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BMO Asset Management is changing the investment objectives of several ETFs. The biggest change involves switching two of the ETFs to more recognized indices.

Henry Blodget, former cheerleader for the dot-come bubble, names the big fund managers that got taken to the cleaners with the Facebook IPO.

At four years and counting, the low-yield environment for bond looks likely to continue well beyond 2012 and has caused many investors to sit on the sidelines and miss out on additional income.

For some clients, it might make a lot of sense for planners to hedge large corrections by treating market volatility as an asset class to protect them from excessive downside risk.

The stock fund exit stampede continued last week, but at a slower pace. Investors withdrew $3.56 billion the week ended Aug. 8, down significantly from $5.65 billion the previous week.

With 10,000 boomers turning 65 every day, these aging clients and their advisors face a slew of new challenges and complex investment and planning decisions.

Individual investors like what they see in long-term muni bond mutual funds and so have been pouring more money into them in 2012 than they have in years.

FINRA says the brokerage didn't have enough controls in place to detect that Jared Weinryt had breached his $116 million trading limit as he made overnight bets on so-called futures.

Midsized RIA firms are the new sweet spot for managers of mutual funds and ETFs, according to a new report from Cerulli Associates.

As the trend toward independence continues, the opportunities raise questions from those advisors who are considering making the move. Dynasty Financial Partners' Shirl Penney provides some answers.

The tech-laden Nasdaq added 13.95 points Wednesday to finish at 3030.93 but the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 lost 7.36 points and 1.60 points, respectively.

BlackRock remains the behemoth in ETF/ETP assets under management, with a global market share of over 38% and a U.S. market share of more than 40%.

Investors poured $7.2 billion into bond funds last week, while pulling $3.6 billion from funds that invest in U.S. stocks.

Advisors who move aggressively into fee-based business end up doing much better than their transaction-based colleagues, with more assets, a higher return on those assets and more revenues, according to a new report.

Victory Capital Management has selected Citi Transaction Services for a range of middle office outsourced services.

A new survey of broker-dealers highlights the extent to which their firms rely on back-office technology to manage and improve advisor relationships, while at the same time revealing broad dissatisfaction with the solutions that firms have currently deployed.

Eighty percent of financial advisors say they're dabbling in social media to drum up new business and one in five has already reeled in new clients as a result of participating.

Newfleet Asset Management has named Frank Ossino a senior portfolio manager of the Virtus Senior Floating Rate Fund.

RIA in a Box's registration maintenance service focuses on turning down an RIA's panic level from surprise regulatory visits.

U.S. bond fund investors have been more reliant on government bonds and corporates than their European counterparts but that will change if rates stay low.