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Fortigent will operate as an independent subsidiary of LPL Investment Holdings and a sister company of LPL Financial.

On April 24, 2012, The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. has launched the NASDAQ Commodity Index Family, designed to give investors exposure across all major commodity sectors. The commodity index family, offered through the NASDAQ OMX Global Index Group, is available in five distinct roll versions to offer investors different investment strategies.

U.S. Bank appointed Brian Vowinkel regional managing director in Seattle for Ascent Private Capital Management — its ultra-high-net-worth unit.

Financial advisors looking to understand how emotion can botch an investment decision need to look no further than the National Football League draft.

Municipal portfolio managers say retail investors are turning to tax-exempt bond funds because they see them as a relatively safe harbor in stormy seas.

Buyers and sellers still cannot agree on price, the heads of six acquisition-minded banks said in first-quarter earnings calls.

The nascent active exchange-traded fund space, currently populated by PIMCO, AdvisorShares and Guggenheim Partners, may soon get a new entrant.

Federico R. Buenrostro, former CEO of the California Public Employees' Retirement System, and a friend fabricated documents given to New York-based private equity firm Apollo Global Management, costing the asset manager $20 million in “fees it would not otherwise have paid,’’ the federal regulator said.

A number of exchange-traded fund companies are creating a trade association to provide education about the $1.2 trillion industry.

You just got a payment for $2,121,371.48 from a major mutual fund manufacturer. The size is nice. But how do you know if it's correct?

You’re never too young to start planning for your retirement and most financial planners bemoan the fact that clients often wait too long to start saving for their golden years. Here’s an interactive slide show counting down five things 20-somethings can do today to ensure they have the means to retire in the style when the time comes.

Here’s an interactive slide show counting down five things 20-somethings can do today to ensure they have the means to retire in the style when the time comes.

A group of former E.F. Hutton & Co. executives plan to relaunch a new boutique financial-advisory firm under the same name, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 102.79 points to close at 12,927.17 Monday while the Nasdaq and S&P 500 shed 30 points and 11.59 points, respectively.

When it comes to investing in China, many investors have overlooked a crucial opportunity when they should be allocating at least 9% of their portfolios to that emerging country, Princeton University economics professor Burton G. Malkiel told attendees at IMCA’s annual conference on Monday.

Although the initial outlook is shaky, the reality is actually less dire, especially for Social Security, according to advocates of the retirement insurance program.

Fund investors paid an average of 79 basis points for equity mutual funds and 62 basis points for bond funds, down 4 points and 2 points, respectively, from 2010, according to a new report from the Investment Company Institute.

The government's retirement benefits programs will run out of money three years earlier than previously thought, its trustees said on Monday, increasing the pressure on lawmakers to reform the federal safety net for millions of Americans.

On April 23, SEI hired a new asset management distribution chief.

On April 23, Legg Mason is reportedly bowing out as sponsor of a pro tennis tournament.