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Financial advisers will remember 2011 as "The Year of Volatility" or "The Year of Uncertainty," according to a survey of 200 financial advisers polled by the SEI Advisor Network.

After Congress, the Federal Reserve, the Federal Housing Federal Agency and, last but not least, the Securities and Exchange Commission all failed to recognize the hazardous levels that mortgage-backed securities were reaching in 2008, regulators realized something was seriously wrong.

Union Bank has promoted bank veteran Terry Negendank to regional managing director of The Private Bank, in charge of wealth management in Northern California.

Morgan Keegan's brokerage force has stayed in wait-and-see mode as parent firm Regions Financial looks to sell that business, but that could all change if uncertainty about the firm's future persists or if a new deal presents unfavorable terms, experts say.

For Patrick Colle, international is not enough. For BNP Paribas Securities Services to be successful, he believes it has to be global.

As a client takes distributions, a money manager ultimately becomes more important than asset allocation as the sequence and volatility of market returns rises.

Here is to wishes for a successful New Year for those in the asset management industry and the investors it serves.

Three mutual funds that might do well next year all have one thing in common: they weren’t chosen because they were the absolute top performers in 2011. Instead, they were chosen on the basis of diversification, strong performance, level of risk and cost basis, said S&P Capital IQ mutual fund analyst Todd Rosenbluth.

If you've got the right asset allocation model, it doesn't really matter what large-cap equity fund you use.

Leia Farmer isn't daunted by complex compliance issues..