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JPMorgan, the nation’s third largest municipal underwriter, and Charles Schwab, one of the world’s largest financial services companies, have joined forces to meet what they see as increasing demand from retail investors in the fixed-income market.

Dodd calls for study on performance information in advertisements.

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chistopher Dodd (D-Conn.)’s financial overhaul bill takes issue with performance information in mutual fund advertisements and asks for a review of the practice by the comptroller general.

Between women living longer and financial crisis, they are concerned more than ever about not having enough money to last throughout their lifetimes. As a result, more women are buying income annuities to ensure they have sufficient retirement income.

More women are buying income annuities to ensure they have sufficient retirement income.

The Denver-based investment management saw profits and assets under management increase as trading continued to recover from the depths of the recession a year earlier.

Brookby, Gao now spearheading the New Opportunities, Vista and Small Cap Growth funds.

Brokers voice concerns at Mutual Fund Directors Forum.

The Justice Department is seeking to intervene and temporarily halt fact-finding by a group of localities in their class action suit against Wells Fargo & Co. and 15 other banks, broker-dealers and investment brokers for allegedly conspiring to rig bids and fix prices of investment and derivatives contracts in the municipal market.

The New York PE firm, in a filing, disclosed that it raised $491 million of a revised $1.3 billion target