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Emerald Asset Advisors has tapped Trademark Capital Management to manage the EAS Global Cycle Fund (EGCAX, EGCEX, EGCSX), now renamed the EAS Trademark Capital Global Fund.

William Steward, a former accountant in product control for UBS AG, said he began looking into trades by Kweku Adoboli in August 2011 after receiving a report of a $3.57 billion discrepancy.

Orinda Asset Management, an independent, privately-held asset management firm, has launched the Orinda SkyView Macro Opportunities Fund (OMOIX and OMOAX), a multi-manager hedge fund offering.

Thinking of integrating video into your website? Or maybe you're curious about starting a YouTube channel? Or maybe the idea of foraying into video makes you terrified. Whatever your stance, video is undoubtedly becoming a popular trend among advisors. It's a trend that is helping advisors communicate with clients in new ways, while expanding their reach to prospects.

kasina has released its list of Online Leaders in Asset Management, and two firms from Beantown have come out on top as the choice du jour for advisors.

The firm's recent hire of Tina Huyler from Morgan Stanley Smith Barney marks one of the first in a long-term effort to aggressively increase its advisor headcount.

The firm has expanded its Denver office with the addition of industry veteran Tina Huyler.

Inefficient account opening processes are leading to client defections and advisor dissatisfaction with broker-dealers, according to a report released by Aite Group on Tuesday.

Robert W. Baird & Co. has hired R. Parker Griffith from Morgan Stanley Smith Barney to manage its Nashville wealth management office and serve as financial advisor.

Radnor Capital Management LLC of Wayne, Pa., has relaunched as an independent investment advisory firm using Dynasty Financial's open-architecture platform of wealth management services and technology.

The three practices, which have a combined $673 million in assets under management, are now among the more than 540 practices nationally with the independent brokerage arm of Wells Fargo & Co.

Nationwide Funds has launched a new inflation-protected mutual fund, the Nationwide Inflation-Protected Securities Fund (NIFAX/NIFIX), which will primarily bets on U.S. Treasury-issued Inflation Protected Securities.

We have been inundated with conversation recently around the ongoing debate of suitability versus fiduciary care for clients. This debate comes down to the "advisor" against the "broker" and vice versa. FINRA and the SEC. In almost every article and conversation on this topic I conclude that there is a clear lack of understanding of how the "other" is serving their clients.

Tampa-based JHS Capital Advisors has announced three new hires. Katie White comes from Wells Fargo, Tim Forsman from Sterne Agee, and Matthew Lovett from World Equity Group.

The New York investment bank has filed a request with FINRA to withdraw from the brokerage business, after being fined for breaking 'information barriers.' Its parent company said it will still try to commercialize its DIrect Markets technology.

Investors poured $26.4 billion into taxable-bond funds and another $5.6 billion into municipal-bond funds last month, according to data from Morningstar.

ING U.S., the holding company for ING U.S.'s core Retirement, Investment Management and Insurance businesses, has expanded the roles and responsibilities for some members of its executive team.

When 2008 began, a record $12.0 trillion was held in mutual funds by individuals and institutions. Then came the credit crisis, which erupted exactly four years ago. By the end of 2008, holdings in mutual funds were down to $9.6 trillion, a drop of 20.0%.

The threat that federal subsidy payments for Build America Bonds could be slashed under the sequestration process after administration officials assured issuers those payments were safe could permanently sour the muni market on BABs and other direct pay bonds, market participants said Monday.

When 2008 began, a record $12.0 trillion was held in mutual funds by individuals and institutions.