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More municipal bond investors have shown an affinity for actively managed muni ETFs.

Inflows returned to the market for municipal bond mutual funds with a vengeance, at $1.55 billion for the week ended Jan. 9.

Lincoln Financial Group has selected the FireLight platform to automate and streamline its annuity applications.

Two former Scott & Stringfellow advisors with $175 million in assets have moved to Hilliard Lyons.

Zero Alpha Group, an alliance of independent advisory firms, is zeroing in on the next generation of members’ prospective leaders. The group has formed the Zero Leadership Institute, hoping for positive results.

Should you give all of your clients the exact same level of service? Even if you wanted to, would it be best for your practice?

Don’t get caught in the weeds. From managing clients and their assets to hunting for new prospects, it’s easy to get caught up in the “doing” and lose sight of what it takes to run your practice.

If you can’t articulate the value you provide clients, why should anyone else be able to?

Add one more fund firm to the growing list of transparent money market fund providers.

Beyond the usual New Year's resolutions such as to lose weight and exercise, asset managers should resolve to use technology to enable change and innovation in 2013.

Goldman Sachs says it will begin publishing values of the assets held in its money market mutual funds in the United States on a daily basis.

With $30 million and four liquid alternative ETFs now under its belt, QuantShares is looking to grow. Its game plan? Expand distribution and launch new funds. 

Somehow, it came unexpectedly.

DoubleLine Capital ended 2012 with more than $50 billion in its coffers. But the three-year-old bond shop is not resting on its laurels.

January 23 marks the 20th anniversary of the exchange-traded fund industry, started with the launch of the SPDR S&P 500 fund, rolled out by State Street Global Advisors.

"If the data do not prove that indexing wins, well, the data are wrong."

Changes in the independent advisory industry, shifting demographics and advances in technology make the ability to communicate your value critical to your success, according to Tom Nally, president of TD Ameritrade Institutional.

Net income advanced to a record $5.09 billion, or 91 cents a share, from $4.11 billion, or 73 cents, a year earlier.

The SEC has already missed its end-of-the-year deadline on laying down rules for so-called crowdfunding of new companies. But FINRA has jumped into the regulatory void, issuing a voluntary form for prospective funding portals.

The unit earned $351 million in net income in the fourth quarter of 2012, up 13% from the year before.