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The world’s biggest investors are finding U.S. government bonds becoming safer, not more risky, as the deadline to avoid the first American default approaches.

A pair of the country’s largest independent broker-dealers are the first firms to get the new recognition.

While IT budgets at buy-side firms have not fully recovered from the cutbacks of the Great Recession, front-office demands keep growing in quantity, complexity and required speed of response.

During the crisis of 2008, service providers faced an environment in which they saw their clients' assets decline sharply.

Executives at mutual fund companies, asset management companies and support providers rated client reporting--which included any reporting that is created for the purpose of distribution to clients--as their top challenge followed closely by risk management in Money Management Executive's third annual Operations Survey.

Change is coming faster than ever for the bank channel with disruptive technologies and social media altering the landscape in banking and elsewhere. Here are some ways to keep up and enhance your presence online.

Successful San Francisco advisor says the strategy has helped her own firm's business -- as well as progressive causes.

The Swiss Bank is reviewing loans issued to clients in Puerto Rico. One brokerage customer said he was given credit to buy risky bond funds holding the island’s government debt.

Big banks once again widened their lead in deposits, according to the FDIC's yearly survey. Community banks lost ground nationwide, but they held their own in small cities and rural areas. Plus, small banks slowed deposit-gathering because they're already too liquid.

Technology has made clients and prospects hungry for information, but are you doing everything you can to satisfy that hunger when a potential client finds your firm online? Here are three ways to enhance your digital brand.