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Greg Fleming to take his place and become head of MSSB Wealth Management

But will a new self-regulator be the new reality?

While many forecast that the use of cash will disappear in the United States, a new report from Aite Group says it is “far from vanishing.”

Vanguard indicated in a Thursday SEC filing it is postponing its plans to offer short-, intermediate- and long-term municipal bond index funds. Vanguard first submitted its registration statements in June.

The community really needs to know if you are (or are not) satisfied with the service you're receiving, and how it has (or has not) helped you focus on your direct client services.

Financial Research Corp. has hired Matthew J. Schott as vice president, retirement income practice leader.

Liberty Street Advisors has launched the Center Coast MLP Focus Fund, a mutual fund that will invest in midstream energy infrastructure master limited partnerships. It will be sub-advised by Center Coast Capital Advisors of Houston, whose founder Dan Tutcher is well known in the MLP sector.

In an effort to provide investors with greater diversification, Prudential Investments has launched the Prudential Real Assets Fund, which will invest in real estate, metals, fuel and other commodities. In addition, the fund aims to protect investors against inflation and rising interest rates.

Acadian Asset Management has launched the Acadian Emerging Markets Debt Fund, joining the $946 million Acadian Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio, which it has been managing since 1993.

As the broker-dealer community changes, dealing with through-the-floor commissions and the ballooning costs of compliance and back-office management, so must Firm58.

TD Bank announced Thursday a new high-yield savings account, which offers competitive interest rates as well as a rate increase for also having a TD Bank checking account.

A recent Fidelity Investments survey shows 60% of registered investment advisors are actively looking to acquire new advisors and now they can have help doing so with Fidelity’s newly expanded advisor recruiting and retention resources.

According to a Vanguard study, financial planners still have a big role to play to help investors understand allocations, risks and the big picture.

According to a study by SEI, advisors hope to spend more time this year on business growth.

After two weeks in which funds flowing into and out of mutual funds that invest long-term in United States stocks held their own, investors pulled $4.2 billion out of domestic equity funds, the Investment Company Institute reported Thursday.

Most municipal bond exchange-traded funds in the fourth quarter performed noticeably worse than the indexes they were designed to track. Or, depending on your perspective, they performed noticeably better.

Company says it will exit market to allocate resources elsewhere.

IRI study finds room for growth as consumers remain unfamiliar with benefits of annuities.

Market watchers will dig deep into the results of two prime suspects that kick off reporting Friday — JPMorgan Chase & Co. and M&T Bank Corp. — for clues about which large banks are beneficiaries of a rebound in business lending indicated by federal data.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. board is scheduled to move ahead on new resolution powers and discuss executive compensation structures at a meeting Tuesday.