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Retail customers are switching banks and shopping competitors in greater numbers these days but, according to a survey by J.D. Power and Associates, their reasons for jumping ship have little if anything to do with interest rates or service fees.

When the call comes from compliance that your branch examination is imminent, some advisors decide it’s time to take a vacation while others take the vapors. But branch exams should not be stressful or painful – if you follow these basic steps and integrate them into your practice.

A pair of prominent financial news agencies are teaming up with public relations and marketing firm Cognito to host a pair of soup-to-nuts events that will delve into what financial services professionals want and need to know about using social media in their practices.

Fund managers are bullish on the prospects for equities and emerging markets in 2011, but have bearish views on government bonds, a survey of 141 fund managers at the end of 2010 by Towers Watson found.

MetLife and PIMCO have partnered to create a lifetime income solution. A client can purchase PIMCO mutual funds designed to provide inflation-adjusted monthly distributions to protect against inflation risk and separately purchase MetLife longevity insurance to provide monthly income after mutual fund distributions end.

Transamerica Asset Management, having completed its adoption of the TS&W International Equity Portfolio, has re-introduced the fund as the Transamerica TS&W International Equity Fund.

Thirty-four percent of the 3,171 adults that The Harris Poll surveyed in February expect the economy to improve in the coming year, 42% expect it to stay the same and 25% think it could get worse.

Harbor Funds has launched the Harbor Flexible Capital Fund, managed by Marsico Capital Management.

Sam Pyle and Shauywn Smith joined Morgan Stanley Smith Barney from Merrill Lynch.

Why not tap into your affinity with clients to create a powerful marketing message, and solidify your hold on that group?

Fieldpoint Private Bank & Trust hired Paul C. Guidone to be its chief investment officer.

While the middle class is usually cited as the prime beneficiary whenever Congress ratchets up tax reform rhetoric, talk of possibly eliminating the deferral of taxes on income generated from annuities has financial advisors and their middle-class clients on edge.

It took awhile, but financial institutions of all sizes have finally realized that investing in a full-service website complete with interactive marketing and registration functionality is critical to expanding their client base and increasing their total assets under management.

Citi OpenWealth now offers trust accounting, reporting and custody services

Kevin Batterton will run business development and portfolio management

Scott B. David was previously president of Fidelity Institutional Retirement Services.

House Financial Services Committee chairman Spencer Bachus, R-Ala., is warning the Securities and Exchange Commission that he does not support its proposed rules for a municipal advisor registration system because they are too broad and do not reflect congressional intent.

A House subcommittee hearing is scheduled for Wednesday that will focus on how the Dodd-Frank Act is affecting community banks and small business.

Take a fresh look at your clients' life insurance planning to see if changes are necessary in light of the 2010 Tax Act.

Nearly seven months after passing a bill that included a measure to limit interchange fees on debit cards, lawmakers were expressing buyer's remorse.