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Some clients want fancy flavors, but their funds don’t have to be the equivalent of chili coconut.

DoL regulators say they allowed for annuities and nontraded REITs in retirement accounts because they wanted to avoid the risk of clients taking heavy losses by exiting certain investments precipitously.

The rush is on to replace people with software in Europe’s insurance industry as cost cutting and automation become increasingly crucial to bolstering earnings.

While most of the channel has not begun to grapple with succession planning, the biggest banks have begun to chalk up successes in certain areas, and even a handful of small banks are seeing some progress.

Blackstone will shutter a mutual fund that allocates money to hedge fund managers following a large redemption by the vehicle’s main backer, Fidelity.

“We are at a point now where every manager, whether in fixed income or equity, has to show value for the fees they are charging,” says one consultant.

Change happens when it has to. For bank advisors, this means they'll get succession plans--eventually.

Such funds can provide diversity, but find out a manager’s history and specific holdings.

History shows a worrisome trend around the newest funds.

Forget complex equations: Simple math is the basis here.

ETFs that invest in fixed income attracted record deposits in the first quarter.

Banks and credit unions are not prepared for the onslaught of change that began Wednesday.

The program allows retiring advisors and their junior brokers to work out their own financial arrangements during the first two years of the five-year program.

The advisor often feels as if the bank's viewpoint is this: “Thanks for bringing us a revenue stream, now leave and be thankful we even gave you a job.”

Since 2012, Bats jumped ahead of Nasdaq to become the second-biggest operator of U.S. stock exchanges and got into currency trading, the world's biggest asset class.

Misguided assumptions among emerging-market bears have created investment opportunities after years of disappointing returns for the asset class, a Capital Group manager says.

There are pros and cons to these standalone smaller offerings.

The men "plotted to overcharge their clients by millions of dollars," according to U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz in Boston.

The central claim in Gross' lawsuit against his former employer is challenged.

Tread cautiously: Not all these funds are created equal.