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Helping with clients with a wide variety of financial planning issues, including tax preparation, is a big part of the strategy at Vintage Financial Services of Ann Arbor, Mich. according to Frank Moore, the firm’s founder and chief investment officer.

When a four-member team joined RBC Wealth Management’s new Palm Desert, Calif., office last week from Bank of America Investments/Merrill Lynch, the move came after an extensive search.

The New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Stock Market, Direct Edge and BATS Global Markets said they will open for business at 9:30 a.m. Monday, for normal operations.

The New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Stock Market, Direct Edge and BATS Global Markets said they will open for business at 9:30 a.m. Monday, for normal operations.

Touchstone Investments has launched the Touchstone Merger Arbitrage Fund, which will seek to achieve positive returns over the long-term, regardless of market conditions, by investing in companies involved in publicly announced mergers or other corporate reorganizations.

While economists have predicted U.S. GDP growth of 3.1% over the next 12 months, Mellon Capital Management foresees growth of 2.0% -- primarily due to government policy stalemates and the lingering impact of the debt crisis in Europe.

A rare public rebuke of a rogue attorney general by his colleagues has highlighted the dysfunction among the state AGs and raised doubts about their ability to strike a settlement deal with the largest mortgage servicers.

There are a lot of technology nightmares that follow a merger, but untangling contracts for software and other systems is one of the biggest.

The Dow Jones Industrial average rallied up another 135 points, or 1.2%, to close at 11,284.54 Friday, closing out a week that saw gold prices swoon and some semblance of investor confidence restored.

While politicians and economists debate whether or not tax cuts or expand government stimulus spending -- or both -- to spark the U.S. economy, a new report from REL Consulting, a cash-flow consulting firm based in London and Miami, concludes that the nation’s 1,000 largest firms are hoarding over $853 billion in cash.