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Vanguard's top executive said at the Morningstar Conference that it’s not just liquidity, but trust, and perhaps an overhaul of the regulatory system through the creation of a systemic risk council, to restore investing.

While big banks are having more success open new accounts, many new customers don’t plan on sticking around after they’ve received the promotional gift that lured them in.

Yields on floating-rate municipal prepaid gas bonds with ties to BP have spiked to nearly 9% from less than 0.5% as credit analysts continue to cut their ratings on the oil giant.

Paul Callelo is named chairman of investment bank

Mittelman joins the firm from Lime Brokerage, where she specialized in high volume strategies

After a marathon final day of debate, the regulatory reform process ended in the early hours of Friday in the same dramatic manner it had been conducted for more than a year: with a near breakdown followed eventually by a miraculous save.

A lack of investor confidence in the market has triggered advisors to work feverishly to strenghten client retention techniques over acquiring new customers.

RS Investments of San Francisco has entered into an agreement to adopt the portfolio management team of Oak Value Capital Management.

RS Investments, San Francisco, announced Thursday it has entered into an agreement to acquire the portfolio management team of Oak Value Capital Management, Inc. of Chapel Hill, N.C. RS will also acquire "certain assets of that firm, including its investment management relationships," the company said.

CHICAGO—The $787 billion debt overhang the federal government absorbed from the failed banking sector from the 2008 credit crisis will not come due until 2020, or perhaps later.

Vanguard Group announced Thursday an aggressive expansion strategy to expand its index fund family.The Valley Forge, Pa., mutual fund giant plans to introduce 19 new funds with exchange-traded fund in an effort to offer a wider array of low-cost stock and bond options. The firm will also launch ETF shares of its flagship Vanguard 500 Index Fund.

The regional continued its hiring spree with the addition of Jarrett Kovics as senior vice president and branch manager of its Dallas office.

Think way back — well, a few months ago — to all the hype about how private-equity firms were poised to swoop in and buy struggling banks left and right.

While half of RIAs’ new business comes from referrals, only 20% of advisors ask clients and centers of influence for leads.

A new leader at HighMark Capital Management, ramping up at Citi Private Bank, and more executive changes for the week.

The mutual fund giant plans to launch equity funds and ETFs along with municipal bond and international real estate products

The demand for passion investments among high-net-worth investors are expected to increase this year, according to Merrill’s World Wealth Report

Iowa, an earlier user of Build America Bonds, won't draw on that program again for two upcoming sales because the savings are not worth the worries over heightened scrutiny from the Internal Revenue Service, Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald said yesterday.

Proposed extensions to major bond provisions have survived several revisions of pending tax legislation, but municipal market participants are wondering if more controversial, non-bond provisions could scuttle the entire package.

While several critical regulatory reform issues remained in limbo late Wednesday, House and Senate conferees agreed to several key provisions, including one allowing banks to pay interest on business checking accounts.