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A majority of financial advisors expect President Barack Obama to win the 2012 election even though they are rooting for Mitt Romney, according to an SEI Quick Poll.

Financial behemoth names new heads for Citigold Wealth Management and Citi Personal Wealth Management units.

Last year at midyear, Money Management Executive found that 16% of executives expected that their fund firms would increase technology spending by 5% through the end of 2011, compared to 2010.

A new survey from Spectrem Group finds that affluent investors – particularly millionaires – are becoming more and more pessimistic about the U.S. economy’s erratic recovery despite the Dow Jones Industrial Average’s strong start to the year.

Madrona Funds portfolio manager Brian Evans explains why price rather than market capitalization is the right why to pick which stocks to put in a fund.

Steve Sanduski, The Prosperous Advisor, says financial advisors often ask him for secret tips or advice that will jump-start their business and help them grow their assets under management. Here are some of his top ideas for advisors who want to build a better future for themselves and their clients.

Wells Fargo Advisors promoted John Peluso to president of First Clearing Correspondent Services, a registered broker-dealer and a non-bank affiliate of Wells Fargo & Co.

Morningstar released some sobering news about the alternative mutual fund space.

Charles Schwab has launched a new video series to help investors curtail impulse spending.

J.P. Morgan Asset Management has introduced a new tool for retirement plan advisors to facilitate 401(k) plan design conversations and enhance plan sponsor decisions.

The increasing popularity of electronic brokerage has led the MSRB to examine whether retail investors who trade municipal securities through broker-dealers' online systems have adequate protection under its rules.

Are you ready to tell your employees to "bring your own device" to work?

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied up 125.86 points to end at 12,580.69 Tuesday as investors returned from the Memorial Day weekend with their minds set on buying.

On May 30, 2012, J.P. Morgan Asset Management has introduced a new tool for retirement plan advisors to facilitate 401(k) plan design conversations and enhance plan sponsor decisions.

On May 29, 2012, Charles Schwab launched a new video series to help investors curtail impulse spending.

Anticipated demand for personal trust services has prompted National Financial — the clearing and custody business of Fidelity Investments — to incorporate personal trust services into its broker workstation used by nearly 280 broker-dealer firms.

On May 29, 2012, Morningstar, Inc. released some sobering news about the alternative mutual fund space.

The Financial Services Institute issued a letter arguing an SRO modeled after FINRA is the best of all alternatives, and FINRA rebutted criticism of its cost estimates for an investment advisor regulator.

On May 29, 2012, HSBC added a fourth EM fund to its portfolio.

A new Amerprise study finds that far too many baby boomers are sacrificing their retirement goals and plans to help ease some of the short-term economic pain facing their children and their own parents.