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How to Gain Better Access to Advisors

The investment business is full of twists and turns, and it is not just portfolio managers and analysts that have to constantly read the changing winds; as a marketing professional you must also adapt as the market changes. The last few years have been tough for mutual fund marketers, with investors leaving this product for ETFs and moving assets from equity products to those that specialize in fixed income.

Registered investment advisors are clearly on the up and up, and the growth of the sector is exerting pressure on how ETFs and mutual funds are distributed and marketed.

In the asset management space, distribution will make or break the success of a firm. As the industry continues to evolve, access now occurs at various levels with the advent of different fee-based or transaction-based platforms that can deliver a manager's expertise through separately managed accounts, unified managed accounts and the newer phenomena of model manager programs.

Municipal mutual funds reported inflows increased to $943.23 million in the week ended May 8 from $26.38 million of outflows the week before.

Investors are pulling out of exchange- traded funds for emerging-market bonds at the fastest pace since November after a three-month rally pushed down yields and dimmed the allure of the securities.

Allianz SE, defending its Pacific Investment Management Co. unit against shareholder criticism over declining returns and management infighting, said the bond manager has been a very profitable investment since the German insurer took it over in 1999.

ProShare Advisors LLC, the biggest U.S. provider of leveraged and inverse exchange-traded funds, resumed new share creations in 11 funds after suspending them last week.