Hung Tran

The Securities and Exchange Commission is turning over its leadership with the departure of yet another high-ranking official.

The exchange-traded funds space has had its fair share of successful launches and flameouts this year.

Huntington Asset Services is looking to boost its sales team.

Mark Cahn, general counsel at the Securities and Exchange Commission, is leaving the agency at the end of the year to return to the private sector.

BlackRock’s latest November 2012 ETP Landscape Report paints a rosy picture for exchange-traded products heading into the New Year.

Exchange-traded funds hit a speed bump last month after coasting through much of the year in the black.

Risk tolerance in the younger U.S. mutual fund investor set has returned to the level seen before the financial crisis of 2008, according to research from the Investment Company Institute.

USAA Asset Management is so committed to bringing its equity fund business in-house that it is bidding adieu to two subadvisors.

State Street Corporation’s Chief Financial Officer Edward Resch, 60 is leaving his post in 2013, after more than a decade in the role.

McNabb said that his firm has been lowering the cost on its products for more than 35 years and the fact that the firm exists “puts pressure on other providers to do likewise”.

Charles Schwab has launched a new site for exchange-traded fund retail investors dubbed the ETF Education Exchange, which aims to “close the knowledge gap in ETFs by aggregating educational content, research and market insights from ETF industry leaders”.

Charles Schwab has launched the Schwab Advisor Center app for the iPad available for download. Advisors will now be able to access key client data such as balances, positions, and transactions from their iPads.

Morgan Stanley Wealth Management vice chairman Paul Hatch has said publicly that these reps-as-portfolio-manager programs are "a permanent change."

Goldman Sachs is calling it quits in Brazil, Korea and India.

Jeffrey Gundlach, the chief executive officer of DoubleLine Capital whose home was burglarized earlier this month, has offered some $1.7 million for information leading to the recovery of stolen artwork.

Here's something for the estimated 72 million 401(k) participants to look forward to at the end of this month: On Aug. 30, the Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration participant fee disclosure rule, dubbed ERISA 404(a)(5), will go into effect.

Pioneer Investments is boosting its coverage of registered investment advisors with the addition of Brian Kilar as a wholesaler for the RIA channel.

Perhaps it was only a matter of time before Morningstar decided to put its stamp of approval, and disapproval, on alternative mutual funds.

Charles Schwab is beefing up its exchange-traded fund business with a new hire from Guggenheim Investments.

Franklin Templeton Investments has named Andrew Ashton and Dennis Rothe to new roles overseeing consultant/gatekeeper relations and investment research for the company’s International Advisory Services and North America Advisory Services divisions, respectively.