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Highland Funds Asset Management has launched the Highland Alpha Trend Strategies Fund, a global fund that will invest in country- and region-specific exchange-traded funds as well as take long and short positions in equity indexes. The fund aims to invest in areas with low correlation and volatility.

Mercer’s U.S. outsourcing business has begun including retirement income from Financial Engines in its defined contribution platform. Financial Engines says its Financial Engines Income+ is the first retirement income solution designed specifically for 401(k) plans.

U.S. households held $10.7 trillion in retirement assets at the end of 2010, according to a pair of retirement industry analysts who culled information from the Federal Reserve’s Flow of Funds report and U.S. Census data. This is just above the previous high of $10.5 trillion reached in 2007, and a big climb from the $2.4 trillion loss in retirement assets in the crash of 2008, when these assets fell to $8.1 trillion.

MF Global Holdings, a major player in th futures market, has filed for bankruptcy after failing to find a buyer.

Four of the world’s largest investment banks – Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, HSBC and J.P. Morgan --- are now live on a new electronic margin call system called MarginSphere.

Financial planning and reporting technology provider Adaptive Planning has introduced its Fall 2011 and Winter 2012 Releases, which feature new reporting capabilities, SaaS and enterprise collaboration features.

Analysts and managers say they are finding value in the municipal market by taking advantage of attractive intermediate yields and buying opportunities presented by credits that find themselves in the headlines, among other strategies.

Preferreds are getting popular because they generate income—but they require a lot of diligence and involve a lot of fine print

The customers who walk into a branch are the lifeblood of any bank broker. And despite banks trying to make their customers "sticky," some people are finally getting fed up and leaving.

When your bank gets targeted for an acquisition, even the most steely nerved FA can worry about job security. But don't fret: With the right attitude, you can thrive.

There is no one-size-fits-all approach, but there are demographic similarities, and a program manager should be able to identify them.

Advisors of the future are gravitating toward financial planning programs. Here are the schools on many students' short lists.

Wells Fargo Advisors hired a father-son advisor team in Oak Brook, Ill. from UBS Financial Services. Robert Iorii, Sr. and Robert Iorii, Jr. , who joined on Oct. 14. Iorii Sr. oversaw $49.83 million in client assets and had $617,219 in annual fees and commissions. His son had $99.65 million in client assets under management and $1.26 million in annual production.

Was a complex product sold to a wealthy family that was only suitable for an institutional client?

Winners will include—not only cyclical sectors that do well early in a market cycle—but also defensive plays.

Our legal expert discusses what happens when clients don't follow orders.

Problems arise when a parent adds a child's name to an asset or aids elderly loved one who needs assistance.

Almost 30% of households with more than $5 million to invest are using four or more advisors.

The U.S. commercial real estate industry is on the mend.

How the big bank stress test strategy could bolster your clients' portfolios against market volatility.