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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.

The movement to integrate previously disconnected applications used on the advisor desktop grabs the “low hanging fruit” opportunity for efficiency – eliminating repeated manual entry of data, but Neal Ringquist says advisors are barely scratching the surface of opportunity.

The U.S. exchange-traded funds market is primed to double up on its current $1.5 trillion in assets to the tune of more than $3.5 trillion in assets over the next five years, according to iShares’ latest forecast.

Advisors may soon see lower fees for liquid alternative asset funds – hedge fund mutual funds – thanks to the push by hedge fund managers to market these plans more aggressively into the defined contribution space, according to panelists at last week's 25th annual Morningstar Investment Conference.

A top official for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority resigned after the agency was informed he was indicted for felony theft and charitable bingo fraud in 1993, the year he joined the agency.

Scottrade emerged as the top-rated firm in J.D. Power & Associates 2013 U.S. Self-Directed Investor Satisfaction Study, but overall investor satisfaction with self-directed firms declined from last year.

The amount of money investors have withdrawn from municipal bond mutual funds, at $1.61 billion for the week of June 12, continues to climb and break records for the year.

The public's confidence in U.S. banks is up five percentage points from a year earlier, to 26%, according to a poll released Friday by Gallup.

The first decade of the 21st Century dramatically changed the landscape for financial advisors.

A new Portland, Ore.-based investment shop has bagged its first sub-advisory mandate courtesy of its affiliate.

Yes, it's that time of year again.

The United Services Automobile Association, first created as a means for army officers to insure their automobiles more than 91-years ago, has been taking a number of steps into retirement plan portfolios.

Delaware Investments’ Optimum Large Cap Growth Fund (OCLGX ) is dropping Marsico Capital Management, as a sub-adviser to the fund on June 19, according to a regulatory filing.

Delaware Investments has added Steven Landis as an emerging markets debt portfolio manager to the firm’s total return fixed income group. Landis comes to Delaware Investments from FH International Asset Management, where he was a PM for emerging markets debt strategies.

Ron O’Hanley, Fidelity Investment’s president of asset management and corporate services, laid out his take on a number of economic trends through a game of red light/green light led by Morningstar’s head of global research Scott Burns.

The U.S. exchange-traded funds market is primed to double up on its current $1.5 trillion in assets to the tune of more than $3.5 trillion in assets over the next five years, according to iShares’ latest forecast.

Networking and a hands-on approach to learning about investing, running the family business and entrepreneurship are the best ways to attract and retain next generation clients, according to the head of one of the industry’s most successful and longest-running Next Gen programs.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has settled an enforcement proceeding against eight former directors of five Morgan Keegan open- and closed-end funds that were heavily invested in securities backed by subprime mortgages.

Franklin Resources yesterday announced that Charles Johnson will retire as chairman of the board and director, effective June 13. In his stead, the firm's board of directors approved the appointment of his son, Gregory Johnson, as chairman and he will continue in his roles as president and chief executive officer.

The most common question from advisors about social media used to be “Should I bother?” Now that regulators and compliance departments have provided at least some guidance, the more common questions from advisors involve how to use social media effectively without it becoming a huge time vortex.