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Senate Hearing on Tax Treatment of Funds Investing Indirectly in Commodities
January 31, 2012
Last Thursday, the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations held a hearing on the tax treatment of mutual funds investing indirectly in commodities. Subcommittee Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI) has argued that the IRS should stop issuing private letter rulings that allow funds to invest in commodities… read more
Morningstar: Leveraged ETFs Haven’t Caused Increased Market Volatility
January 30, 2012
A recent opinion piece by a Morningstar ETF analyst argues that leveraged ETFs are not the cause of the increased market volatility we've seen over the past few years. The article acknowledges that the number of leveraged and inverse ETFs has increased during this… read more
Former Evergreen Portfolio Manager Charged With Fund Pricing Violations
January 26, 2012
The SEC recently filed charges against Lisa Premo, a former portfolio manager of the Evergreen Ultra Short Opportunities Fund, for her role in the fund's pricing errors. According to the SEC, in early 2008, Ms. Premo learned that a collateralized debt obligation ("CDO")… read more
Upcoming Senate Hearing on Tax Treatment of Funds Investing Indirectly in Commodities
January 25, 2012
Tomorrow at 10 a.m., the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations will hold a hearing titled: "Taxation of Mutual Fund Commodity Investments." The hearing notice states that the hearing will examine "the issuance of over 70 private letter rulings by the Internal Revenue Service allowing mutual… read more
CFTC May Adopt New Rules for Mutual Funds in the Coming Days
January 24, 2012
According to a Bloomberg article, the CFTC may vote in the next few days to require mutual funds to abide by new marketing and registration rules when they use derivatives tied to commodities. According to the article, multiple sources have said that the proposed… read more