Articles published 12/2017
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The top 10 most-read RIABiz articles of 2017 told stories about what RIAs, brokers, vendors can get away with post-DOL rule
Change is abrupt, pain is severe but most of it can be traced to custodians and advisors taking their medicine preemptively
December 28, 2017 at 8:49 PM
Claiming DOL rule has no handle on truth, Don Trone crafts lie detector test to assess RIA brains
The Neuro-Fiduciary & Governance Psychometric Instrument involves an EEG, an interview and six colleagues willing to vouch for your true fiduciary bona fides
December 24, 2017 at 5:23 AM
Fidelity sounds alarm over RIA discounting but Mark Tibergien, Eric Clarke and others see it differently
Pershing's Gabe Garcia sees more RIAs raising fees than lowering them but Fidelity's David Canter says he observes real-life discounts that support survey results
December 21, 2017 at 5:05 PM
Fed up owner of $5.4 billion RIA prepares to run for U.S. Senate as independent
Neal Simon, CEO of Bronfman Rothschild and advocate of The Centrist Project, has exploratory committee in place and will decide by February
December 20, 2017 at 10:13 PM
December 20, 2017 at 6:16 PM
December 19, 2017 at 8:15 PM
How Morningstar got in the last word after The Wall Street Journal dropped a year-in-the-making investigative piece on the fund tracker's head
Don Phillips used Chicago street talk and wielded research muscle to hit the Dow Jones newspaper high and low
December 19, 2017 at 8:12 PM
December 19, 2017 at 6:40 PM
How Merrill Lynch 'shot to hell' the RIA fiduciary citadel by casting its $7.5 billion fiduciary 401(k) unit as smaller, purer and more future-minded on paper
Despite FAS having fewer 401(k) assets than, for example, a single North Carolina-based RIA, CAPTRUST, the Charlotte-based Bank of America's brokerage unit has created a new competitive threat
December 16, 2017 at 12:20 AM
Why Brent Brodeski, a $6-billion GOP RIA, is in a furious full-time fight against the Republican RIA-unfriendly tax bill
The Rockford, Ill.-based owner of $6-billion Savant Capital makes appeals to Paul Ryan, Ron Johnson and other GOP higher-ups after LLC income gets short shrift
December 14, 2017 at 12:44 AM
Vanguard Group makes $1.15-trillion AUM bet on blockchain technology that eliminates giant daily manual process
The $4.8-trillion giant applies the 'bitcoin' decentralized ledger to CRSP-tracked AUM to match indexes and index funds in real time
December 13, 2017 at 1:09 AM
December 12, 2017 at 4:36 PM
December 12, 2017 at 3:59 PM
An RIABiz advertising exec derives hard meanings from soft comments made by big shots at MarketCounsel Summit
Post-TD Tom Bradley, post-refinanced Elliot Weissbluth, post-divorce David Bach and Ric Edelman, post-protocol Shirl Penney and post-windfall Marty Bicknell were among execs who tipped their hands and hearts about where they are headed
December 12, 2017 at 2:18 PM
Robo-advisors hit lull in everything but VC backing as reality fragments their identity
A Silicon Valley venture capitalist lectures Sallie Krawcheck on drawbacks of human advisors after she explains she needs capital to hire some
December 11, 2017 at 9:43 PM
Publicly traded 'RIA' stocks are having a banner 2017
Wall Street is loving shares of Schwab, Envestnet, Morningstar and LPL
December 8, 2017 at 12:28 AM
Citi exec 'accidentally' invents cash-robo with 400 RIAs as distribution channel
Gary Zimmerman scrambled in 2009 from Tokyo to shield millions in uninsured cash, leading to MaxMyInterest, which RIAs now use to automate process of getting $5 million under FDIC protection -- and often earning an extra 100 basis points in the bargain
December 7, 2017 at 8:00 PM
Fidelity Investments (explicitly) enters 401(k) advice game -- then Financial Engines' shares plummet despite its 'Mutual Fund Store' RIA winning Boeing and Ford accounts
The Boston giant now offers non-discretionary advice to non-recordkeeping customers and Financial Engines cuts its prices, bleeding out Wall Street's belief in the firm
December 6, 2017 at 6:16 PM
How Greg Fleming got props from his 90-year-old uncle by ankling the wirehouses after 25 years and joining a 'small' family concern
From his perch atop Rockefeller Capital Management, the Ex-Morgan Stanley and Merrill exec derives lessons for profitably serving the 'Vanguard set'
December 6, 2017 at 5:38 PM
What seven attributes define RIA integrity and why -- unlike standalone 'fiduciary care' -- Wall Street finds it radioactive
Doing the 'right thing' by investors leaves plenty of room for Wall Street to play its patented game of blurring the edges, warns editor-in-chief Brooke Southall responding to RIABiz readers who disagreed with his earlier op-ed
December 5, 2017 at 6:45 PM
December 5, 2017 at 12:21 PM
PIMCO's institutionalize-Bill-Gross effort culminates after three years in price hikes tempered by ETF migraines and fee cuts
The Newport Beach, Calif.-based manager notably jacks up charge for PIMCO Income Fund after it soars to $92 billion, which slowed its asset flows not at all as it zoomed past $100 billion
December 4, 2017 at 8:31 PM
It's time for RIAs to shift the 'fiduciary' debate and make it about 'integrity'
Integrity demands wholeness, which Wall Street can't claim as its sales staff and business model continues to get thrashed in the marketplace