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  • The average expense ratio among the top-performers is 40 basis points higher than the average.

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  • They’re rare, but terrifying. Bear these points in mind when you or your clients face a tax exam.

    April 9
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  • New survey reveals low savings rates and poor financial literacy on retirement planning, but advisors can help.

    April 9
    Chart listing employees' top sources of financial stress, according to MetLife
  • M&A

    The bank has been paring smaller business lines since scandals began erupting from its branch network in 2016.

    April 9
    Wells Fargo & Co. signage is displayed outside of the Duke Energy Center building in Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S., on Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012. The new Wells Fargo & Co. expanded trading floor, which opened on Dec. 10, is located in the Duke Energy Center. Photographer: Davis Turner/Bloomberg
  • Clients who owe the IRS should pay their taxes by April 15 even if they have already secured an extension.

    April 9
    Implementation of videoconferencing is intended to serve taxpayers virtually via computers or mobile devices, explains Donna Hansberry, chief of IRS appeals.
  • Every time the firm has broken one of its recruiting rules, "it's come back to cost us," says Executive Vice President Aaron Schaben. Plus, Schaben's views on compensation, succession planning and dogs at the office.

    April 9
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  • Hardy Manges is Head of Municipal Dealer Sales at MarketAxess, responsible for new business development and strategy, training, and relationship management with dealers in the institutional municipal market.� Mr. Manges joined MarketAxess in February 2016 from Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. where he was Co-Head of the Municipal Debt Capital Markets Group.� Prior to that he was Head of Municipal Sales and Trading at Mitsubishi Securities.� He has extensive experience in secondary municipal market liquidity and trading and has held a variety of senior positions in the municipal divisions of Alex. Brown & Sons, BankersTrust and Deutsche Bank.� Mr. Manges received an M.B.A. in Finance from Loyola University Maryland and a B.A. in Economics and Spanish from Denison University. �

    April 9
    Hardy Manges, SVP and taxable municipal trader on the institutional sales and trading desk at Ramirez & Co.
  • John Gallagher is Head of Municipal Bonds and U.S. High Grade Product Management at MarketAxess, responsible for managing Municipal Bond and U.S. High Grade product development.�Mr. Gallagher joined MarketAxess in 2002 following the acquisition of TradingEdge, Inc. which he had joined in 2000 with the responsibility for high yield and distressed debt sales. At MarketAxess, Mr. Gallagher was initially responsible for electronic trading product development for U.S. high-grade, high yield, U.S. Agency and emerging market debt markets. Mr. Gallagher also piloted the development and sales for MarketAxess’ first inter-dealer trading platform, DealerAxess�, as well as the launch of the firm’s credit derivatives trading platform in 2005. Mr. Gallagher began his career as a fixed income and mortgage-backed securities (MBS) trader and has an established track record in MBS sales and trading with senior roles at various broker-dealers such as Merrill Lynch and Nomura. Mr. Gallagher received a B.A. in Economics with a Minor in German Language from Fairfield University.

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  • Bill Seguin is a researcher at Forrester Research.

    April 9
  • Audit volume is up but compliance issues are down — with cybersecurity as the wild card.

    April 9
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