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Some think they should if it interferes with their retirement plans, but others say it isn’t their place.

Though technical issues with Bank of New York Mellon's fund accounting system left an estimated 10% of U.S. ETFs and some mutual fund providers unable to accurately price their products for nearly a week, the bank's custody business is expected to remain intact.

Municipal bond sales in the U.S. are set to increase in the next month while the amount of redemptions and maturing debt falls.

Clients’ health concerns may trigger a re-assessment of retirement plans and raise a wide array of emotional and financial questions

Advisors who highlight fee transparency gain an advantage.

When clients face financial responsibility for aging parents and children at the same time, they often lose focus on their own retirement needs.

Working longer and deferring account withdrawals is a great untapped strategy with no downside.

Ray Dalio’s $80 billion All Weather fund, designed to produce returns in most economic environments, fell 4 % in August, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

Turmoil in financial markets prompted investors to pull $27.3 billion from U.S. mutual funds last week, the biggest withdrawal in more than two years.

Advisors can help clients ease into retirement by following five steps.

Pacific Investment Management Co.’s flagship fund fell below $100 billion in assets for the first time in more than eight years, leaving it with about a third of the money it managed at its 2013 peak.

The speed of converting funds from a traditional to a Roth IRA depends on the tax implications, as well as the client’s age, health, need of funds and estate planning considerations.

Three-quarters of economist surveyed by Bloomberg in August say the Fed will lift the upper bound of its target rate to 0.5 % at its Sept. 16-17 meeting.

Planners should emotionally prepare clients nearing retirement for the significant and abrupt changes that will occur after working full time for decades.

The $9.12 billion AQR Managed Futures Strategy Fund pulled in an estimated $360 million in net subscriptions last month through Aug. 28 as bets against commodities and currencies paid off.

Bank of New York Mellon, which has been plagued for the past week with computer problems that prevented it from providing prices for mutual funds and ETFs, said today it has provided net asset values for both through Friday.

For almost 30 minutes as hundreds of billions of dollars were erased from equities, no signals were sent by the world’s most popular sentiment gauge as options prices turned erratic. When it switched on, the VIX jerked higher faster than anyone had ever seen, rising 82% on its first tick to 51, a level not reached since the financial crisis.

Investment managers facing tough questions from regulators over what caused trading disruptions for hundreds of exchange-traded funds this week said they got hit by a double whammy.

The glitch's impact is widespread. Prudential, for instance, says 40 of its more than 60 funds were affected.