DWS Investments

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  Envestnet Touts Liquid Alternatives

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  August 30, 2012

  An investment strategist at Envestnet PMC said portfolios that can use leverage, sell short or access noncorrelated opportunities offer advantages not found in traditional long-only portfolios.

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  New Hire Roundup: Morningstar Adds to Fund Research Team

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  June 20, 2012

  This week in new hires, Morningstar announced six appointments for its fund analyst research team; James Machuga joined Merk Investments; and Philipp Hildebrand was named vice chairman at BlackRock.

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  FDIC Warns on Risks of Market-Linked CDs

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  May 22, 2012

  A new consumer alert from the FDIC on market-linked CDs, one of the most popular structured products, counsels investors not to let the possibility of higher returns obscure their view of the risks.

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  Top Funds for Advisor Loyalty

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  September 27, 2011

  T. Rowe Price and Legg Mason benefited the most this year as advisors' use of mutual funds grew in 2011, and over the next two years a switch to ETFs and SMAs is expected.

• DWS Investments Launches New Online Rollover Resource

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  September 22, 2010

  In a bid to better educate the public on the rollover process (and capture a bit of business), DWS Investments announced Tuesday it has launched DWS Rollover Central, an online resource to help guide retirement plan participants through the process.

• Nasdaq OMX and DWS Investments Roll Out Volatility Target Index

  By Michael S. Fischer  |  August 27, 2010

  The Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. and DWS Investments, the U.S. retail unit of Deutsche Bank's global asset management division, have launched a new benchmark designed to provide exposure to the Nasdaq-100 Index in a risk-controlled manner.

• Firm stability and fund selection trump performance as key drivers of mutual fund loyalty

  By Staff Writer  |  January 14, 2009

  Market volatility means today's investor no longer looks at a mutual fund's performance, but the stability of a mutual fund company and the breadth of...

• The Strategist

  By Ellen Uzelac  |  September 1, 2008

  Talk about retiring today and it's enough to scare some people to death. That's not surprising considering the back story: the disappearing pension, rising health...

• Time for an Alternative

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  August 1, 2008

  Despite the recent tumult in the hedge fund world with the collapse of Bear Stearns's two hedge funds and the subsequent arrest of its two...