Advisor Products Inc. Offers Free Webinars

Advisor Products, Inc., which makes Web sites, client newsletters, and brochures for financial advisers, is offering free series of Webinars about the financial crisis for advisers.

The Webinars are held at 4 p.m. EST Fridays, according to a press release. The next Webinar will feature Mark Tibergien, CEO of Pershing Advisor Solutions LLC.

“The global credit crisis has devastated almost every corner of the investment world, and financial advisers have not been immune to the pain,” said Andrew Gluck, president and CEO of Advisor Products Inc., based in Westbury, New York, in the release. “Financial advisers need a weekly reminder about the message they must communicate to clients to help them get through this financial crisis and to help keep the proper perspective.”

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You can register for future Webinars and replay previous sessions at gluck.advisorblogcentral.com.

Oppenheimer Names New Head of Fixed Income

OppenheimerFunds announced that Art Steinmetz has been named Director of Fixed Income, effective immediately.

Steinmetz currently serves as SVP, Head of the International Fixed Income team and portfolio manager of Oppenheimer International Bond Fund and Oppenheimer Strategic Income Fund and will continue in those roles. He is the longest tenured portfolio manager at OppenheimerFunds, and is widely known in the industry for creating Oppenheimer Strategic Income Fund, according to the announcement.

Jerry Webman, the most recent Director of Fixed Income and Chief Economist, will continue in his role as Chief Economist working with advisers and their clients on long-term investing strategies and being a prominent presence for the company in the media, the announcement said.

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The heads of all the fixed income areas, including the International Bond team, Leveraged Loan team, Commodities team, Municipal Bond team, Money Market team and Core Plus team will report to Steinmetz.

Oppenheimer said in a recent news report about the Oppenheimer Core Bond Fund losses that it had installed new leadership for the fund’s management team (see “College Savings Plans Hit Hard by Oppenheimer Fund Loss“).

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