BlackRock

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  Schwab Rolls Out ‘Game-Changer’: A Commission-Free ETF Platform

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  February 7, 2013

  The new OneSource platform sets no limit on how many trades advisors can make with 105 ETFs on offer.

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  Pension Funds Sue BlackRock on iShares Revenues

  By Andy Stonehouse, BenefitsPro  |  February 5, 2013

  Two unions charge the firm of burdening them with excessive fees and systematically violating its fiduciary duties.

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  A Strategy for More Fee Income: Adhesion’s Stier

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  January 31, 2013

  Adhesion Wealth Advisor Solutionsis partnering with BlackRock to offer the BlackRock Model Portfolios in its investment strategies lineup.

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  Low Interest Rates Are Driving Insurers Out of the Bond Market: BlackRock

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  January 24, 2013

  Insurers are likely to move asset allocations as low rates challenge business models and profitability, says BlackRock’s global insurance industry outlook.

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  Money Floods Into Stocks via ETFs as Industry Hits 20-Year Mark

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  January 23, 2013

  Last year marked an all-time high for the industry on the eve of its 20th anniversary, and ETFs are soon expected to surpass a record $2 trillion in global assets.

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  Top 25 Fastest Growing Mutual Fund Managers for 2012

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  January 21, 2013

  Little surprise, star manager Jeff Gundlach's DoubleLine tops the list of the fastest growing actively managed fund managers, but who else made Strategic Insight’s list?

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  Demographic Nightmare: Boomer Retirement Disaster Looms

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  January 17, 2013

  "We’re living into our 80s, 90s and 100s," says Wilmington Trust's Kathryn Karlic. "We’ll have four generations around a single pocket of wealth, with 80-year-old women taking care of their 100-year-old parents."

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  Worried About Debt Ceiling? Markets Aren’t

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  January 16, 2013

  The markets have already discounted effects of continued dysfunction in Washington, agree Liz Ann Sonders, Jeff Rosenberg and Milton Ezrati, along with opportunities in stocks and a new approach to fixed income.

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  ETF Assets Reach Record $191 Billion

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  January 10, 2013

  ETF flows reached $191 billion in 2012, Morningstar’s Michael Rawson reported.

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  BlackRock Not Changing iShares’ Fees; Vanguard Cutting More ETF Expenses

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  January 2, 2013

  The ETF provider clarifies its expense policy after filings created confusion.