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The number of mergers and acquisitions of financial advisors is set to increase substantially in 2014 and beyond, according to research released by Tiburon Strategic Advisors.

Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio’s plan to pump $1 billion of New York’s $144 billion in pension assets into apartments for poor and working-class residents faces constraints including competition from banks and declining federal aid.

Crocs Inc. Chief Executive Officer John McCarvel will retire and Blackstone Group LP will invest $200 million in convertible preferred stock as the maker of colorful plastic clogs struggles to regain lost popularity.

U.S. stock-index futures were little changed, after the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index advanced for a second week, heading toward its biggest annual gain since 1997.

Emerging-market stocks advanced, led by the biggest rally in Turkey’s benchmark index in more than three months, amid speculation political tension in the country may ease.

Detroit reached a new settlement in a bid to end interest-rate swap contracts with UBS AG and Bank of America Corp., cutting the termination amount to about $165 million from $230 million.

For all the losses on Treasuries this year, demand for U.S. government debt remains stronger than before the financial crisis.

Japan’s state pension fund, the world’s largest, should look at investing 10 trillion yen ($95 billion) in private equity and venture capital over ten years, a buyout-fund head and government adviser on pensions said.

Mexico’s pension funds are selling government bonds as they prepare for faster inflation, clashing with foreign investors such as Pacific Investment Management Co. who have bought the debt to profit from an oil-led growth boom.