Portfolio

The TCW Group has launched the TCW Emerging Markets Multi-Asset Opportunities Fund (TGMAX/TGMEX), which will bet on sovereign and corporate bonds denominated in U.S. dollars, local currency debt and equities.

McRary will be responsible for managing the Boca Raton, Fla.-based independent broker-dealer’s advisor recruitment and transition efforts.

New York-based Emerging Global Advisors has launched the EGShares Emerging Markets Dividend Growth ETF (EMDG), which the firm is touting as the first emerging markets dividend growth exchange-traded fund.

"If an advisor wrote a piece of business and hasn't called the client in over a year, it can't really be considered stealing," says advisor Jeff Arber. Agree?

To continue its expansion in Atlanta, United Capital announced Monday it bought the majority of the assets of Atlanta-based PPA Advisors.

The $2.1 trillion global exchange-traded fund industry has been growing at a rapid clip since the SPDR S&P 500 ETF was launched two decades ago as a means for institutional investors to access passive exposure to the S&P 500 Index.

Mutual funds may not be on a hiring spree right now, but Longboard Asset Management Portfolio Manager Cole Wilcox is seeing demand increase elsewhere.

Almost half of CPAs indicated that they offer some kind of financial planning services, but a far smaller number have a formally structured practice with their own Registered Investment Advisor or an affiliation with an outside broker/dealer or RIA, according to a new study.

Mutual fund companies are facing ongoing challenges in overseeing their financial intermediary relationships as omnibus processing and the reliance on FIs continue to increase, according to a new survey by Boston Financial Data Services.

The muni market, reeling from one of the worst selloffs in 25 years this week, witnessed record-breaking outflows to muni bond funds of $4.53 billion for the week of June 26.