Portfolio

On May 7, 2012, Denver-based Janus Capital Group Inc. made two senior-level hires to beef up its client relations team.

On May 7, 2012, a new survey says investment products are "overly complex," and investors are feeling "overwhelmed" by the slew investment choices available to them.

On May 7, 2012, Morgan Stanley announced that it will reorg its Frontier Markets Fund into an open-end offering.

The big guns are now squaring off in one of the tiniest slices of the fund business.

The new platform, introduced by Beverly Hills Wealth Management, enables RIAs and advisors to streamline access and usage of cloud-based service applications and IT security

Launched in October, Cetera’s Mutual Funds/Exchange Traded Funds Advisory program allows advisors to assemble portfolios of investments from three diverse strategists in a single customer account.

BX Options will provide “an inexpensive and easy connection” for retail customers wanting to trade in options at high speed. Nasdaq already operates two high-speed options exchanges, Nasdaq OMX PHLX and Nasdaq Options Market.

The April numbers for stock trading, globally, aren't in yet. The hottest big market? BM&F BOVESPA, up less than 1%, year over year, through the end of March.

Integrity Viking Funds has launched the Integrity Dividend Harvest Fund, designed to offer investors a stable source of income and the potential for capital appreciation via a portfolio focusing on dividend-paying stocks of companies that have a history of raising their dividends.

Volume for the municipal market continues to tick down while investor demand for tax-exempt paper remains robust.