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Man Group Plc’s (EMG) GLG hedge-fund division hired a Pacific Investment Management Co. trader and a senior adviser at the World Bank as it expands products focused on bonds, emerging markets and macro-economic trends.

We got lucky in 2012. The financial markets held up. The economy, while slow, didn’t tank. Inflation remained benign. And the world held together. Blogger Steve Sanduski asks, will we say the same about 2013 a year from now?

Chicago-based Driehaus Capital Management is looking to add another alternative mutual fund to its lineup within the next few months.

When it comes to serving a broad swath of affluent clients, Morgan Stanley financial advisor Andrew Stern relies on a strong asset allocation foundation.

How important is naming, branding, promoting and marketing? For some independent advisors who came to independence from larger employee advisor models, you may not have thought as much about your brand in the past. As an independent firm in a growing and increasingly competitive landscape, it’s important to recognize that you are building a brand as much as a business.

Securities America has completed its second broker-dealer transition in the past 30 days and added 30 advisors in Washington, Iowa.

Happy times for global exchange traded products has spelled happy times for BlackRock.

In the shadow of the fiscal cliff agreement, the likelihood of comprehensive tax reform that would seriously damage municipal bonds this year has slightly diminished, according to a research firm and other market participants.

Shelter Insurance joins the growing list of insurance companies to unwind its bank after it faced having more than $1 million in annual costs tied to Dodd-Frank.

A former Morgan Stanley complex manager who felt he was forced to resign is set to receive $1 million in compensatory damages from the firm, according to a new ruling from an arbitration panel.

The agency has asked firms to comment on a proposed rule and some potentially divisive modifications.

Happy times for global exchange traded products has spelled happy times for BlackRock, Inc.

Almost half of the 1,127 investors polled said it is a good time to invest in equities, with one in five seeing blue-chip stocks as having the most potential.

ING, which agreed to an extension of its restructuring terms with the European Commission, is looking to reduce its costs even further this year.

Pioneer Investments has added two new hires to its U.S. institutional team.

For RIAs who want to ensure clients that their firm will endure to serve their children and grandchildren, a robust internal succession plan is critical. One way to do that is to eliminate outside ownership conflicts, argues the founder and CEO of one leading RIA firm.

The Evercore Wealth Management Macro Opportunity Fund, a diversified mutual fund offering, is closing after just a little more than a year on the circuit.

The firm has brought on three legacy A.G. Edwards advisors from Wells Fargo to open its 27th office.

The three additions in New Jersey include a veteran financial advisor duo from Merrill Lynch and another advisor from UBS.

Focus Financial has snapped up a big Seattle wealth management firm.