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Vanguard Group gets under RIAs' skin by launching ETFs supposedly aimed at helping them

Joe Duran says debut of up-priced, factor-based ETFs paves the way for fatter Vanguard RIA margins and broader U.S. wealth-management market share

Author Lisa Shidler February 22, 2018 at 3:55 AM
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Joe Duran: It allows them to be expensive and to expand. They’ll be able to take PAS and more aggressively market it.

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February 22, 2018 — 10:20 PM
so many agenda's at play here, geesh. Let's all take a step back and re-dedicate ourselves to the value of abundance. Offering dirt cheap commoditized product with increasing advice capabilities provides great value to the average American. We all know the incredible need for informed advice/education about personal finances to our fellow citizens - VPAS executes on this. Terrific. The RIA industry needs to re-learn our lane and stay in it....the complex.

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