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Municipal bond mutual funds saw inflows for the 27th consecutive week. Funds that report their flows weekly recorded inflows of $621 million for the week ended Oct. 17.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch has just finished work on a new supply chain finance module for its CashPro Online banking channel for corporate clients.

The acquisition of Rochdale Investment Management helped raise City National Corp.'s third-quarter income 44% from a year earlier to $59.8 million.

Total assets in registered alternative mutual funds and exchange-traded funds are projected to reach $330 billion by year-end 2012—nearly double the $169 billion of assets in 2007. If the industry can raise advisors’ and clients’ comfort level with liquid alternatives, that figure could virtually double again, to $650 billion in 2017, according to a new study by Financial Research Corporation (FRC).

Federal regulators are reviewing banks' growth plans, particularly those that include third-party companies. To avoid excessive scrutiny, industry experts advise banks to proactively discuss such relationships with examiners.

Got an account in the red for the year? Dropped some iffy advice? That can be forgiven. But wait too long to call that millionaire client back and you might be out an account.

Want to avoid personal liability in, for instance, properly valuing the assets in funds you manage?

Think operations managers don't get enough respect?

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

Since Hatteras Funds acquired the Alpha Hedged Strategies Fund in 2009 from AIP Mutual Funds, the fund family has grown to $700 million in assets under management.

The move by Vanguard, the nation's third largest manager of ETFs, to change the benchmark on 22 of its index funds and ETFs earlier this month reverberated throughout the indexing industry, placing it squarely on the battlefield as the pricing war between two of the biggest ETF makers rages on.

Janney Montgomery Scott recruited a 12-person team led by Kevin Roche and Jeff Miller to help expand its structured product offerings.

Total money market mutual fund assets increased by $5.84 billion to $2.568 trillion for the week ended Wednesday, October 17, according to data from the Investment Company Institute.

Raymond James' annual Women's Symposium in St. Pete, Beach, Fla., in October, offered an opportunity for Raymond James' advisors to hear from the firm's top executives. Select female Raymond James advisors were also recognized with Women of Distinction awards, for their work in their communities and as advisors, and Top Advisor awards, based on their production levels. Here's a look at those winners and other conference highlights.

OppenheimerFunds is prepping a diversified alternative fund that will bet on its own offerings.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch has promoted Keith Glenfield to head of the firm’s Alternative Investments Group, as the firm seeks to expand its growth when it comes to hedge funds, private equity and other alternative investments.

Morningstar’s fund analysts doled out two Gold ratings in the past week to funds managed by Franklin Templeton Investments and Aston Funds.

Here’s one alternative fund that won’t be on advisors’ list this Christmas.

Continuing a blitz of new fund and ETF activity over the past few weeks, BlackRock has filed to launch four more funds, including two multi-asset funds and two short-term bond funds, according to a report by Morningstar.

The worst one-day crash in stock trading took place 25 years ago on October 19. Here's a look back at Black Monday, on its quarter-century anniversary.