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Hartford Mutual Funds has named Jac McLean as head of distribution, a newly created position, responsible for retail sales, institutional sales and key account management.

First Trust Advisors has launched the First Trust Short Duration High Income Fund.

Helping other businesses can help you, too.

The Financial Stability Oversight Council has extended the comment period for proposed recommendations for money market mutual fund reforms.

Brett Meili recently joined U.S. Bancorp Fund Services as legal counsel to provide support for the organizations’ growing alternative investment products and services.

Jay Nolan has joined RiverNorth Capital Management, LLC as a portfolio specialist to act as a liaison between investors and portfolio managers.

Keeping in touch with clients on a regular and timely basis is crucial. Whether you're facing market swings or macro issues, if you aren’t in front of your clients with information, they’re probably on their way to you with questions.

Rapidly changing technology offers new ways for advisors to connect with clients. That makes it an exciting time to be in business, but it also means it’s critical for advisors to adapt.

Make a better first impression: In an increasingly digital age, there’s no excuse for ignoring one of the most important tools you have.

Altegris is looking to add a pair of alternative mutual funds to its portfolio in March.

MainStay Investments has closed its $17.5 billion Large Cap Growth Fund to new investors.

Investors in mutual funds rushed to bond funds in 2012, shunning stock mutual funds.

In today's age of smartphones, 4G speed and an app for just about everything, it's almost impossible to imagine that data, the fund industry's most strategic asset, is largely processed manually into spreadsheets.

You’re more than halfway through a month of working on your practice. Today, your task is simple -- and hopefully it will renew you for the remaining tips to come.

Fidelity Investments has closed off one of its funds to new investors.

It all started with Goldman Sachs, which began publishing the daily market value of the assets held in its money market mutual funds in the United States on January 9.

If you thought the path to the mutual fund world is a straight line, then you haven't met John Brandmeyer, who transformed a family business from selling medical products to marketing funds.

For alternative mutual funds, 2012 was a mixed bag.

Normally, high-powered analytical tools for investing or trading in stocks moves the institutional and professional markets, toward the individual investor.

Scout Investments, Inc. today announced that its assets under management surpassed $25 billion earlier this month, compared to 19.7 billion at the end of 2011.