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The municipal bond market may benefit from the shake-up at the Internal Revenue Service as the newly named acting commissioner Daniel Werfel has close ties with state and local governments and is viewed by market groups as a strong ally.

Aside from an $800 million New York City general obligation refunding planned for Wednesday, there will be few large deals to grab investors' attention in the municipal market this week as approximately $5 billion in new issuance is expected on the heels of a quiet end to last week's activity.

The House passed a controversial bill on Friday requiring the Securities and Exchange Commission to conduct additional economic analysis on its rules.

Is emerging market debt still an attractive asset class, or is a correction likely to squeeze investors?

The danger of home-country bias applies to both U.S. investors and investors abroad, yet the extent of the danger varies.

A U.S. District Court ordered a former Ameriprise advisor to serve a year of house arrest and pay restitution for defrauding a client.

Debralee Nelson, a recruit from J.P. Morgan Chase, will drum up business among ultra-high-net-worth clients in the New York Tri-State region.

There is a way to be invested in stocks that can help mitigate volatility: Employ an investment strategy that seeks to take advantage of global stock market inefficiencies to profit in both up and down markets.

Stock and bond funds, including exchange-traded funds, maintained a strong pace of net inflows in April, according to fund industry researcher Strategic Insight (SI).

Andy Brooks just wants to get something done, about the structure of equity markets.

Global X Funds, based in New York, combs the world for unusual investment opportunities on which it can build exchange-traded funds.

“The face of the advisor will change. There’s going to be a large cohort of retiring advisors and young advisors. They are going to be more diverse, and more will be working part-time. We have to adapt services to the new demand, and develop tools to communicate and interact with advisors.”

Direxion Funds, based in Boston, is known for creating innovative tactical exchange-traded funds, particularly leveraged index funds.

Using social media is clearly possible -- some advisors have had great success with it -- and there’s no doubt that compliance is in some ways getting easier. Yet compliance is still widely regarded as a major hurdle.

Fidelity Investments has rolled out a smartphone application for NetBenefits 401(k) plan participants.

Barry Evans has been named president of John Hancock Asset Management North America.

Credit Suisse has filed with the SEC to launch the Gold and Income Strategy Fund, which will be available in Institutional shares

As advisors, we work in a disciplined world of risk management and probabilities, while our clients rely on feelings and “gut” decisions all day long. We shouldn’t take our discipline for granted. We need to remember the vulnerabilities that lurk in the hard-wiring of the human central nervous system.

Despite other hearings being held in Washington this week of a more political nature, it’s nice to know that the Ways and Means Committee is continuing to search for ways to make life easier for small businesses, at least as far as complying with the Tax Code.

China’s first cross-border exchange-traded fund, based on the NASDAQ-100 Index, has begun trading on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.