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ALPS Advisors this week revealed that it is teaming up with Goldman, Sachs & Co. to collaborate on exchange-traded products. ALPS will license Goldman Sachs' proprietary indices, which will be used as benchmarks to create exchange traded funds.

The tax-exempt market finished on a busier tone than it started as the Federal Open Market Committee's announcement on Quantitative Easing 3 spurred activity.

Advisors who stay stuck in their comfort zone may have a neat and tidy life, but, it will simply be a fraction of what it could be had they continued to evolve and max out their God-given lifetime capability. Best-selling author Steve Sanduski shares 9 ways advisors can continue to evolve and reap great benefits, both personally and professionally.

When it comes to figuring out how you will improve your services or what new things you can do for clients, there is a lively debate about where those ideas should come from. Are you overlooking an obvious source for new and profitable ideas?

With all the economic uncertainty many clients may be dissatisfied and primed for switching to advisors who can relate to them on a personal level.

A managed futures stalwart is making its way into the mutual fund world via a trust.

ALPS Advisors this week revealed that it is teaming up with Goldman, Sachs & Co. to collaborate on exchange-traded products. ALPS will license Goldman Sachs’ proprietary indices, which will be used as benchmarks to create exchange traded funds.

Like beauty, "risk" is often in the eye of the beholder. What might seem "risky" to one person (such as traveling to an exotic destination) might be an exciting adventure for someone else.

Deutsche Bank has unveiled its growth strategy for the next three years and beyond for its U.S. mutual funds unit, known as DWS, and other businesses.

SAN FRANCISCO-Mutual funds had no idea in 2008 of what to do in a major bear market, according to W.H.C. Bassetti.

Fund administrator Gemini Fund Services has new leadership in place, new headquarters in New York, and is making strides in the alternative mutual fund and exchange-traded fund arenas.

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

RBC's American wealth management unit is pushing ahead with a stronger emphasis on fee-based business, an increased focus on ultra-wealthy clients and a more aggressive campaign for its brand, according to George Lewis, group head of RBC Global Wealth Management.

Two firms—Legg Mason (LM) and American Century Investments—both reported assets under management that showed assets growing, and in one case, reaching an all-time high.

A group of family trusts has lost a $7.56 million arbitration claim that highlights the difficulties of winning individual claims tied to various Morgan Keegan funds that have fallen under regulatory scrutiny.

Investment advisory firm Segal Rogerscasey has hired David Pappalardo as head of the firm's Advisors Solutions Group, a unit that provides access to Segal Rogerscasey’s institutional-quality research through financial intermediaries.

Equity mutual fund investors pulled $1.3 billion from their accounts (their fifth straight week of outflows), while equity ETF investors made a U-turn from the previous week’s withdrawal numbers and added a $12.1 billion to their accounts for the week ended Sept. 12.

A new "Going Independent" solution package, introduced this week, combines compliance and practice aid to help advisors who want to own their own wealth management shop.

Baltimore-based T. Rowe Price Group has named a former Fidelity senior official as its new head of global institutional services.

AdvisorShares is launching the STAR Global Buy-Write ETF (VEGA), which will begin trading on Sept. 18 on the NYSE's Archipelago Exchange.