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Citi Prime Finance had launched “Hedge Fund 3.0,” an outsourcing operating model to cover the core functions of launching, managing and building out successful hedge funds. With the aid of this program, Citi said, hedge funds can focus instead on their investment management, marketing and investor relations.

When CLS Investments convenes a meeting of its financial advisers these days, the chances are pretty good that technology will be on the agenda.

Global X Funds has launched the Global X Social Media Index ETF (SOCL), which it says is the first ETF that will globally focus on social media companies. The fund will cover companies that provide social networking, file sharing and other web-based media applications.

Cray launched an integrated file system that transfers more than 1 trillion characters of information a second. And it replaced IBM as the computing power behind a science project intended to push the limits of memory, data management and speed of processing.

Only 4% of plan sponsors have established goals to engage workers younger than 35 in their defined contribution plans, even though they know the younger generation's participation and contribution rates lag their older colleagues, a survey by Greenwich Associates for Northern Trust finds.

Only 4% of plan sponsors have established goals to engage workers younger than 35 in their defined contribution plans, even though they know the younger generation's participation and contribution rates lag their older colleagues, a survey by Greenwich Associates for Northern Trust finds.

Prudential Retirement has launched a website dedicated to assisting plan sponsors and advisers help Americans put aside the money they’ll need for retirement and guarantee a sustainable source of income throughout its duration.

Prudential Retirement has launched a website dedicated to assisting plan sponsors and advisors help Americans put aside the money they’ll need for retirement and guarantee a sustainable source of income throughout its duration.

Corporate acquisitions using overpriced shares of stock rarely do much to cushion the decline the shares eventually suffer, according to a new study.

With so many CFP Board-registered programs out there, Financial Planning focused on 10 worthy institutions. We talked to veteran planners and industry leaders to get a sense of which 10 programs belonged in an overview. Our list is not a ranking. Like this survey itself, the information we've gathered is just a starting point. Think of it as Financial Planning Education 101, an introduction.