Articles published 11/2013
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How interest rates have rolled since the first Thanksgiving and why the 'new normal' under Yellen seems destined to last
The Pilgrims probably paid 12-18% to finance their new lives (lucky for us they took the risk)
November 28, 2013 – 4:53 AM
Where Scott Leonard's life stands after serving his RIA clients mostly from sea for 2 1/2 years, what cut his trip short and what was most unexpected
The odyssey took a $200-million-in-AUM toll in addition to a partner split and Leonard, 45, still faces, psychologically, the task of building a business from 'scratch'
November 27, 2013 – 6:09 AM
Envestnet struts upmarket stuff by signing a $1.5-billion, a $3.3-billion, a $2.3-billion and a $4-billion RIA to big technology deals
Post-Tamarac acquisition and bolstering, the Chicago-based king of SMAs to IBDs poached accounts from the likes of The Colony Group, Henssler Financial, Laird Norton, RegentAtlantic from legacy RIA providers
November 25, 2013 – 9:13 PM
Two 'super RIAs' -- Aspiriant and Salient -- hire risk officers in a sign of what clients value post-2008-'09, post-Madoff
In the post-Madoff era, explicit downside is becoming more important -- and lets Aspiriant justify its $7,500 planning fee better
November 24, 2013 – 8:45 PM
Betterment's Jon Stein talks human-RIA coopetition but breathes fire about fellow online RIAs
The 34 year-old CEO sees 300-fold growth to $100 billion, partially fueled by classic RIAs, and not much competition from Wealthfront and the like
November 22, 2013 – 6:29 PM
Scott Leonard's 2-1/2-year boat odyssey around the world is followed by split with his partner
Christopher Van Slyke realized Trovena was presented with fast-arising opportunities he couldn't pursue with Leonard at sea
November 22, 2013 – 5:47 PM
Salesforce rolls out giant product, pricing changes -- a virtual doubling for the direct-sold version that could price out some mainstream RIA practices
As part of a big revamping, Salesforce founder and CEO Marc Benioff will make CRM work on mobile but it may now cost twice as much for the comparable direct-sold product
November 21, 2013 – 3:38 AM
Why a disconnect between reporting software and advisors to UHNW assets persists -- and what makes the problem so thorny
Many big-time wealth managers are plagued by their own foibles, their clients' peculiar challenges and third-parties who haven't quite gotten a handle on the challenges
November 19, 2013 – 8:05 PM
RIA custodians charge steep new ETF-related fees that can range into the tens of thousands of dollars for big trades and advisors are working to deal with them
Schwab, Fido, TD and Pershing are all in on these 'trade-away' fees and claim they simply are defraying costs of manual labor -- but RIAs aren't so sure
November 18, 2013 – 10:35 PM
Long the underdogs, female advisors are actually winning in two important categories, a study based on $3.5 trillion of AUM shows
Trust is where women -- especially with their own gender -- gain the upper hand, the PriceMetrix study concludes
November 18, 2013 – 1:00 PM
A $1.2-billion RIA is born on the Rt. 128 altar as two $600-million-AUM firms -- one in hyper-growth mode by Fidelity referrals -- get hitched
Spawned from an away breakfast, the deal of Argent Wealth Management and Pillar Financial Advisors financed a succession, forestalled death on the vine and set the stage for accelerated growth
November 15, 2013 – 8:25 PM
Alleging gambling habits, SEC concerns and steady AUM declines, The Mutual Fund Store is offering $5.5 million to Jeff Roper to sell and walk away
What Adam Bold wants, he says, is to force a settlement to keep the reputational fire from spreading out of control
November 14, 2013 – 8:39 PM
Schwab IMPACT 2013 is another great bash but picketers and Fidelity siphoned off some precious RIA attention
Attendees were greeted by disgruntled ex-Schwab advisors chanting 'Find out how Schwab terminates' and Fidelity's RIA campaign jumped out at you on every sidewalk
November 14, 2013 – 6:32 AM
Dynasty Financial leads a second $1 billion-range team -- now Fidelity RIA -- out of Wall Street in as many weeks
Fusion Family Wealth LLC presumed the economics of buying top research wasn't there -- but was shown otherwise
November 13, 2013 – 7:07 PM
After starring in New Yorker article, Mary Jo White holds SIFMA event spellbound and 'no-admit, no-deny' is still in play
The muscular prosecutor of security fraud and terrorism cases delivered roses -- and maybe some thorns
