  “Only 3% of households today own ETFs; less than 50% of FAs use ETFs on a regular basis,” said ProShares CEO Michael Sapir at the InsideETFs Conference.

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  Schwab Seeks to Lead in ETF Education

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  February 8, 2013

  Charles Schwab announced its game-changing commission-free ETF platform to much fanfare on Thursday, but less heralded has been a new ETF education resource launched last year that could help advisors use these ETFs.

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  Meredith Whitney: Government Case Against S&P ‘Hard to Believe’

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  February 7, 2013

  She discussed the government’s case against the ratings agency, her municipal bond call and her thoughts on new Citigroup CEO Michael Corbat.

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  ETF Addicts to Get Fill at Year’s Biggest Event

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  February 6, 2013

  The world’s largest gathering of advisors, investors and service providers focused on exchange-traded products opens Sunday in sunny Florida where the temperatures should be about 80 degrees but where discussions of “hot” relate strictly to investments.

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  January Fund Flows Show Exuberant Investors: Strategic Insight, TrimTabs

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  February 5, 2013

  An all-time record $77.4 billion flowed into U.S.-listed equity mutual funds and ETFs in January, according to TrimTabs Investment Research. Also in January, net inflows to bond funds are estimated to exceed $40 billion, says Strategic Insight.

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  S&P Expects Federal Lawsuit Over Mortgage Ratings

  By MARCY GORDON, AP BUSINESS WRITER  |  February 4, 2013

  The U.S. government is expected to file civil charges against S&P, alleging that it fraudulently gave high ratings to mortgage debt that later plunged in value and helped fuel the 2008 financial crisis.

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  Richard Bernstein: ‘Greatest Bull Market of Our Lifetime’

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  January 31, 2013

  It could rival the bull market from 1982, Bernstein claims at the TD Ameritrade conference in San Diego.