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HSBC Global Asset Management has hired Damion J. Hendrickson as a senior vice president and head of RIA sales.

Exchange-traded funds are like stocks. Except they're not. They’re sort of like mutual funds, but not really. Here’s a glossary of ETF terms to help clear things up.

Exchange-traded funds are like stocks. And mutual funds. Except they're not. Here's a glossary on how ETFs really operate.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has joined the U.S. Department of Justice in approving the merger of NYSE Euronext with Deutsche Boerse.

The SEC has joined the U.S. Department of Justice in approving the merger of NYSE Euronext with Deutsche Boerse. Now the only remaining hurdle is obtaining approval from competition commissioners of the European Commission.

The CFP Board is seeking input and guidance from planning professionals as it considers changing the way it currently investigates bankruptcies among planners.

inShare WASHINGTON — The regulators charged with implementing the Volcker Rule have posed a whopping 1,300 questions to the public, but on Wednesday, they fielded one query they seemingly hadn't considered.Rep. Michael Grimm, R-N.Y., described a scenario in which a foreign firm with no U.S. operations sells a security, as a part of a proprietary trading strategy, to an American firm.

Investors steered $1.43 billion into stock mutual funds during the week ended Wednesday, Jan. 11, breaking a near nine-month spell of investor redemptions that totaled more than $172 billion, according to the latest statistics from the Investment Company Institute.

Investors opened their wallets Wednesday following an upbeat report from home builders and word that Greece is nearing a deal with its private creditors that would bring some much-needed stability to the region.

Steve Sanduski, The Prosperous Advisor, offers up advice for fast-growing firms experiencing “big company” issues that can either derail their practices or, if handled properly, start them on a new growth curve.