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Hartford Funds has appointed three new advisor consultants to support its regional growth.

OppenheimerFunds, the U.S. investment fund that manages about $208 billion, has sued Doux SA in New York, claiming it’s owed almost $74 million by the French poultry producer placed under administration.

Last year, global asset managers experienced their highest operating margins since 2007, according to a new survey by consultant Casey Quirk and research shop McLagan.

Financial markets are too complicated to navigate without an advisor, say the vast majority of affluent investors.

With a new managed accounts platform, Merrill Lynch advisors will be able to turn to one website instead of five to answer a single client question – “How am I doing?”

It’s not all good news on Wall Street these days.

Stifel has picked up a former Morgan Stanley advisor who oversaw $374 million in assets.

Assets of all exchange-traded funds rose in May by $12.14 billion to $1.481 trillion, according to the Investment Company Institute. Over the past 12 months, ETF assets rose $365.27 billion, or 32.7%.

Working with clients can be difficult. You need to balance rational tasks of navigating capital markets with non-rational challenges of managing client emotions. In many ways, navigating client behavior is more complicated than navigating capital markets, since human emotions can swing wildly and less predictably. Check out some helpful ways to stay ahead of the curve.

More than 80% of people who do not work with a financial advisor only plan their finances for the short term, according to a new global survey by deVere Group, the world’s largest independent international financial consultancy group.

Bond yields and risk spreads were too low two months ago and global markets that were too levered are now derisking, according to Bill Gross, manager of the world’s largest mutual fund at Pacific Investment Management Co.

Bank of America is offering software to help small business clients manage their cash.

Increasing emphasis on client satisfaction may be changing the way wealth managers get paid and how they are evaluated.

In his 19 years in the industry, Ken Wren has seen young bank advisors repeating some of the same mistakes. Here are three career tips to help keep them on track.

During the week ended June 19, investors yanked an estimated $7.97 billion from taxable and municipal bond funds.

Mutual funds gave back $5.43 billion for the week ended Wednesday, June 19, according to the Investment Company Institute.

A new FINRA rule aims to make information on brokers’ disciplinary actions more available and searchable.

A pair of Supreme Court rulings Wednesday will bring major changes for advisors who work with same-sex couples. What will this mean for your practice?

Summer is an opportunity to soak up the sun, spend time with friends and family, and enjoy the little things in life. But that doesn’t mean you can’t get ahead. Check out 20 books that could give you an edge on the competition.

51% of American adults would switch advisors or begin working with one for the first time if provided with a written retirement income strategy for them.