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As an advisor in San Diego in the early 2000s, Joseph DeFalco's business was doing well. He had built a strong client base, but the office itself was in trouble. Turnover in management had reduced headcount so that by his sixth year the branch consisted of just him and one other advisor. The office was about to be closed in 2006 when they handed DeFalco the keys. "Now we look back and laugh at it, but it definitely wasn't easy," he says.

The Board of Trustees of Touchstone Funds Group Trust has decided to appoint Forum Securities Limited as sub-advisor to the Touchstone Global Real Estate Fund (TGACX), replacing current interim sub-advisor Russell Implementation Services, a subsidiary of Russell Investment, effective May 24.

As the baby boom population ages and average life expectancies climb higher, financial advisors must tackle one more topic in their conversations with clients: elder care. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management is now giving its advisors a new tool to help clients who need help caring for loved ones.

Fresh off of its announced partnership with a Chinese venture capital shop, Philadelphia-based VTL Associates is looking to add two exchange-traded funds to its roster: RevenueShares Emerging Market Fund and RevenueShares Ultra Dividend Fund.

Around 200 female financial planners attended the Women Advisors Forum in New York City earlier this month. Sessions covered topics ranging from practice management and acquisition strategies to the benefits of developing a niche and ways to bring more women planners into the industry. Check out some highlights from the event.

Vanguard today reports that expense ratios have dropped for several of its mutual funds and the Dividend Appreciation ETF.

Investing in a fund holding mining stocks is not the same as investing in a bullion fund. Advisors should know which mining companies are included in precious metals funds, and where they operate.

Advisors are expected to up the exchange traded fund allocations in their clients’ portfolios in 2013, according to Cerulli's Exchange Traded Fund Markets 2013 report.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. hired Travis Machen from Morgan Stanley to run corporate banking for hedge funds, money managers and other mid-sized financial firms.

Baird has snapped up an advisor with $200 million in AUM from William Blair, an employee-owned brokerage in Chicago.