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The Financial Planning Association kicks off its annual conference, Experience 2011 Thursday and industry professionals are sure to walk away with boomers and transformation on their minds.

Investment Technology Group said it is adding Japanese stocks to its POSIT dark pool. The agency broker and financial technology developer said it expected strong demand for its "liquidity aggregation" platform in Japan, following launches in Hong Kong and Australia.

Recent market volatility has put risk management and the work of chief risk officers at the forefront of fund management, according to Joseph A. Carrier, chief risk officer at Legg Mason.

A hearing before a subcommittee of the House Committee on Financial Services Tuesday allowed representatives from across the financial advisory industry to air their views about whether a new self-regulatory organization is necessary to oversee advisors and broker-dealers and, if it is, how it should be constructed.

Whether analyzing a trade before you make it or processing it afterward, Deutsche Bank says there’s an app for that.

The transmission of market data messages hit a new peak of 6.1 million messages a second Monday, as financial markets whipsawed in reaction to "news and rumors about the debt crisis in the Euro zone,'' Exegy said Tuesday.

Retirement programs for public employees are under siege, with numerous state and local employers either undertaking or considering massive restructuring of their benefit plans. The constraint comes as state budgets constrict and asset values drop.

The concept release is out. And the Securities and Exchange Commission wants to know: Just how much leverage should a mutual fund have?

WASHINGTON - Although Federal Reserve Board officials promised to unveil a long-awaited package of key Dodd-Frank rules by the end of the summer, the central bank is likely to need more time to complete them.

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