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Fidelity Investments is dipping its toes into hedge fund waters via a multi-manager mutual fund launched in partnership with hedge fund shop Arden Asset Management.

Expect reinforcements to Sentinel Investments' defined contribution team.

Getting introductions from current clients is the most important way to generate new clients, but too many advisors do not regularly reach out to their clients to ask for these crucial introductions. How can you make it happen.

My favorite lobbying move of the year came in early May, in, of course, Washington, D.C.

Some planners offer all of their clients concierge services, while others help only top clients with special projects. No matter the details, concierge services help advisors strengthen existing client relationships and attract new ones.

The holidays have been good for money market funds.

Five years ago, only about 15% of new clients came in over the transom, says the chief executive of one leading RIA. Today, that number has grown to 25% to 35% -- with many of those prospects specifically looking for independent advice.

Municipal bond mutual funds recorded their fifth straight week of inflows, and their 62nd week of positive flows in the past 66 weeks.

TD Bank Group has agreed to buy asset management firm Epoch Holding (EPHC) for $668 million in cash, giving the Canadian company the U.S. asset manager it had been looking for.

Federal securities regulators have charged a Wells Fargo investment banker with fostering an insider-trading scheme that netted at least $11 million.

While the U.S. Congress views the convergence of more than $600 billion in tax increases and spending cuts set for Jan. 1 as a “fiscal cliff,” the metaphor misses the economic reality of what could follow.

The firm has modified payouts to encourage asset growth and will allow advisors to buy into company stock as part of a deferred compensation program.

In an industry where everyone seems to have an opinion, these financial services veterans have learned to leverage Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and other social media to their advantage.

As the week winds down with lawmakers and the White House still at odds over dueling proposals to avert the fiscal cliff, a growing number of voices in the debate are suggesting that the year-end deadline could pass without a deal, initiating a set of across-the-board tax increases and automatic spending cuts.

Vanguard Group may already be the largest mutual fund provider in the nation, but that doesn't mean it plans to stop growing.

Through a new online tool that ages a consumer’s photo, investors can catch a glimpse of what they’ll look like many years down the road.

The Board of Trustees of BNY Mellon Funds Trust is looking to add another sub-advisor to the 3-star rated, $1.2 billion BNY Mellon Mid Cap Multi-Strategy Fund.

The SSgA Tuckerman Active REIT Fund is starting the New Year with a new sub-advisor.

In a remarkably short period, the playing field for the lowest-cost ETFs has changed dramatically.

With high levels of volatility in the markets and a financial environment that remains risk-adverse, lower returns on traditional financial investments are driving more high-net-worth clients toward niche alternatives. Independent television documentary director Elena Mannes highlights some of these exotic assets – including trees and violins – and the underlying risk their attractive returns hold.