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BlackRock may build the biggest, baddest RIA platform yet as 'Boy Wonder' begins 'Aladdin-izing' FutureAdvisor

Since its acquisition in 2015, crickets for the $152-million robo-advisor, but under young legend Rob Goldstein, that could all change as BlackRock rolls out its play to own the advisor desktop

Author Brooke Southall November 7, 2017 at 8:39 PM
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Robert Goldstein will get his turn at figuring out how to make FutureAdvisor into a winner.

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Stephen Winks

Stephen Winks

November 8, 2017 — 5:48 PM
The new era of advisory services will support expert fiduciary standing with no exceptions, which violates all the rules in conventional brokerage. Will Blackrock actually rock the bost and risk its powerful brokerage distribution channel? SCW

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