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Optique has $800 million in assets under management.

The $3.7 trillion fiscal 2012 budget proposed by President Obama Monday would permanently reinstate an expanded Build America Bond program but at a lower 28% subsidy rate.

Some Bank of America customers saw other people's transaction details through online banking, a report said, but the company insisted that no fraudulent activity resulted.

There is little question that banks are in a better position than they were just a few short years ago. But is more capital, or even an awful lot of capital, enough capital?

Although the estimated costs of the Troubled Asset Relief Program have fallen markedly during the past year, the Obama administration's 2012 fiscal budget said the largest banks that benefited from the bailout should still be taxed to make up any cost to the government.

The date was October 13, 2008. One month after Lehman Brothers was left to twist quickly in the wind and die.

A survey by PNC Wealth Management found that the recession has created a rift between wealthy couples on how they view personal finances, as well as plan and discuss money.

Asian hedge funds attracted $518 million in net new capital in the final three months of last year, according to Hedge Fund Research, Inc., making it the best quarter of the year for the industry.

The enhanced system will provide more than 30 data points on each bond, with performance information going back 10 years.

New survey finds tighter regulation, investment in new technology and enhanced marketing efforts have Canadian asset managers perched in the catbird's seat.

Advisors help plan their clients’ futures day in and day out, but when it comes to their own planning, too often it is a case of the cobbler’s kids not having new shoes.

Manulife Asset Management has acquired the assets of Optique Capital Management of Milwaukee, Wisc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the companies did say that Optique has $800 million in mutual fund and separately managed account assets under management.

John Hancock Annuities has created its second “Retirement Talk” module, this one focusing on retirement income and the emotions of a couple entering retirement.

Exchange-traded funds are continuing to gain traction among Charles Schwab’s clients.ETF assets held by the firm’s clients climbed 34% in 2010, compared with 28% growth in the ETF industry overall, according to Schwab. The brokerage’s clients hold more than $111 billion in ETF assets.

Letting the net value of assets in a money market fund would "change the shape and form" of such funds -- and could create system risk, according to Maria F. Dwyer, the chief regulatory officer of MFS Investment Management.

Smaller Asian nations, namely Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea, will lead global growth over the next year, asst management, private equity and hedge fund executives said in a survey conducted by RBC Capital Markets.

PIMCO announced on Monday that it launched a distribution platform for financial advisors and individual investors to better serve the retail market.

ETF assets held by the firm’s clients climbed 34% last year, compared with 28% growth in the ETF industry overall, according to Schwab. The brokerage’s clients hold more than $111 billion in ETF assets.

After the flat decade that stock-based mutual funds have had and with post-World War II baby boomers starting to retire, "it's all about income now," said Matt Witkos, president of Eaton Vance Distributors, at the opening of the National Investment Company Service Association 29th Annual Conference & Expo.

Bonaire Software Solutions announced Monday that it has signed a record number of new clients for its REVPORT revenue management and fee billing software suite.