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As banks try to raise revenue and improve their reputations, they are shaking up their relationships with the "mad men" of Wall Street, testing out new advertising to help refurbish their brands.

On July 24, 2012, Newly formed alternative asset management shop Madison Park Capital Partners, LLC has hired Erik Ogard, former Ddrector of Multi Strategy Solutions for Russell Investments, as a managing principal.

BNP Paribas Securities Services is not well known for handling custody of fund assets in either Mongolia or the United States.

Here's what advisors need to know to help their clients build affordable and well-diversified portfolios using unit investment trusts.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed another 101.11 points Monday to close at 12,721.46 while the Nasdaq and S&P 500 lost 35.15 points and 12.14 points, respectively.

I’ll bet the amount of training an advisor receives on portfolio and client management over ten years could fill an ocean. I’ll also wager the amount of training an advisor receives on managing staff couldn’t even fill a thimble.

Artnet Analytics launches online indices by individual artist and category to educate advisors with clients who are collectors

On July 23, 2012, Exchange-traded funds have experienced tremendous growth over the past decade but not all of that growth is positive, according to new research from Vanguard.

Dowling & Yahnke has announced that Michael Brown will join the firm as senior portfolio manager.

Advisors trying to persuade prospects about the benefits of planning can point to a new study of household financial decision-makers that shows those who have taken the time to put together a plan feel more confident and report more success managing savings and investments.

On July 23, 2012, Huntington Asset Services, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated, has extended its relationship with the Midas Family of Funds through March 2015.

On July 23, 2012, John Hancock Funds today unveiled a new program and a survey to help retirement plan advisers demonstrate their value and build stronger relationships with their plan sponsor clients.

The advocacy organization sent a letter of comment to the SEC citing the impact a fee hike could have on independent firms.

English novelist Lewis Carroll once said, “If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there.” If you are a financial advisor who is frustrated with your current situation and would like to make a change, but are not sure where to go, this quote is particularly apt.

On July 23, 2012, Raleigh, N.C. – based Hatteras Funds today revealed that it is hosting its own alternative road show, constructed as a series of forums across the U.S. for advisors, home office research teams and consultants to meet the underlying hedge fund managers of the Hatteras alternative mutual funds (Alpha Hedged Strategies Fund, Long/Short Equity Fund, and Long/Short Debt Fund).

Many bank advisors feel they aren’t getting enough referrals from branch employees. What can they do? Here are five tips to get your bank referrals flowing.

KKR & Co. LP, the private-equity firm run by Henry Kravis and George Roberts, plans to open two debt funds for individual investors, according to government filings.

Target-date fund providers are taking two steps forward and three steps back, according to a new report by BrightScope, dubbed Popping The Hood V, 2012.

Northern Trust has hired Jeff Kearny to lead new business development for asset servicing the West Coast and in the Mountain states, including corporations, public pension funds, insurance companies and not-for-profit institutions.

Paul Schott Stevens has spet the past two years championing an industry-wide call for the SEC to not fix what isn't broken in a key segment of the industry: the $2.6 trillion money market mutual fund business.