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Probe: Investment adviser Hauke masked huge loss

Fishers investment manager Keenan Hauke suffered massive losses in his hedge fund seven years ago. Then, rather than fess up, he generated fake account statements for clients that showed money they didn’t really have and returns they hadn’t earned, state investigators allege.

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Local stocks pummeled in global sell-off

Stock prices of the dozen largest public companies in the Indianapolis area all tumbled Monday morning as a Standard & Poor’s downgrade of U.S. debt spooked investors worldwide.

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Tiny bank claims Stifel Nicolaus duped it on securities

The Peoples State Bank of Ellettsville says it was duped three years ago into investing more than $13 million into auction-rate securities just before those markets froze up. Now it’s suing its broker, Stifel Nicolaus & Co., to get the money back.

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Indianapolis investment adviser Gene Tanner in it for the long haul

At 78, L. Gene Tanner is one of the longest-serving investment advisers working in Indianapolis. Tanner spoke with IBJ's Norm Heikens about why he shifted to City Securities, his brush with convicted Ponzi scheme operator Bernard Madoff, and how his investment strategy has changed.

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