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Last year, Karrie McMillan led off the first day of the Investment Company Institute's annual mutual funds conference with a stinging takedown of the Securities and Exchange Commission's treatment of the industry.

The investment management industry is undergoing a transformation.

Regulatory reform will take center stage at the Investment Company Institute's 2013 Mutual Funds and Investment Management Conference that starts today in Palm Desert, CA.

The minutes from the most recent Federal Open Market Committee meeting have been poured over by countless pundits who have shown the same level of consensus that Congress has on the sequester.

Two brand name firms are extending their exchange-traded fund distribution venture. Fidelity Investments and BlackRock has teamed again up to bring iShares ETFs to Fidelity's army of investors.

Less is more and more is less. This applies to the digital world, too.

The Securities and Exchange Commission today published a guidance update to clarify what mutual funds and other investment advisors can say on their social media sites.

Listening is a major part of social media use, but you also should work to engage your friends and followers.

As the Securities and Exchange Commission's enforcement and litigation activity in 2012 demonstrates, the agency's focus on municipal market enforcement has increased dramatically, and this trend seems likely to continue under the SEC's new leadership.

When small business owners become successful, they become a magnet for questionable deals and speculative investments.