Portfolio

For the week ended August 22, investors pulled an estimated $4.48 billion from U.S. mutual funds, substantially more than the $2.72 billion they withdrew the week before.

On the heels of hiring a new chief marketer, Forward is embarking on a marketing campaign this fall to spread the word about its alternative mutual fund products

John Cartolano and his Scottsdale, Ariz., based team at NetVest Financial have joined Ameriprise from LPL, bringing with them $200 million in assets under management.

The former CFO and Treasurer of Legg Mason’s fixed income funds has been barred from the securities industry for altering books and records of one of the funds.

Alternative investments should comprise as much as 20%, 30% or even 50% of a client's portfolio, according to an online panel of analysts and portfolio managers hosted by Envestnet.

Fidelity Investments resolved the long-running question over its succession plan by naming Abigail P. Johnson president, putting the daughter of Chairman Edward C. "Ned" Johnson III in charge of the key businesses at the second-largest mutual-fund company in the U.S.

Federated Investors has tapped Craig Bingham to lead the firm’s new Asia Pacific subsidiary and is opening an office in Melbourne, Australia.

North America led the drop in global confidence, falling 8.7 points to 84.4.

Already this year, Independent Financial Partners, which has nearly 500 advisors, has increased its advisor count by more than 50% over the total number of advisors it added in 2011.

With a new head of research on board, Lipper announced a new set of initiatives for the second half of 2012 that involves building out research and analytical tools.