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Birds do it. Bees do it. Planners with complementary philosophies should probably do it. Coupling up, in the business sense, can increase income by 32% or more. So, how can you partner more successfully?

In 2012, banks sold $1.6 billion in life insurance premium, the second highest annual production level ever in the bank channel.

ICI Global has hired Elizabeth Todd as Director of Global Legal Affairs. Todd hails from the Financial Services Authority, where she was the Alternative Investment Funds Management Directive policy lead on the investment funds team.

NAPFA's Genesis group, for fee-only advisors 33 and younger, this week launched a set of scholarships to help younger advisors develop their professional skills.

U.S. exchange-traded fund assets rose $2.49 billion to $1.408 trillion in February, according to Investment Company Institute.

Are mutual fund wholesalers and advisors under-stressed and overpaid? Well, the folks at U.S. News & World Report seem to think so.

Tax-exempt money market funds reversed a recent spate of outflows -- yet gained just a scant $24.2 million -- as total net assets barely inched up to $276.65 billion in the week ended March 18, according to The Money Fund Report, a service of iMoneyNet.com.

Investors were down on the municipal bond market for a third straight week as $261 million poured out of weekly reporting muni bond mutual funds for the week of March 20.

ING Direct CIO Charaka Kithulegoda says the only problem with allowing users access to online banking through Facebook is the perceived stigma.

Are mutual fund wholesalers and advisors under-stressed and overpaid?