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Third Avenue Management, which took the rare step of freezing redemptions in a distressed debt mutual fund last month, saw investors also pull money from its equity funds, contributing to a 21% decline in the firm’s assets last quarter.

The firm's former correspondent and advisor services supervisor will now oversee consulting operations reaching the firm's 1,900 advisors.

The regulator's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations plans to beef-up focus on longstanding areas of concerns in the RIA and brokerage space.

Energy sector declines have shown they can put the brakes on dividend-paying stocks, which over the long term have outperformed those that don't.

Acquisitive advisory firms, private equity and banks are expected to be big buyers.

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Acquisitive advisory firms, private equity and banks are expected to be big buyers.

Fund flows over the course of a number of years now have been pointing decidedly in favor of passive strategies, he says, be they index, mutual funds or ETFs.

About 9% of the high-yield market now boasts yields above 20% — the highest amount since the financial crisis. Buyer beware.

2015 saw 15 records broken by the corporate bond market in 2015, though not all of them were necessarily positive.