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Workshops have long been a popular tool for financial advisors looking to connect with potential new clients but one advisor is taking the traditional workshop to a new and more effective level by getting CPAs, bankers and other influencers to co-host the events.

Stephen J. Dimodica, regional director for the greater Philadelphia region, is leaving Morgan Stanley Smith Barney. The Philadelphia region’s complexes have been divided among three existing regions.

For the first time in two years fixed annuity sales rose, according to the Beacon Research Fixed Annuity Premium Study released on Thursday.

linkedFA, a social networking web site designed specifically for financial professionals, announced a strategic relationship with Thomson Reuters, the New York-based business information service, to provide financial data to advisors using the social network.

Guggenheim Funds Distributors Inc. this week launched two new actively managed exchange-traded funds (ETFS) that gives investors access to fixed income investment products with the flexibility and tax benefits of ETFs.

Northern Trust has hired R. Peter Sanchez to serve as chief executive officer of Northern Trust Hedge Fund Services, upon the closing of Northern Trust’s acquisition of hedge fund administrator Omnium.

The pause in the increase in gas prices and a sense that the job market is improving help lift the RBC Consumer Outlook Index 3.8 points to 46.7 in June, up from 42.9 in May. This is the highest level it has ever been at since the financial crisis struck in September 2008.

T. Rowe Price has launched the T. Rowe Price Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond Fund, in anticipation of those investors who would like to diversify away from the U.S. dollar.

New study finds banks -- large and small -- need to do a better job of implementing the technology and processes necessary to curtail money laundering activity in order to avoid the stiff fines already levied on their peers.

Northern Trust has hired R. Peter Sanchez to serve as chief executive officer of Northern Trust Hedge Fund Services, upon the closing of Northern Trust’s acquisition of hedge fund administrator Omnium. Sanchez currently is global head of business development and client service at Omnium and has more than two decades of experience in capital markets.

Poll of more than 200 financial advisors finds serious investor angst about their retirement prospects and apprehension about making the investments necessary to improve their outlook.

LPL Financial this week named industry veteran David Akellian as its new executive vice president and head of custom clearing services.

J.P. Morgan Retirement Plan Services has launched a new social media forum for its plan sponsor clients called “Voice of the Community.”

Global X Funds has launched the Global X Farming ETF, an exchange-traded fund that focuses on companies involved in agricultural products, livestock operations and the manufacturing of farming equipment.

IndexIQ has launched the IQ Japan Mid Cap ETF, which it says is the first exchange-traded fund focused on Japanese mid-cap equities.

Even after an embarrassing online porn scandal rocked the regulatory agency last year, a new report from SEC Inspector General David Kotz finds some staffers are still going to great lengths to access these racy sites on company time.

BlackRock's Bob Doll says despite short-term issues in the U.S., the United Kingdom and Japan, there are plenty of intriguing investing opportunities out there for those willing to go the distance.

A vast majority, 86%, of the 800 institutional investors and corporate executives surveyed for BNY Mellon believe there are significant opportunities for stock market growth. However, 58% think there are major downside risks preventing them from taking advantage of those opportunities, the survey, conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit, found.

A new era in retirement of the unprepared is dawning, as the West’s golden age of pensions comes to an end, according to a report from HSBC Insurance Holdings, “The Future of Retirement: The Power of Planning.”

The technology division of NYSE Euronext said its Capital Markets Community Platform will provide direct, on-demand access to high-performance, low-latency services from NYSE Technologies, including its Superfeed of market data, its Risk Management Gateway, its Managed Services Hub, and its global Liquidity Center Network.