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Bloomberg -- UBS AG, Switzerland’s largest bank, will pay $4.58 million to settle an investigation by regulators into whether its sales assistants were licensed in states where they did business.

OppenheimerFunds today announced the extension of its senior loan investing franchise with the launch of the Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Plus Fund (SFR PLUS). This actively-managed fund offers investors access to the same experienced team as the firm's original Senior Floating Rate Fund (SFR).

Best known as the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange and the first to head one of its member firms, Muriel F. “Mickie” Siebert died from cancer on August 24 at the age of 80.

Retirement: It's the main goal of most investing and the biggest worry of most clients. As a sneak peek to our upcoming September issue on the topic, we list the top 10 target-date funds for 40-year-old investors.

The majority of American workers accept responsibility for financing their own retirement and are relying primarily on their 401(k) to get them there, but many lack the confidence to effectively manage their retirement savings.

A spike in the proportion of RIA-to-RIA deals in the first half of this year may signify that the advisory field is starting to come into its own.

The majority of American workers accept responsibility for financing their own retirement and are relying primarily on their 401(k) to get them there, but many lack the confidence to effectively manage their retirement savings.

These are stressful times for the mutual fund industry. An obvious statement, but one authored by a colleague ten years ago. Even more interesting is that the trends cited then are the same concerns that we hear from clients today. So what has changed?

WASHINGTON — A heavyweight panel including former bank regulator Sheila Bair cautioned Wednesday that the Federal Reserve must take a clear and steady direction out of its "experimental" monetary policies so as not to further harm the economy.

As we hit the 20-year mark in the ETF business, one might ask: What will that future bring? History is our best guide in that the next 20 years will look similar to the last 20. And that’s a good thing.