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Bill Singer: This is the time to go for the jugular.

BlackRock, State Street and Vanguard show swagger, unity and 'smell blood' as they fire back at charges they perniciously colluded to advance ESG goals

Shifting political winds may cause three asset managers with $26.72 trillion to 'go for the jugular,' Wall Street attorney says; not so fast, says a second securities attorney, 'There's a smoking gun here.'

April 10, 2025 at 2:33 AM

Michael Kim: 'We will continue to invest and grow in the RIA market'

Envestnet quietly cleans up a mess behind take-private veil • Michael Kim is now a two-TAMP CEO • Bill Ackman scolds Trump, Lutnick for tariff overkill, alleged conflicts •

Kim is now head of 'RIA' TAMP • In broad daylight, AssetMark edges closer to swallowing Adhesion • Ackman irked over ‘massive, disproportionate’ tariffs • Fisher sees market upside, if and when tariffs fail.

April 8, 2025 at 1:49 AM

Byan Armour: Don’t mess with cash management.

Schwab and Fidelity halt of BlackRock's money-market fund ETF trades was no shock nor was it a straightforward series of events -- or explanations

Altruist, IKBR and Vanguard are cool for now, but Schwab and Fidelity are nearly mum amid questions, like when blocks happened and what's next for Schwab's own money market ETF.

March 26, 2025 at 2:18 AM

Matt Akparian: I don't think any of them want to start a race to zero.

Schwab chases BlackRock out of the gate with money market ETF to stake out fast-growing cash segment and shore up its dominance in money market funds

The Westlake, Texas giant's new fund will hit the market May 28, pending regulatory approval, and crash BlackRock's near-monopoly, but also lend potential legitimacy to the novel concept.

March 20, 2025 at 1:29 AM

This photo appears on BlackRock's talent page along with the proclamation: 'We take deliberate steps to reach top talent.'

BlackRock, Goldman Sachs will curtail DEI HR outreach to comport with new Trump executive order, but neither signals they want to abandon diverse workforce

The world's larget asset manager will subtract racial and gender targets for job interviews but will find new ways to hire candidates that head off 'groupthink.'

March 5, 2025 at 3:20 AM

R. Scott Victoria: Mutual funds require an agreement between the broker-dealer [or] clearing firm and the fund company, whereas an ETF would not.

BlackRock rattles giant saber at Schwab and Fidelity by launching high-yield 'money market' funds that 'circumvent' shelf-space controls and pay big

The $12-trillion firm steered clear of the retail giants' cash cows until this month, when it launched ETFs that mimic the custodians' best offerings -- albeit with caveats.

February 22, 2025 at 3:02 AM

Bill Singer: As far as the FDIC's deadlines ... the FDIC doesn't have that extensive a history of actually filing lawsuits.

BlackRock blows off deadline from regulator for third time in three months, leading FDIC to insist it won't tolerate a fourth snub; hogwash, says leading lawyer

The giant New York City asset manager is pushing back because it can, lawyer says, but the bank regulator says it will force the issue if BlackRock continues refusing to play ball.

January 25, 2025 at 2:42 AM

Margaret A. Chan: KSFB's claim is premised on the fact that defendants 'profited handsomely ... [but] the CD&R transaction is not, alone, a basis to conclude ... they were unjustly enriched.

Briefs: Focus Financial gets second happy Hollywood ending in LA lawsuit • Orion closes deal in record 14 days • iCapital buys ID shop • VC milestones & raises • People moves at Apex, Dynasty & Wealthfront

A Hollywood RIA took on Focus and Goldman, and lost • Reed Colley is already in the house • The SEC dings Robinhood, Schwab and Vanguard Group, and FINRA dings Fidelity • Vanguard & Schwab launch ETFs • BlackRock plots mixing alts & annuities in a TDF • Dynasty adds golf exec in HR hire • iCapital buys 'AI' KYC shop • Larry Shumbres start-up off to the races • Wealthfront's media guru departs.

January 24, 2025 at 2:40 AM

Venkatesh Natarajan expects Vanguard's second -- Indian -- technology base to prove "central" to its ability to "adopt new and innovative technology."

RIABlitz: Vanguard technology • Pontera rebounds • Ex-HiddenLever's exec success • BlackRock rocked • Vivek's crypto • WF dunks SF? • Betterment dry option• Vestwell poached

The RIA firehose of news is rife with tactical moves to shore up voids, play catchup and react to a new concept of political tailwinds

January 11, 2025 at 3:01 AM

Rohit Chopra: It’s also critical we make sure that passivity agreements aren’t fake paperwork exercises.

In game of chicken with the FDIC, feisty BlackRock refuses to join Vanguard's cave to passivity surrounding banks and forfeit Federal Reserve right to serve on bank boards

FDIC board member Rohit Chopra says existing Fed passivity compact with banks allows BlackRock et al to be 'anything but “passive”'

December 31, 2024 at 10:32 PM

Brian Walsh: These aren't out-of-the-box Blackrock model portfolios.

SoFi simultaneously Blackrock-izes robo-advisor and imposes first fee in seven-year history

The San Francisco digital bank hit $1.3 billion of AUM and will levy 25 basis points as Blackrock gets a role in model portfilos, ETF management -- but SoFi retains final say

November 12, 2024 at 2:04 PM

Shirl Penney [quotes MLK]: 'Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that.'

Shirl Penney won J.P. Morgan and BlackRock backing the same day Hurricane Helene brought down his house and lifted his faith in friends, family and coworkers

The Dynasty Financial Partners CEO has evacuated from incoming Hurricane Milton but laments blows his staff and neighbors absorbed from Helene -- and fears the worst may yet come

October 10, 2024 at 3:20 AM

Colin Falls: Through the commercial dialogue with BlackRock, it made sense to align strategically.

Raising an eyebrow but no alarms, BlackRock again presses 'vertical integration' with RIA distribution, something GeoWealth seized upon in latest $18-million round

The $10-trillion manager, which has no salesforce, is 'powering flows' by allying, as vendor and owner, with RIA outsourcers like GeoWealth, after previous success with Envestnet and iCapital.

August 5, 2024 at 11:53 PM

Tom Sipp: In a private setting, you can think long-term.

Envestnet lands $4.5-billion deal to go private-- including nixing $900 million in debt -- with Fidelity and BlackRock sweetening the pot by joining the future ownership group

Bain brought in Reverence, which owns Osaic, and a bunch of asset managers to fund the deal it controls, and will appoint a new CEO later this year

July 11, 2024 at 10:05 PM

Brendan Curran: 'Our key business has quite a bit of momentum behind it.'

Ten years into a pilot, State Street finally joins BlackRock and promises an annuity baked into 401(k) funds as post-80 longevity insurance

State Street is still working on finishing touches but is building on its momentum after leaping from seventh to third in retirement asset management

June 27, 2024 at 1:25 AM

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