Articles published 11/2017
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All-LPL M&A deal yields one $875-million firm in which Black Diamond, Schwab and Vanguard are named factors
The 51-year-old founder of CalBay Investments Inc. and the Hillis Financial Services founder, 73, do a succession-minded combination that keeps assets all in the LPL family
November 29, 2017 at 11:49 PM
An ex-Voya chief, Maliz Beams, exits State Department after three months
Hopes she would gel better with Rex Tillerson than she did with Voya Financial chief Rodney O. Martin Jr. were quickly dashed
November 29, 2017 at 2:20 PM
Pro-DOL rule forces sharpen knives now that DOL rule's 18-month delay is carved in stone
Labor Department loses formerly effective duck-and-weave defense tactic after 'U-turn' toward a more Wall Street golden goose ethos
November 28, 2017 at 10:14 PM
How UBS exited the Broker Protocol and why the aftereffects may surpass those of Morgan Stanley's earlier departure
Using Thanksgiving and the alleged complicity of his firm's attorneys as a smoke screen, CEO Tom Naratil made good on warning to slam the door on his sales force
November 28, 2017 at 2:37 AM
November 27, 2017 at 8:31 PM
The one thing no RIA should forget to thank God for at Thanksgiving
Instead of clients carving you up like a turkey they place an astounding amount of trust in you and your business model
November 22, 2017 at 10:37 PM
How Vanguard lost a $19.4-billion 401(k) account to Fidelity and why it's the exception to the rule -- and isn't
Chevron boots the hyper-fiduciary Malvern, Pa.-based indexing giant in favor of Fidelity after two dismissed lawsuits
November 21, 2017 at 12:53 AM
As health insurance premiums blow gaping holes in financial plans, Bryan Kuderna interviews an expert
Dan Campbell identifies two areas where an employer and/or consumer stands a chance of managing incoming health care missiles
November 20, 2017 at 7:32 PM
Bernie Clark uses Schwab IMPACT 2017 as pulpit to preach Schwab scale as firewall to blaze of dystopian big-data future
With no RIA deliverable to pitch, Charles Schwab & Co. execs presented their go-big, 'no goals' vision for managing accelerating external change
November 17, 2017 at 10:45 PM
Wealthfront calls its smart beta approach 'superior' to Dimensional Fund Advisors largely because DFA works with RIAs
The Redwood City-based robo-advisor's CIO Burton Malkiel says his firm's robo-approach to factor investing convinced him to reverse his stand on passive investing as unbeatable
November 17, 2017 at 2:21 AM
In letter to the editor Emigrant Bank finance chair calls out Mark Hurley for bad faith, improbable claims
Barry Friedberg answers Hurley's theory of the acrimonious dispute case point by point and makes counterclaims
November 15, 2017 at 9:38 PM
After 'thinking changed' Emigrant Bank hires new CEO to either take Mark Hurley's spot at Fiduciary Network or to head new unit that will compete head-on
With Hurley now characterized as expendable, the New York bank makes Karl Heckenberg chief-in-waiting and Harold Evensky expresses 'reservations' about Emigrant Bank power play
November 15, 2017 at 9:38 PM
Quovo is developing an ACATS rooter process with Apex Clearing as first to sign on
The Silicon Alley startup is using its data science as a way of attacking a clog considered not susceptible to intervention
November 14, 2017 at 11:09 PM
November 14, 2017 at 4:46 PM
After Brian Hamburger scores Greg Fleming, Tom Bradley, Elliot Weissbluth and other A-list whoppers, MarketCounsel Summit fees will rise
Speakers fresh off making RIA headlines, including ex-Morgan Stanley president who is launching Rockefeller-backed RIA, will address uncomfortable issues, which sends demand up; $1,000 tickets til Monday
November 10, 2017 at 11:09 PM
Franklin Templeton's ETF play reveals pain of being late -- yet it beats never
Franklin Resources has hewed to near a $42 share price back to 2006 but with $750 billion of AUM it is being deliberate with launch of single-country ETFs, opening wider window on strategic weaning from mutual fund dependency
November 10, 2017 at 12:29 AM
Mark Hurley battles to end his relationship with his billionaire investor
The Fiduciary Network CEO needs a "bigger" investor, he says, as RIA LBO game heats up and he holds upper hand after winning arbitration but Howard Milstein's bank hasn't waved the white flag
November 9, 2017 at 4:08 AM
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
November 7, 2017 at 8:39 PM
The T3 Enterprise Conference showed the dark side of the RIA software business in Vegas
RIAs may be reaching a point of diminishing returns in buying software unless RIA custodians can join them in the reinvention process -- with the tenuous fate of cleverDome hanging in the balance
November 7, 2017 at 1:00 AM
Five RIA principals with $60 billion of combined AUM form ScratchWorks as 'publicity stunt' and serious effort to fund fintech startups
With Fidelity Investments as sponsor, Barron's hiring the hall and Marty Bicknell cracking the whip, an RIA 'Shark Tank' will bow in Orlando
November 3, 2017 at 10:09 PM
SS&C solves its Axys problem -- for now -- by acquiring Modestspark
The owner of Advent and Black Diamond buys tiny two-person Redmond, Wash. firm that also solves Schwab's PortfolioCenter problem with digital add-on
November 2, 2017 at 11:00 PM
RIA lawyers cry foul against Bressler, Amery & Ross -- keeper of the Protocol flame -- after Morgan Stanley exit throws sunlight on attorney behavior
A livid Sharron Ash says she was stonewalled by Bressler, Amery when she called for info after spotting a buried notice that Morgan Stanley was bowing out of the Protocol
