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The new online tool offers state contacts directory, FAQs, and background info to aid advisors.

Equity funds continue to lose assets, with redemptions totaling $1.9 billion in the week ended Sept. 22.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has quietly hired the head-hunting firm Korn/Ferry ­International to find candidates to lead a new municipal securities office that will have a higher stature within the SEC.

Advantus Capital Management, a Minnesota firm with more that $20 billion in institutional assets, has named Randal Harrison, VP and director of its insurance advisory practice, effective immediately. He succeeds Marilyn Froelich.

The return of bank profitability, coupled with some of the provisions of the federal stimulus, coaxed banks to buy state and local government debt in the first half.

Doors to the first meeting of the Financial Stability Oversight Council will be closed, but rest assured improvements in the oversight of the financial services business are underway.

The unit of Royal Bank of Canada announced Wednesday it added Larry VanLaningham and Kevin Morrice to its Portland, Ore., office. Both will report to Richard Sorenson, the complex director for RBC Wealth in Portland.

Long-term mutual funds took in an estimated $5.75 billion in the week ended Sept. 22, the Investment Company Institute said Wednesday.

Lindner Capital Advisors is offering the Equinox MutualHedge Fund, a managed futures solution, to non-accredited retail investors. Equinox Fund Management is providing the underlying MutualHedge instrument.

If you’ve done something wrong, cooperation is key to holding onto your certified financial planner designation.

The advisor allegedly gained access and control over all the assets of an MSSB clients, a 98-year-old woman in failing health.

Kasina’s annual top 10 listing touts timely tools and portability of information as key factors for advisors.

The new rules permit mutual funds to earn income from commodities.

Barclays has been expanding its U.S. wealth management operations slowly and selectively, but Tuesday added executives from UBS, JPMorgan Chase and other firms.

The House Wednesday passed the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act, which updates mutual fund tax regulations for the first time in more than 20 years.

According to a survey, employees want companies to take a more proactive hand in helping them save, which could help advisors gather more assets.

As a bipartisan commission figures out ways to reduce the deficit, it makes no political sense to touch the government insurance program.

Following a difficult August, confidence among millionaire investors saw its largest increase in more than a year.

Scott Ebner joins State Street in this key role from NYSE Euronext.

State Street Global Advisors has hired Scott Ebner as managing director and global head of ETF product development. Based in London, Ebner reports to James Ross, senior managing director and global head of exchange-traded funds at SSGA.