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Wedbush Securities has launched a trading platform provider that the firm says will dramatically speed up trades for fund managers and other institutional investors, as well as give them better control over their transaction costs.

Here’s an interactive slide show detailing the best investment ideas for this election year from seven financial advisors practicing throughout the country.

StanCorp Equities has appointed Jennifer Giampaolo as a pension consultant for its Orange County Retirement Plans Office, responsible for retirement plan sales in Orange, San Diego, San Bernardino and Riverside counties. She will also serve Arizona and New Mexico.

Another financial services firm has entered the fray over providing customer’s high functioning mobile access.

Many small business owners are unprepared for retirement, with a third of the women and a quarter of the men in a new survey having no estimate of how much they will need when they retire.

Bank of America has added a new investment offering to its Merrill Edge program for mass-affluent investors.

Portfolio management and accounting software supplier Tradar said it is working with financial data aggregation and reporting software supplier Nedelma to launch a mobile portfolio reporting app that can be accessed via the iPad and other tablets.

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It can be challenging - but enjoyable - advising those who are used to giving advice themselves.

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