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On August 9, 2012, Hatteras Funds has rehired Michael Hutten as an executive director, responsible for leading sales initiatives in the Western U.S. region, focusing on investment consultants, Registered Investment Advisors, and broker/dealers.

On August 9, 2012, A pair of mutual fund firms this week reported an uptick in assets under management for July.

On August 9, 2012, Mutual funds dropped $1.19 billion for the week ended Wednesday, August 1, according to data from the Investment Company Institute.

On August 9, 2012, What is up with ASPire?

The Dow Jones Industrial Average moved up 7.04 points Wednesday to close at 13,175.64. The Nasdaq lost 4.61 points to end at 3,011.25 and the S&P 500 inched up 0.87 points to finish at 1,402.22.

Seventy-five percent of variable annuity buyers, 86% of indexed annuity buyers and 86% of traditional fixed annuity buyers reported being satisfied with their annuities.

On August 8, 2012, US ETF assets totaled $1.19 trillion as of July 31, 2012 – up 13.8% year-to-date, according to the latest ETF Snapshot report from State Street Global Advisors

Since the beginning of the year, U.S. stock funds have lost more than $64 billion in outflows.

On August 8, 2012, Operating margins in the global asset management industry have recovered from their 2009 lows, at a median 32% in 2011, yet they remain below pre-crisis levels, according to new research by U.S. Institute, McLagan and Casey, Quirk & Associates.

On August 8, 2012, Emerald Asset Advisors has restructuring its flagship allocation fund, formerly dubbed the EAS Genesis Fund, to a more focused alternative investment mandate.

The Olympic Games have been a training ground for some into a second career as a financial advisor. On Wall Street caught up with several of those advisors as this year's games heat up in London. Take a look at who they are, the challenges they faced as athletes, and how that prepared them for their advisory careers.

Insights gained at humble jobs long ago have helped these planners shape their messages to clients.

On August 8, 2012, Mary Schapiro, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, is looking to turn $2.6 trillion money-market mutual-fund industry on its head.

Financial Planning and the Foundation for Financial Planning recognize life-changing volunteerism with the 2nd annual Pro Bono Planners of the Year Awards.

Nearly six in 10 business owners (59%) expect to be in a good financial position over the next 12 months, down from 66% who said so in second quarter.

Barlow Research's Economic Pulse study found 43% of small business owners do not intend to retire and those who do said they plan to work, on average, until they're 67 years old.

On the same day that FocusShares announced its exit from the exchange-traded fund business, Russell Investments announced today that it is "conducting a strategic review of its direct U.S. ETF business in an effort to focus more exclusively on its core competency."

A former UBS AG municipal-bond executive told an ex-colleague to forget about a transaction as they discussed how to handle an expanding government probe of bond big rigging, the second man testified at trial.

Sandy Weill's call to break up the big banks by restoring the Depression Era law has sparked a backlash among some who argue it would not help prevent the next crisis.

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce has agreed to buy MFS McLean Budden's private-wealth business.