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QFS Asset Management, a hedge fund that provides clients with currency, global macro, fixed income and volatility management strategies, this week named Jim Conklin as its new director of research.

SunGard has added credit risk analysis to its SunGard Global Network Short-Term Cash Management portal, relying on data from Standard & Poors, Sector Treasury and Crane Data.

You’ve worked long and hard and now you’ve finally been quoted in the Wall Street Journal or had a bylined article published in the local newspaper. Perhaps you’ve just done a radio or television interview. Now what?

Transamerica is planning to roll out the Transamerica Global Tactical Fund in October.

Women who are in the middle of a transition -- whether it be a divorce, the death of a spouse, or the inheritance of a large sum of money -- often need specialized financial advice, but many of them may not know where to go, says Kimberly Howard, founder and owner of KJH Financial Services in Needham, Mass.

The ongoing sovereign debt crisis in Europe, debt concerns in the U.S. following its credit downgrade, weak GDP growth in the U.S. and Japan still reeling from the March earthquake have put the global economy in a fragile state, according to Business Monitor International.

A barrage of dour economic reports, the recent market correction, the U.S. credit downgrade, job insecurity and lower individual net worth pulled the Bankrate Financial Security Index down to 92.3.

Advisor Group names Jerry Murphy as president and chief executive officer of Atlanta-based FSC Securities, the company announced on Monday.

U.S. prime money market funds are lowering their exposure to European banks and holding shorter maturity securities, Fitch reports.

With stocks bouncing around like they’re on a trampoline, it can be difficult for investors to find companies that offer any possibility of steady growth or protection against a further slump -- particularly with the economy looking increasingly weak.