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For some alternatives, once you consider the benchmark, the more difficult part is justifying the investment's place in the portfolio.

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The proposal prohibits brokers from arranging for the expungement of customer complaints as part of arbitration settlements.

Record quarterly profits of $122.7 million were boosted in part by the performance of the regional firm's private client group.

Baird has appointed a director for its Houston market and has picked up another advisor with $350 million in client assets.

Increasingly, firms are seeking to move toward an ensemble model to improve flexibility and ease the burden on top advisors.

New rules will require institutional prime funds to allow NAV to float to market value.

BlackRock Supports New SEC Rules for Money-Market Mutual Funds

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After being ordered to stop calling his firm fee-only, Rick Kahler claims retribution and threatens a lawsuit.

The wirehouse aims to appeal to the next generation of advisors with its new Team Financial Advisor training program.

A highly anticipated government report due to be released July 31 is expected to say big banks received less of a subsidy from the perception that they are "too big to fail." But it remains uncertain whether that would continue to be true in a future crisis or if market conditions change.

The company has been under consideration as systemically important for more than a year, and its executives have met more than 10 times with council staff members to argue it doesn’t pose a risk.

After the Federal Reserve Bank of New York was said to have faulted the regulatory reports of some of the firm’s U.S. businesses last year, the bank dropped in Frankfurt trading.

The only person convicted of fraud related to a $20 billion government bail-out program, Jesse Litvak may spend almost a decade in prison for lying to his customers about mortgage-backed securities.

Benchmarking alternatives isn't easy, but it's critical in making sure clients and advisors are clear on the investments' role in the portfolio. Here's how to benchmark private equity, non-traditional bonds and long-short funds.

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Benchmarking alternatives isn't easy, but it's critical in making sure clients and advisors are clear on the investments' role in the portfolio. Here's how to benchmark private equity, non-traditional bonds and long-short funds.

U.S. investors are used to treating money-market mutual funds as the equivalent of a checking account. That is about to change for the riskiest of the funds.

Midwest assistant regional director Matt Ransom has been promoted to vice president of new financial advisor training and development for its HNW education and practice management team.