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At Raymond James, costs from the Morgan Keegan integration caused profits to decline in the fourth quarter.

The Mutual Fund Education Alliance yesterday unveiled the winners of the 2012 STAR Awards for excellence in mutual fund marketing and communications at the Fairmont Chicago Millennium Park.

As a new advisor, you have the luxury and ability to offer all your clients top notch service. It is easy to make everyone an “A” client when you have a small book to manage. But as the the team at Focus reminds us, as time goes on and your business grows, you start to realize pretty quickly that it is virtually impossible to offer the same type and level of services to every client in your book.

3D Asset Management today officially unveiled Vincent Leon as vice president and National Sales Manager overseeing all sales, marketing, and distribution for its Intermediary and Retirement channels.

T. Rowe Price Group finished the third quarter up with about $574.4 billion in assets under management, marking a $32.7 billion increase over the period.

Mutual funds saw inflows of $7.95 billion for the week ended Wednesday, October 17, according to the Investment Company Institute.

Determining which asset classes and markets are currently attracting the most investor attention can be a daunting task for asset managers. Thanks to the folks at research shop Strategic Insight, they don't have to do it themselves.

Although profits fell firm-wide, Ameriprise Financial’s Advice and Wealth Management segment posted a number of improvements across the board in the third quarter.

Leaders of the largest banks are using third-quarter calls to discuss a reluctance to pursue bank acquisitions. The underlying message? Smaller banks are likely to spur the next big wave of consolidation.

Ramius today disclosed that its Ramius Trading Strategies Managed Futures Fund (RTSIX, RTSRX) has been added to the recommended list of mutual fund products on the alternatives platform of Fortigent, a provider of high-net-worth products and consulting services to RIAs, banks and trust companies.

Boston-Determining which asset classes and markets are currently attracting the most investor attention can be a daunting task for asset managers.

Legend Financial Advisors has found success through monthly webcasts, focusing either on a financial planning or investing topic, sometimes chosen based on demand from a client.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s decision to provide some of former employee Greg Smith’s performance reviews to the media may scare staff at the firm about the privacy of their own reviews, Smith said.

For a new RIA to be managing $520 million for some 3,000 investors within six years is noteworthy. When that RIA was founded by an estate planning attorney, there must be a surprising reason.

Value Line Funds has combined the Value Line U.S. Government Money Market Fund (VLCXX) into the Reich & Tang Daily Income Fund – U.S . Government Portfolio, effective October 19.

More than half of the nation’s affluent investors (52%) report that their net worth has grown at least 20% since 2007, and 73% believe they have “a lot of control over their financial future.”

Mutual funds saw inflows of $7.95 billion for the week ended Wednesday, October 17, according to the Investment Company Institute.

T. Rowe Price Group said today that the Baltimore-based investment management company finished up 2012’s third quarter with about $574.4 billion in assets under management, marking a $32.7 billion increase over the period.

Consumerism has, for the most part, taught us that satisfaction is the standard. But Ron Carson writes that, in the financial advisory business, satisfaction is unacceptable. Satisfied clients are not loyal clients and loyal clients are the only good clients.

More seniors are concerned about Medicare than about any other financial issue, topping even those who are worried about having enough money to enjoy retirement, according to a survey by Allsup.