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Equity markets in the United States suffered their second consecutive month of volume dropping more than 20 percent compared to a year ago. Daily volume is off 40 percent from May, the month of the market's Flash Crash.

Gotham Asset Management, a newly formed firm that will focus specifically “on the institutional segment of the market,” has officially opened for business, Joel Greenblatt, its managing principal and co-CIO, said.

In a move that “further enhances the fixed-income capabilities of the firm,” Highmark Capital Management has hired Jeffrey Klein as VP and portfolio manager for its Fixed Income Group, the Union Bank subsidiary said Tuesday.

Community banks are slogging through the muck, making some progress toward recovery and relieved that things don't appear to be getting worse.

The new leader of BBVA's U.S. operations has already set a clear direction: countertrend. Manuel Sanchez was reluctant in an interview to display the appetite for acquisitions common among bankers these days, including his former boss.

An increasing number of financial advisors advocate using alternative investments in client portfolios as a way to increase diversification, according to the 2010 Rydex|SGI Annual AdvisorBenchmarking Study.

AQR Capital Management has launched the AQR Risk Parity Fund, whose main aim is to seek consistent returns with reduced equity market exposure.

Eaton Vance Tuesday announced the launch of the Eaton Vance Option Absolute Return Strategy Fund, a fund that aims to deliver returns independent of the stock and bond markets and that is benchmarked against short-term cash instruments.

Rydex/SGI annual benchmarking study finds majority of those surveyed are using alternatives in client portfolios.

Basic business practices such as client segmentation separate the winners from the losers among registered investment advisors.

Studies consistently show that emotions and investing don't mix. Here's how to focus clients on their long-term goals rather than their gut instincts in the short term.

Affluent and wealthy investors lower expectations on the economy but start to move their money out of deposits accounts anyway.

Morgan Stanley has outsourced middle and back office services for its Alphas managed account platform to GlobeOp Financial Services.

John Hancock Funds on Monday announced the launch of the John Hancock Currency Strategies Fund, a fund that will make diversified investments in global currencies and that is managed by First Quadrant.

The Internal Revenue Service is getting the word out to employers about a provision in the recently passed Small Business Jobs Act that allows them to amend their 401(k) or 403(b) plans to allow participants to transfer an eligible rollover distribution into a Roth 401(k) or 403(b) account.

Great-West Retirement Services has appointed Tom Masteller regional sales director for the Pittsburgh marketplace, responsible for selling 401(k) plan administration services through brokers, financial advisers, consultants, wirehouses and third-party administrators (TPAs). Great-West is the fourth-largest retirement plan recordkeeper in the U.S.

Court ruling dismissing the securities fraud suit is only one victory in a sea of litigation.

Schwab study finds that strategy is key in effective deployment of tech services

While exchange-traded funds have been one of the biggest-selling mutual fund categories, small, niche products are finding it hard to make a go of it. Of the 129 new exchange-traded funds introduced this year, 37, or 28%, are already closed.