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If you’re looking for a new angle on investments, you might want to pay attention to their politics.

Stock and bond funds experienced net inflows of $24.7 billion in April, according to the Financial Research Corporation (FRC).

Sales of mutual funds continue to move away from the long-established model of paying intermediaries point-of-sale commissions.

A Connecticut institutional consultant has tapped Bryan Decker as its new Managing Director and Chief Investment Strategist as part of a top management shakeup.

Clients want more than numbers from their advisers.

National Retirement Partners (NRP) linked with SalesForce.com to develop a customized client relationship management solution (CRM).

Pershing LLC, a subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, launched Trust Network, offering a wide range of services from trust companies.

Great American Advisors (GAA), in partnership with FundQuest Incorporated, launched a platform in response to adviser demand for fee-based business.

Commodities markets have been thriving of lateâ€″and investors have a new way to benchmark those investments.

A good portion of participants’ retirement income will come from investment returns generated by 401(k) accounts after they stop work, research from Russell Investments says.

National Advisors Trust named Ronald G. Ferguson, formerly of Results Technology, Inc., as its new CEO.

The new program, called Experience More!, offers “best” Securian Retirement advisers access to additional services.

Kravitz, plan consultants specializing in cash balance programs, launched a toll-free cash balance hotline for plan intermediaries.

Ascensus, an independent administrator and recordkeeper, named Tom Fleck as Director of its Institutional Relationship Management Team.

Pershing LLC has added 10 new solution providers to its ValueAlliance program for broker/dealers and registered investment advisers (RIAs).

Chase introduced the Chase Strategic Portfolio, delivered by financial advisers in Chase branches.

I spent some of my precious three-day weekend perusing Teresa Ghilarducci’s When I’m Sixty-Four, an intriguing title for a book about pensions–or, as the subtitle suggests, “The Plot...

Because “401(k)″ is likely not being renamed any time soon, advisers might need to find more effective ways of getting around opaque financial terms with the new breed...

AssetMark was the number one rated asset management firm for focusing on advisers, in a recent survey of adviser attitudes toward firms in their client portfolios.

Bell Investment Advisors launched the Bell Worldwide Trends Fund, a mutual fund investing in exchange-traded funds (ETFs).