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While liquid alternative assets grew double-digits last year within the wirehouse segment, the asset class has also seemingly hit a wall.

Within the past month, a number of mutual fund shops have embarked on branding campaigns.

The bank extended portfolio management and asset allocation services to clients with $50,000 in investable assets. The services were previously only available to trust clients.

The process of switching to independence does not happen overnight. Here are 10 steps to consider when making the move to the RIA segment from Schwab Advisor Services.

The National Advisors Trust of South Dakota will give National Advisors-affiliated RIAs and their clients access to some of the most flexible trust and tax statutes in the nation.

In a keynote address kicking off the Insured Retirement Institute's Government, Legal and Regulatory conference, Atkins, now the CEO of Patomak Global Partners, offered a round critique of the Dodd-Frank Act and the myriad rulemaking proceedings that it set in motion.

Industry influencers and independent investment advisors congregated in Palm Beach. Fla., last week for TD Ameritrade's Elite Advisor and Fiduciary Leadership summits to discuss how to strengthen advisor practices and navigate a turbulent regulatory environment.

Franklin Resources has acquired the remaining 80% stake of alternative investments specialist Pelagos Capital Management.

Within the past month, a number of mutual fund shops have embarked on branding campaigns.

RiverPark Funds is closing the RiverPark Short Term High Yield Fund (RPHIX, RPHYX) to new investors on June 21.

J.P. Morgan Asset Management's U.S. money market funds will begin disclosing their daily and weekly liquid assets online each business day as of the prior business day, effective June 18, 2013, according to the firm.

Less than a week after landing another Morgan Stanley advisor, Raymond James has lured a Midwestern group with over $240 million in assets under management from Morgan Stanley to its independent-broker dealer.

A total of 36 firms managed to increase their revenue last year. Check out the firms that moved the needle in 2012.

Now is a good time to buy contemporary art, even though prices have never been higher, the Dallas-based collector Howard Rachofsky says as he digests his bratwurst.

The executive of Sacramento County in California recently attributed the increase in his county’s pension costs to “investment losses during the recession.”

Ridgefield, Conn.-based Simple Alternatives, an alternative mutual fund shop, has added two more long/short managers to its flagship S1 Fund (SONEX), a multi-manager, long/short equity mutual fund.

Wells Fargo Advisors has hired nine financial advisors from Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch and RBC Capital Markets with $1.12 billion in assets under management.

MainStay Investments is looking to give its retirement business a boost by offering additional non-revenue share class (R6 Shares) for six funds, effective June 17.

Sessions at the 25th annual Morningstar Investment Conference covered a range of topics from actively managed ETFs, closed-end funds and alternatives to strategies to boost retirement income and solutions to the “yield conundrum.” Here is a baker's dozen of the smartest things we heard at the conference.

The TCW Group has added Joseph Carieri as head of U.S. institutional distribution and marketing, responsible for all marketing activities and initiatives related to the institutional investor community.