International funds

Flow Traders made a profit every trading day last year as the company increased the value of its trades in both Europe and the U.S. by more than 10%.

The Feb. 2 launch comes just four months before MSCI says it will decide whether the country qualifies for its emerging-market index.

NorthStar communications executive Chelsey Duncan said the firm embraced this concept with the addition of a digital marketing coordinator in January.

Both asset classes are off to their best start to a year since 2011, buoyed by the idea that the doom-and-gloom reaction to Trump's election was overdone.

International banks have been growing their wealth and asset management arms as balance-sheet lending and securities trading become less profitable.

These sources behind this trend could be dwindling at a particularly inopportune time in the event that fiscal stimulus causes the U.S. budget to balloon.

Following a year of slowed deal activity, a PwC report addresses the added challenges managers face amid the developing economic, tax and regulatory agenda of the new administration.

The firm's latest offering provides access to international equity markets. Plus: Other launches.

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A revenue boost for the firm's asset-management unit is key and could play a role in raising capital that's been eroded by misconduct charges.