Portfolio

Women advisors descended on Dallas for the recent Women Advisors Forum. The day of educational sessions, discussion and networking opportunities featured an array of topics from how to use complex assets for charitable giving to succession planning and what it’s like to start your own business after starting out at a wirehouse.

ETF flows topped $17 billion in May with the large cap category leading the way taking in $5.4 billion in flows, according to State Street Global Advisors’ latest ETF SNAPSHOT: May 2013.

The TCW Group has expanded its distribution efforts in Europe and Asia, with the opening of new TCW offices in Paris and Hong Kong.

Vue Entertainment Ltd. was bought by two Canadian pension-fund managers looking to continue the expansion of one of Europe’s largest cinema operators for 935 million pounds ($1.45 billion).

Walt Bettinger, president and chief executive officer of Charles Schwab & Co., officially joined Twitter last week.

Financial Planning unveiled its annual list of the largest broker-dealers in June. Here are the top 10 by total revenues.

The Driehaus Large Cap Growth Fund (DRLGX) is closing to new investors on June 11 and will liquidate on July 19, according to a regulatory filing.

Which broker-dealers have the best fee-based mix? The results were surprising and highlight a different group of firms.

The Securities and Exchange Commission last week unveiled its money market fund proposals that, in part, seem to have won the support of its biggest critic: the Investment Company Institute.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has improved how it justifies new regulations after at least five recent court defeats faulted its use of economic analysis, according to an audit by the agency’s inspector general.