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Here are the best and most eye-opening takeaways from IMCA's annual conference, held this week in Boston.

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.

With low valuations and improving investor sentiment, emerging markets equities may rebound from their recent correction.

The House Ways and Means Committee may have broken the law when it publicly disclosed confidential taxpayer information in a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder.

New rules up the ante on estate planning, making it imperative that planners change their tactics.

A large majority of women are feeling anxious about their retirement security; at the same time there is a significant gender gap within the advisory sector, new research shows.

Higher regulatory and compliance costs may push more small banks to sell themselves or merge with larger institutions. But so far, community bank consolidation rates are following historical patterns.

With clients worried about running out of money in retirement, should advisors give annuities a second look? Professor Moshe Milevsky think so.

The New York company has emerged from a regulatory order with a stated goal of branching out from a longtime focus on commercial real estate by adding specialty-lending lines. Now management is looking to leverage a huge cash buffer and strong deposit base.

Creating allocation "no-trade zones" can ease the pressure to make an immediate sale in a soaring asset class.