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The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation’s Wealth Management Services division this week rolled out a shinier version of its Mutual Fund Profile Service II, DTCC’s repository of databases allowing funds, broker/dealers and other distribution firms to automate and streamline the exchange of information regarding securities, participants and distributions.

Following lunch with a prospect, Dave Grant turns to an abundance of tech tools to turn the referral into a client.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved new FINRA rules that prevent mutual fund and hedge fund industry personnel from serving as public arbitrators, effective July 1.

BNY Mellon Investment Management has hired Andrew Provencher as Head of U.S. Retail Sales, a newly created role in which he will be responsible for leading all sales and relationship management through the Dreyfus platform focusing on national wirehouse firms, Registered Investment Advisors, independent broker-dealers and private banks.

After weeks of either net outflows or only modest inflows, tax-exempt money market funds recaptured $3.13 billion of net gains as total net assets grew to $260.97 billion in the week ended June 10, according to The Money Fund Report, a service of iMoneyNet.com.

With the number of alternative strategies rising, how can advisors pick the winners from the losers?

Despite a challenging environment in the hunt for yield, three prominent money managers told advisors and investors that it is possible to do better than the historically low rates many have settled for.

Christian Widen has left his position as a director of Pershing Advisor Solutions to return to the rapidly growing firm where he began his career, Boston-based U.S. Wealth Management.

Total money market mutual fund assets increased by $1.02 billion to $2.612 trillion for the week ended Wednesday, June 12, according to the Investment Company Institute.

Arrow Funds is building out its sales team with an eye on expanding distribution of its alternative products in the RIA channel.