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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 Shapshot.

Beijing, China-Harvest Fund Management is taking a stab at the U.S. market with the launch of New York-based Harvest Krane, which will distribute China and Asia-focused mutual funds to institutional and retail investors in the U.S.

Industry leaders will gather in Palm Beach, Fla., for TD Ameritrade's advisor conference to discuss wealth management trends and the future of financial advice regulation.

A Detroit investment adviser will pay $3.1 million to settle U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission claims that he stole money from a police pension fund to finance his purchase of two California strip malls.

A National Financial Partners Corp. shareholder sued to block the firm’s $1.3 billion sale to Madison Dearborn Partners LLC’s, a Chicago-based private equity firm.

BTS Asset Management announced today the conversion of the BTS Tactical Fixed Income Fund (BTFAX, BTFCX) from a hedge fund to a 1940 Act mutual fund. The Tactical Fixed Income Fund.

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.

“Nothing I did in the last five years had anything to do with selling on a commission basis,” he told Financial Planning.

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.

Hilliard Lyons continues growth in North Carolina with the addition of two former UBS advisors.

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.

Large banks grab headlines with big pledges to small business, but community banks are the ones making hefty commitments compared to their size.

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.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has paid $580,000 to settle claims by a former internal watchdog that he was fired in an effort to quash his investigations.