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Evergreen Investments, the mutual-fund operation, will soon get new leadership. The money-management unit of banking giant Wachovia Corp. told employees on Tuesday that Chief Executive Dennis Ferro, 63 years old, will retire at the end of this year, five years after assuming the top job. He will be succeeded by Peter Cieszko, 48, currently head […]
A class action was filed today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts on behalf of purchasers of all classes of shares of the Evergreen Ultra Short Opportunities Fund who purchased or otherwise acquired shares of the Fund within three years of the filing of this lawsuit (the “Class”), seeking to pursue […]
Columbia Management, a unit of Bank of America Corp., has closed its Strategic Cash Portfolio amid losses on asset-backed securities. According to the Wall Street Journal, the fund is currently valued at $12 billion, down from $40 billion just months ago. Bank of America closed this fund just weeks after announcing that it had set […]
Investors running for the exits have caused the closure of one of the largest U.S. short-term funds catering to institutional clients. Columbia Management is shutting its Columbia Strategic Cash Portfolio, it told clients late last week, after facing major withdrawal requests from large investors. The fund, which held $34 billion at the end of November, […]
Federal prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation into two Bear Stearns Cos. mortgage-related hedge funds that collapsed during the summer, according to people familiar with the matter. This investigation highlights the increasing scrutiny that financial institutions face, especially during turbulent times in the market. The collapse of these funds serves as a cautionary tale about […]