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The appeal and practicality of guaranteed income investments is rising and your clients are willing to pay significant fees for the peace of mind, according to NFP Advisor Services Group President James Poer.

There's no evidence that indicates the breakaway advisor trend is slowing down. While that's great news, Financial Planning blogger Mindy Diamond says this means that these advisors have their work cut out for them in the way of due diligence.

Hedge funds boosted bets on rising commodities to the highest in 15 months, driving prices into a bull market as the U.S. drought worsened and the Federal Reserve signaled it may take more steps to spur economic growth.

There has been a lot of chatter surrounding the JOBS (Jumpstart Our Business Startups) Act and its inevitable impact on the job market. But what impact, if any, will it have on the hedge fund industry?

Total managed solutions assets ended the second quarter at $2.5 trillion, a decline of $600 million or less than 0.1% from the first quarter, according to data from The Money Management Institute.

When it comes to choosing an advisor, mass affluent investors are very selective. According to a survey by the Spectrem Group, it all comes down to these five factors.

Noelle Maloney, who was second in command of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's troubled internal watchdog office, has left the agency.

Fidelity Investments is planning to fold its Fidelity Advisor Stock Selector Mid Cap Fund in the Fidelity Advisor Growth Strategies Fund.

The tax-exempt market ended firmer for the third session on Friday as demand outweighed supply and prices followed Treasuries higher.

Even as Merrill Lynch moved to a $40 million settlement in response to a class action lawsuit this week, some experts ask whether it will be enough to satisfy some several thousand advisors who left the firm following its acquisition by Bank of America.

Forward’s former president Jeff Cusack has taken a new job with rival alternative mutual fund ship Nuveen Investments.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied up 100.51 points to Friday to close at 13,157.97 while the Nasdaq and S&P 500 moved up 16.39 points and 9.05 points, respectively.

Merrill Lynch formally agreed to a $40 million settlement to a class action lawsuit brought by two of its former advisors regarding their deferred compensation on Friday, a decision that will potentially impact more than a thousand advisors with production levels of $500,000 and less.

Fidelity Investments is planning to fold its Fidelity Advisor Stock Selector Mid Cap Fund in the Fidelity Advisor Growth Strategies Fund.

After peaking at over $1,900 an ounce in August 2011, gold prices are now down around 12% from that apex. However, investors' demand for gold bullion ETFs has not dulled.

Pyramis Global Advisors, the institutional asset management arm of Fidelity Investments, has expanded its global distribution leadership team with the additions of Maureen Fitzgerald as head of North American Institutional Distribution, a newly created position.

"We have many advisor who are choosing to build their practices around women," says Joan Khoury, LPL's chief marketing officer. "When they do this, we are empowering them to have all this turnkey info for their women investors."

The firm moved Paul Patterson into the position of Deputy Chair, RBC Wealth Management, ultra-high net worth international.

Calamos Investments this week welcomed an old foe into its fold.

SEC Commissioner Luis A. Aguilar said that the agency should look at the “cash management industry as a whole” instead of zeroing in only on money market funds.