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Baird Hires Wells Fargo Veteran as San Francisco Manager
By Janet LevauxBaird said Thursday, July 15, that it had hired Wells Fargo veteran William "Bill" Welsh as a director to lead its San Francisco wealth-management office.
July 15, 2010
Moving Client Assets: The Good, the Bad and the UglyChanging firms is no longer a one-size-fits-all affair when it comes to the transfer of assets under management.
July 14, 2010
Old Mutual Adds Invesco Portfolio Management Team to Roster of 18 Boutique FirmsOld Mutual Asset Management has agreed to buy Invesco Ltd.'s eight-person international equity portfolio management team led by Hans van den Berg, formerly of Morgan Stanley.
July 13, 2010
SEC's CIO Retiring to Pursue Ordination as a DeaconThe SEC's chief information officer, Charles Boucher, is leaving the agency, after serving in this post since 2008, the SEC said July 12. Boucher plans to focus on non-profit work and religious studies as he prepares for ordination as a deacon.
July 13, 2010
UBS Hires Citigroup's Revsine as Derivatives StrategistUBS AG hired Mitchell Revsine, an options strategist from Citigroup Inc., as the U.S. derivatives strategist in New York.
July 09, 2010
Mercer Data Study Shows DC Participants Fare Better With Automated Plan FeaturesDefined contribution plan participants who used automatic rebalancing and deferral increase saw greater balance increases, by as much as 26%, according to a Mercer study.
July 08, 2010
Advisors Tackle Marketing Basics, Part II: Practice Edge for July 2010Last month we talked about marketing basics--in particular, about product, price, promotion, and place, the 4 P's.