Industry

Pioneer Investments ventures further into Western Europe and Latin America with a new hire today.

The collective voice of independent financial advisors just got a little bit louder.

Russell Indexes today announced a global alliance with NYSE Euronext to include the transition of RussellTick, an index feed for real-time, intra-day values for the Russell family of indexes to NYSE Technologies’ Global Index Feed protocol.

UBS financial advisor Paul Vasady-Kovacs, who places number 26 on the Top 40 list, says that the fixed income emphasis he started out with still informs his work with clients today.

One new aspect about the platform is that it incorporates a unified managed account structure.

As the new Head of Personal Retirement, Jeff Cimini will help grow the firm’s Personal Wealth & Retirement division to meet the changing demands of the industry.

Two former wirehouse advisors have gone independent in Baltimore and Bethesda, Maryland.

CLS Investments has appointment of Brian Clark as a wholesaler, covering Southern California, parts of Nevada, and all of Utah.

Bank of America agreed to pay $62.5 million to resolve investor claims that the bank’s directors mishandled the acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co., company officials said.

UBS financial advisor Eric Bickler, who ranks number 27 on On Wall Street’s list, has built a successful practice serving current and former corporate executives.