Portfolio

So much research comes out this time of year with many major firms cautiously offering their predictions for the new year that we wondered how they would stack up on the major issues. We’ve parsed through some of the larger reports from Barclays, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, UBS, ING and Wells Fargo to track the top themes and condense it down. Here are some of their more interesting recommendations on global themes as well as some more local, unique investment ideas that they had to offer.

For the week ended Jan. 2, 2013, investors pulled an estimated $6.44 billion from funds that invest in long-term instruments, the second largest outflow in 2012.

Advisors continue to flock to the RIA business model, making it the fastest-growing corner of the financial services industry. However, even as they do, more than ever are hanging onto commission income, despite the risks it poses to acting as full fiduciaries.

Scott Cooley, chief financial officer at Morningstar will resign from his post this year but the company expects him to remain in his role until it names a replacement.

Goldman Sachs Asset Management is currently prepping a master limited partnership fund to launch within the next few months.

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

Palmer Square Capital Management is bringing another asset management shop into its fold.

Goldman Sachs said it will begin publishing values of the assets held in its money market mutual funds in the United States on a daily basis. The first funds for which the daily market values will be published are funds that invest in commercial paper.

DoubleLine Capital LP announced more investment professional hires just days ago, but don't expect that to be the only hiring the Los Angeles firm's got in the works.

Nuveen Asset Management’s newly minted Chief Equity Strategist Robert Doll unveiled his 10 predictions for markets in 2013.