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Janney has expanded its operations in Washington, D.C. with a two-man team overseeing $142 million in assets.

As the performance of equities markets pushes employee confidence up, financial advisors need to make sure they still wave the caution sign when it comes to their clients’ goals, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Global exchange-traded product flows reached $26.5 billion in May, the second strongest month this year, according to BlackRock’s latest ETP Landscape Monthly Snapshot.

PIMCO's Bill Gross said the Federal Reserve’s zero-bound interest rate policy and quantitative easing programs are becoming more of a problem for an economy that needs structural reforms.

Regulation should be strong enough to protect investors yet business-minded enough to promote active derivatives, mortgage and other markets, says Judd Gregg, a former New Hampshire lawmaker and new chief executive of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association.

Putting your clients and best prospects on a regular call cycle is an idea that is well known and well understood conceptually, however, for most advisors it remains a conceptual idea, not an executed one, according to Bill Cates.

Advisors can decide whether to promote their brand or their firm's brand by answering three questions.

OppenheimerFunds has promoted Art Steinmetz to president. He is currently executive vice president and chief investment officer, where he oversees all equity, fixed income and alternative investment capabilities including investment strategy, strategic planning and personnel.

The United States is set to undergo a "geographic sea change" where economic power is shifting from longtime coastal stronghold states still reeling from the housing bust and moving towards interior states with lower tax burdens, according to banking analyst Meredith Whitney.

John Hallacy, a 35-year industry veteran, is retiring as head of municipals research at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, he confirmed late Monday.

Nomura Securities has begun using a mobile application for asset managers from Nomura Research Institute.

SunTrust is expected to announce Tuesday that it plans to put financial counselors in its branches as part of a pilot program with Operation HOPE, a nonprofit that works to provide financial literacy training to low-income families.

Connecticut Wealth Management is now the largest independent planning firm in the Hartford area after acquiring a rival with $120 million in assets under management.

Mutual funds firms are no longer novices at harnessing the marketing potential of Facebook and Twitter, and have, at least incrementally, been learning to successfully reach investors through social media channels.

ING U.S. announced last week that the underwriters in its initial public offering have exercised their overallotment option to purchase approximately 9.8 million additional shares of ING U.S. from ING Group at the IPO price of $19.50 per share.

This was one initial public offering that NASDAQ executives sure didn't "like".

In early May of 2013, Scottish firm Aberdeen Asset Management announced plans to run its first ever global brand advertising campaign.

"Buy a pool in March 2014," Fidelity Investments' FutureTimeline application tells users on Facebook.

In an environment of transparency and volatile capital markets, you would think exchange-traded fund vehicles would hold more of a percentage in the $3.6 trillion retirement plan marketplace.

Part strategist and part cheerleader, Stephen Viets is a three-time Top 10 branch manager. Viets says that the job also requires a diplomat's tact. "It's all about handling insecurities and misunderstanding," he says.