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  • The "race for quality has no finish line. So technically it's more like a death march," according to the inspirational poster that Tamara K. Salmon, senior associate counsel at the Investment Company Institute, was reading at the outset of a session Tuesday at its Mutual Funds and Investment Management Conference on the biggest operational risks fund firms face.

    March 23
  • Peter Graham is the head of Product Development and Marketing at New York-based Mirae Asset Global Investments (USA), an arm of an Asian financial services firm that tries to provide investors in the United States with access to investments in emerging markets.

    March 23
  • PHOENIX - The Securities and Exchange Commission's Office of Compliance Inspections is increasingly bringing along representatives of the Division of Enforcement into its examinations of brokers and advisers.

    March 23
  • PHOENIX - Commissioner Elisse Walter told fund industry executives gathered here to re-engage with the Securities and Exchange Commission on a new round of reform of money market mutual funds - and end its "unconstructive disengagement'' on the subject

    March 23
  • New platform will offer perks like an automated money movement process, among other things, which is designed to enhance the client experience.

    March 23
  • A shift in American investor appetite towards investment outcome, as opposed to relative return, is changing their buying behavior, according to research published by Casey, Quirk & Associates and the eVestment Alliance.

    March 23
  • The U.S. brokerage arm of UBS shook up its leadership ranks on Friday, removing a layer of management under CEO Robert McCann and giving private wealth management head Jason Chandler a bigger role.

    March 23
  • Leslie Christian, former CEO, and CIO of Portland, Ore.–based Portfolio 21 Investments, has left the firm.

    March 23
  • Bank of America Merrill Lynch is launching new defined contribution investment consulting services and financial advisor accreditation aimed at helping its corporate retirement plan sponsor clients manage fiduciary risk

    March 23
  • John Hancock has launched an ad campaign reaching out to financial advisors, focusing on the position of trust many enjoy with their clients.

    March 23