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As efforts to apply stricter fiduciary and disclosure requirements on broker-dealers slow, the Institute for the Fiduciary Standard, a one-year-old think tank that advocates for uniformity, met with Mary Schapiro, the Chairman of the SEC, to make its case.

State Street Global Advisors has appointed Greg Ehret to a newly created position as global chief operating officer.

The U.S. Court of Appeals in Chicago today affirmed U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman's decision last year to throw out the complaint filed against Merrill Lynch and Bank of America Corp. The Charlotte, North Carolina-based lender acquired the securities firm for $33 billion in 2009.

U.S. exchange-traded fund assets totaled $1.2 trillion as of August 31 – up 16.6% year-to-date, according to State Street Global Advisors’ ETF Snapshot.

While annuities have become more widely accepted as a vital part of a retirement strategy, there are millions of Americans who still aren't opting for them.

The Triex Tactical Long/Short Fund, a separate series of the Northern Lights Fund Trust, is shutting down on September 27.

The iPad has revolutionized the financial services industry. Here's a deeper dive into some of the specific ways advisors and wealth managers can use the iPad to improve their business.

Deutsche Bank today unveiled its growth strategy for the next three years and beyond for its U.S. mutual funds unit and other businesses.

With an eye on extending a fiduciary standard to all, the Institute for the Fiduciary Standard sent this declaration.

Mark Fetting, CEO and chairman of asset manager Legg Mason, Inc., will step down at the start of next month, the Baltimore, Md.-based firm disclosed Tuesday.