Articles tagged "Cerulli Associates"
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Merrill Edge eases Bank of America's transition to a post-wirehouse world
The Charlotte super bank's plan to add 600 branches builds on success but recruiters say lingering tension between Merrill and Merrill Edge advisors is more of a factor than the bank admits
April 3, 2018 at 8:32 PM
Fidelity Investments makes unlikely turnaround as active equity manager but is it taking on too much risk?
With Abby Johnson in charge, Fidelity is swinging for more fences, beating peers, continuing to see asset outflows and thinking long-term
March 20, 2018 at 9:34 PM
Fidelity's bet on ultra-compliance with the DOL rule pays off big as 401(k) assets jump stunning $280 billion in 2017
The Boston giant also added staggering 1.6 million plan participants but here comes DOL rule's BICE and the need to come extra clean on all those in-house funds
March 16, 2018 at 5:41 PM
After $30-million VC raise, 106 hires and topping $1 trillion of AUA, Vestmark is no longer just that UBS-LPL TAMP engine in the Massachusetts suburbs
Rob Klapprodt is helping reinvent his 'aggressive' firm to compete with the 'Vestmark' brand
March 12, 2018 at 7:53 PM
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
February 22, 2018 at 3:55 AM
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
December 1, 2017 at 2:19 AM
CAPTRUST is a $220-billion RIA 401(k) roll-up but new $20-billion acquisition may wipe clean target set
The Raleigh, N.C.-based rollup did 26 deals in 10 years and finally the firm's old 'friend-enemy' partner, CapTrust was one of the few needle-movers left to make its last 10% inorganic AUM leap
September 11, 2017 at 9:45 PM
Why ProShares yanked ETFs from Schwab's no-commission OneSource ETF exchange
The fund firm puts faith in the drawing power of its own brand -- and saves more than $2 million
April 3, 2017 at 7:04 PM
The genius of how T. Rowe Price's new robo extends its $165-billion automated advice franchise -- namely as a maker of target date funds
The Baltimore-based fund giant's robo is plain vanilla when viewed in a vacuum but disruptive in the flush target date fund market
March 24, 2017 at 8:39 PM
Rekindling old feud, Michael Kitces blasts Betterment, if civilly, for stealth price hike and other shortcomings
The blogging phenom puts love-hate relationship with the New York robo phenom on display as he calls out Betterment's sustainability and growth-rate problems, but as a customer still sees more to love than hate
February 6, 2017 at 11:48 PM
Nationwide buys Jefferson National under purported DOL duress but 'good private equity' and good planning may rule the day
The big Columbus, Ohio national insurer can certainly use a fiduciary annuity -- if there is such a thing -- but ROI is impetus number one
September 30, 2016 at 7:25 PM
Why luring 401(k) assets to IRA rollovers in a post-DOL-rule world remains child's play, which keeps $7.6 trillion in the IRA game and growing
Clients still hate 401(k) inflexibility around withdrawals and the DOL granted advisors the upper hand in getting clients to sign away protections with regard to pricier products
April 20, 2016 at 8:25 PM
In red-hot 403(b) market, TIAA-CREF hires hundreds of advisors after RIAs, and Fidelity, pose new threats
RIAs angling for a bigger piece of 403(b) arena cause the giant firm to play defense in hopes of intercepting more rollover dollars of soon-to-be-retirees
December 3, 2013 at 11:41 PM
Fidelity's annual $10,000 custody fee will attach to a wider swath of small RIAs
The dinging of the under-$15-million crowd is painful for initiates but a pleasing prospect for competing custodians ready to welcome defectors
September 24, 2013 at 5:02 AM
Fidelity Investments recognizes power of RIAs in 401(k) market and has increased efforts to work with advisors
With plan sponsors demanding advice, the Boston-based king of DC retirement plans decides to go with the fiduciary flow -- and some experts see it as a blink while others call it a Fidelity bonanza
