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“Last night’s speech showed that he knows that he needs the whole country engaged and to work with him,” BNY Mellon Investment Management CEO Curtis Arledge said of President Obama.

Legacy Wealth Planning announced Wednesday that it hired Mark Elston and his team of financial advisors.

The election results virtually guarantee that key portions of health care legislation passed in 2010 will go into effect next year, as scheduled. Thus, many clients will face a 3.8% surtax on investment income.

In response to the damage and disruption inflicted by Hurricane Sandy, the Securities and Exchange Commission has confirmed that it will extend the deadline for regulatory filings for publicly traded companies, investment advisors and other regulated entities.

Total estimated outflows from long-term mutual funds were $488 million for the week ended Wednesday, October 31, according to data from the Investment Company Institute.

Pioneer Investments is expanding its sales team in the Asia Pacific region with the additions of Martin Park as a sales director in Korea, Hiromi Wada as a Japan representative and Matthew Marks as Sales Director Institutional Asia.

The Fidelity U.S. Dividend Fund is managed by James (Jim) Morrow who runs a similar fund for U.S. investors.

With four more years of the Obama administration, members of the financial advisory industry share their perspectives on what the win means for the industry and the clients they serve.

Pyxis Capital has launched the Pyxis iBoxx Senior Loan ETF, which the firm is touting its new offering as the only ETF to track the Markit iBoxx USD Liquid Leveraged Loan Index, a measure of the broad loan market comprised of 100 of the most liquid, tradable leveraged loans.

Newfleet Asset Management, an affiliate of Virtus Investment Partners, has named David Albrycht as president and chief investment officer.