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Direxion has added another member to its sales team.

Salient Partners has made a new addition to its institutional sales team.

What will happen if 1994's sudden burst in interest rates repeats itself? That is the question being asked by industry overseers and by investors who want to protect their commitments to fixed-income investments after four years of historically low payouts. That year, interest rates on 10-year Treasury notes were hiked more than two points to nearly 8%. This jump slashed more than $600 billion from the value of U.S. bonds at a time when total market size…

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke took a break from current economic woes and uncertainties Saturday, looked into the future and found reason for optimism.

What will happen if 1994's sudden burst in interest rates repeats itself?

Here’s a sampling of bank reps who were recently promoted or moved to new organizations to assume roles of greater responsibility.

Federated Investors has decided to liquidate the Federated Alabama Municipal Cash Trust (ALMXX).

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association named former New Hampshire governor and U.S. senator Judd A. Gregg as its next chief executive officer.

Altegris is broadening its Altegris Macro Strategy Fund (MCRAX, MCRCX, MCRIX, MCRNX) by allocating the fund’s assets to the global macro strategies of 300 North Capital and Willowbridge Associates.

When it comes to global investing, clients and their advisors often have varied concerns. From home-country bias to political instability, here are their most pressing worries.