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On April 23, TD Ameritrade ramped up its sales team with a new hire.

On April 23, Forward bolstered it insitutional coverage with a new hire.

Here are 10 ways advisors can set themselves apart in a crowded market.

Investors can’t seem to get enough of exchange-traded funds and notes, a fact that has regulators on high alert and ETP providers racing to come up with ever-more creative offerings to differentiate themselves from the competition. But who is looking out for investors?

On Pril 23, Gus Fleites confirmed his departure from Invest n Retire.

The company's net income more than tripled from the fourth quarter and rose 39% from a year earlier, to $245 million. Revenue rose 8% from the fourth quarter and 3% from a year earlier, to $2.2 billion.

A Kent, Wash., credit union joins peers from California and Michigan in opposing legislation that would allow non-profits to more than double their commercial lending.

Christine Gaze will focus on building and maintaining TD Ameritrade's array of practice management programs designed to help independent RIAs.

Investors have no shortage of people to go to for advice. In addition to hundreds of thousands of financial advisors, they can turn to financial websites, blogs and financial shows on television. With such fierce competition, how can advisors stand out from the crowd? Consultant Paul Werlin, president of Human Capital Resources, has a few ideas. In a story in our upcoming May issue, Werlin identifies 10 ways advisors can set themselves apart in a crowded market. Here’s a preview.

On April 23, 2012, MME reported that PIMCO will open its first Latin American office, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in September 2012.

It has always been important for advisors to build and manage their brand. But the proliferation and popularity of social media makes minding your online reputation more essential than ever.

On April 23, two research firms revealed their fee expense studies for 2011.

The prospect of rising interest rates, though not anticipated for the near future, has many bond holders wringing their hands, but a fixed income strategist at Schwab offered strategies planners can use to avoid “bondageddon” and stay in the bond market, while protecting their clients’ assets.

Financial reform will lead to a new emphasis on credentials in the financial services industry, which puts the Investment Management Consultants Association in a good position, says IMCA Executive Director and Chief Executive Sean Walters.

Online and mobile social connectivity is now fully integrated into the modern way of life for your clients. If it is important to clients, it should be important to advisors, says Mike Langford, senior social business strategist at Socialware.

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

Two British twins in their teens bilked $3 million from American investors and stock promoters with tales of using a sophisticated bot to pick stocks, according to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Morningstar’s fund analysts assigned a Gold rating to just one fund in the past few weeks: DFA US Small Cap I.

Advisors feel that social media is a "wise use" of asset managers' time and resources and just over one-third believe asset management firms are "not yet seeing the value" of social media.

Raymond James’s Financial Board of Directors has named Morgan Keegan Chief Executive John Carson to the role of president, the firm announced on Friday.