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VTL Associates, an independent investment advisory and consulting firm based in Philadelphia, has received an infusion of capital from Chinese venture capital firm, Suzhou Industrial Park Kaida Venture Capital.
May 21 -
Direxion has added another member to its sales team.
May 21 -
Salient Partners has made a new addition to its institutional sales team.
May 21 -
What will happen if 1994's sudden burst in interest rates repeats itself? That is the question being asked by industry overseers and by investors who want to protect their commitments to fixed-income investments after four years of historically low payouts. That year, interest rates on 10-year Treasury notes were hiked more than two points to nearly 8%. This jump slashed more than $600 billion from the value of U.S. bonds at a time when total market size
May 21 -
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke took a break from current economic woes and uncertainties Saturday, looked into the future and found reason for optimism.
May 21 -
Former three-term Republican U.S. Senator Judd Gregg, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association's new chief executive officer, said Monday that he wants to improve the image of the industry and make sure Dodd-Frank rules are focused and not overly burdensome.
May 21 -
Hackers backed by China's military appear to have resumed a campaign of cyberattacks on U.S. businesses. The targets, which in previous attacks included financial firms, are thought to remain the same.
May 21 -
Advisors have not done enough to prepare the majority of wealthy investors for long-term care costs and financial support for extended family, according to a study conducted by U.S. Trust, a unit of Bank of America.
May 21 -
What will happen if 1994's sudden burst in interest rates repeats itself?
May 21 -
FINRA has increasingly put more firms on notice that they should expect their branch office doorbells to ring more often. In the past two years, FINRA has changed its approach when conducting examinations, favoring branch office inspections in lieu of the home office visits that it used to emphasize, said Susan Axelrod, executive vice president of regulatory operations at FINRA, at the self-regulatory organizations annual conference on Monday.
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