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On July 18, 2012, Want exposure to managed futures? Think multi-manager funds, according to a new white paper penned by William Marr and Alexander Rudin, principals of Ramius Trading Strategies.

Beverly Hills Wealth Management, a wealth management firm serving high-net-worth individuals, families and businesses, announced the hiring of a new marketing director and the launch of its new Public Agency Financial Advisory division.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 78.33 points Tuesday to close at 12,805.54 while the Nasdaq and S&P 500 added 13.10 points and 10.03 points, respectively, in seesaw trading.

On July 17, 2012, TCW Funds, Inc. is liquidating the TCW Emerging Markets Equities Fund on August 31, according to a Securities and Exchange filing.

In a study of 1,025 independent RIAs, Schwab found that a client retention level of 97% helped to drive client referrals and to produce record levels of AUM and revenues last year.

OppenheimerFunds has signed an agreement to buy SteelPath Capital Management and SteelPath Fund Advisors, an energy infrastructure investments company focused on the Master Limited Partnership sector.

On July 17, 2012, There’s still time left to make a last-minute nomination of the greatest inNOVAtor in your fund company.

On July 17, 2012, Exchange-traded funds do not turn long-term investors into speculative day traders, according to a new Vanguard research paper.

Janney Montgomery Scott has selected VestmarkONE to expand its managed account capabilities while providing enhanced operational efficiency.

Global X Funds haslaunched the Global X SuperIncome Preferred ETF, which will track 50 of the highest yielding preferred securities in North America.

Raymond James & Associates hired former Morgan Stanley Smith Barney advisor Tom Shoup as the new senior vice president of investments in its Atlanta office.

The firm will be rolling out PriceMetrix CommissionCheck to more accurately assess the value of its services.

TD Ameritrade Institutional attracted 120 breakaway brokers to its platform for independent registered investment advisors in the third quarter of last year, a nearly 50% from a year earlier.

Transamerica retirement survey finds that unemployed and underemployed Americans face an uphill battle to recoup the assets they’ll need for retirement.

State Street Corp., the third- largest custody bank, agreed to buy the hedge-fund administration unit of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to boost growth as second-quarter revenue fell amid declining global markets and record low interest rates.

Eugene M. Lerner has spent his six-decade career in the financial services industry trying to stay ahead of the curve. His decision to leave Morgan Stanley for HighTower speaks to where he thinks the industry is heading in the near future.

Actiance announced the first social media enablement platform to work with Salesforce’s CRM data, allowing advisors to track and analyze sales discussions with clients in their blogs, on Twitter and other popular social media sites.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has named Paul A. Beswick as acting chief accountant in the Office of the Chief Accountant, succeeding James Kroeker, who left the SEC last Friday.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., the fifth- biggest U.S. bank by assets, reported second-quarter earnings that beat analysts’ estimates on higher asset-management revenue a gain from the firm’s own investments.

Northern Trust has appointed Carl R. Tannenbaum as its chief economist, succeeding Paul Kasriel, who retired from Northern Trust earlier this year.