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BlackRock’s iShares exchange-traded fund unit has created a fact sheet and a video to educate investors about the tax efficiencies of ETFs.

BlackRock expects a rise in U.S. yields. Muhlenkamp anticipates more volatility in U.S. stocks. The No-Load Investor does not see emerging markets as an opportunity now. S&P likes Oppenheimer Main Street Select fund. Schwab recommends bond barbells. Barclays expects more bumps in emerging markets.

FINRA has fined UBS Financial Services $2.5 million and ordered to pay $8.25 million in restitution for conduct related to the sale of Lehman Brothers Holdings principal protection notes.

The No. 1 reason why people save money in a 401(k) plan or an Individual Retirement Account is to prepare for life after work.

RidgeWorth Investments has hired Robert Zakem as chief compliance officer and general counsel and Joseph O'Donnell as chief compliance officer for RidgeWorth Funds.

The Securities and Exchange Commission on May 10 plans to hold a roundtable discussion on how to guard against systemic risk involving money market funds, the investment industry's $2.8 trillion alternative to checking accounts.

Six days after the Securities and Exchange Commission holds its roundtable discussion regarding money market funds and systemic risk, the Investment Company Institute (ICI) will host its own one-day money market fund summit.

RidgeWorth Investments is milking the success of a long-running series of dairy ads with its new marketing campaign that cheekily asks, "Got Mid-Cap?"

Transparency is a popular buzzword in the securities industry of late. It's the stock answer to what regulators want about anything that has to do with risk in financial markets.

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