A billionaire hedge fund manager charged in a $25 million insider trading case now faces a lawsuit saying he helped finance Sri Lankan militants notorious for suicide bombings. The federal lawsuit was filed Thursday in Newark, N.J., against Raj Rajaratnam (RAHJ’ rah-juh-RUHT’-nuhm), a portfolio manager for Galleon Group.

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I’m going to Chicago next week for the American Bankers Association meeting. Oddly, I haven’t been invited to the Roaring ’20′s dance party I hear they’re having. Why wouldn’t they celebrate the era of wild money and hot times (which slid into the Great Depression)

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 J.P. Morgan Funds is rolling out an online version of its target date evaluation program for advisers. The firm also is discussing developing a similar tool to help advisers analyze target risk funds.


 
 Janus Capital Group Inc. said Thursday its third-quarter profit shrank by more than two-thirds, weighed down by legal settlements and severance costs from the departure of the mutual fund company’s former CEO and other employees. The news sent Janus shares diving about 10 percent in morning trading.