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Scott Smith: Schwab and Fidelty can simply decide not to compete with this arrangement.

DFA RIAs remain in turmoil as Schwab and Fidelity ponder matching TD Ameritrade pricing deal and a key couple of basis points

The Austin, Texas-based asset manager says its door is open for negotiation but the two big custodians in San Francisco and Boston remain mum as RIA CEOs are pressing for clarity

May 2, 2017 at 9:32 PM

Christopher Van Slyke: That pricing is very persuasive. As fiduciaries we'd have to consider TDA the favorite.

DFA and TD Ameritrade strike 'strategic' deal with potential to shift RIA custody power axis

Tension in the three-way relationship between Fidelity, Dimensional Fund Advisors and the RIAs who use both vendors creates opening for Tim Hockey

April 24, 2017 at 6:33 PM

Peter Mallouk owns a $21-billion RIA already growing with organic ferocity. Then Tony Robbins shows up and whoosh.

The 10 RIABiz stories advisors connected with most deeply in 2016 and how hubris and humility ran amok in this didn't-see-it-coming year

How did Aequitas swamp CONCERT? Power outages at LPL, Cetera and Wealthfront? Adolescent robo problems? And was that Tony Robbins hawking his money book ... again?

December 28, 2016 at 5:54 PM

Former DFA exec John Blood is migrating his portfolios toward 'factor' ETFs, and away from DFA mutual funds.

How an ex-DFA exec created a $1.2 billion TAMP in three years and why he's phasing out DFA funds for factor ETFs

After calling on DFA TAMPs like Loring Ward and Symmetry, the owner of Efficient Advisors saw an opening and a way to shave costs

May 9, 2016 at 8:30 PM

Andrew Arnott: We wouldn't add value if we sold [advisory services of] Franklin Templeton or American Funds who are already in the space.

How John Hancock's DFA ETF deal is really the culmination of an old and effective Manulife strategy

Andrew Arnott can boast 17 straight quarters of net inflows that leave him with $80 billion, up from a 2008 nadir of $19 billion

March 9, 2016 at 11:40 PM

Eduardo Repetto: It's solving a problem before it exists on the back end.

Dimensional Fund Advisors to launch 13 target date funds but can its RIA 'cult' deliver success?

The Austin, Texas-based fund giant sees a 401(k) opening the size of its home state if Vanguard, T.Rowe and Fido are any indication

October 16, 2015 at 4:33 PM

Tom Lydon: They'll do well with this partnership.

How DFA is putting its John Hancock on the ETFs category

The deep-in-Texas manager is lending index help to the Boston giant but dodging cannibalization and channel conflict

July 15, 2015 at 4:45 PM

Jeff Colin built his RIA to $5 billion in 10 years with DFA, Goldman Sachs and myCFO all part of the recipe.

AMG is suddenly among the RIA roll-up elite after the Baker Street deal pushes it past $25-billion of AUM

After adding the $5.2-billion San Francisco firm, John Copeland's Florida-based skunkworks is smelling sweet

February 5, 2015 at 7:07 PM

Trisa Summers: The more I understood the level of transparency ... you have to be really comfortable.

Zero Alpha Group fraternity adds a sister to its elite $14-billion DFA RIA club

The esteemed study contingent tapped Trisa Summers, an elementary school teacher by training who now leads a $1.7-billion RIA

October 22, 2014 at 1:05 PM

Jim Hagedorn: We went from $350 million to $1 billion in seven years and most of that wasn't the market. It was mostly new clients.

How a Chicago RIA of PWC origin jumped to $1 billion by lacing its DFA approach with alternative assets

Playing on its base, Chicago Partners just hired a Guggenheim portfolio manager to oversee its first proprietary alt fund to woo ultra-HNW families

August 4, 2014 at 3:48 AM

Eduardo Repetto: He is an excellent person to take on this critical role.

Dimensional Fund Advisors gives its globe-trotting co-CEO some relief by elevating another literal rocket scientist

The Austin-based firm is putting more CEO duties on Eduardo Repetto, and letting Gerard O'Reilly do the heavy CIO lifting

April 11, 2014 at 9:11 PM

Al Berkeley: I definitely would not have demanded payment if he had not told me someone else had [filed a demand].

Under the bankruptcy gun, Invest N Retire will sell its patented 401(k) technology to the highest bidder

The firm's patented technology received a surge of interest after Schwab pulled the trigger on a plan utilizing ETFs, Darwin Abrahamson says

February 20, 2014 at 3:41 AM

Christopher Van Slyke: It's not black and white or we'd all use the cheapest custodian.

Fidelity loses some RIA assets over its new DFA/Vanguard fees but other RIAs crunch the numbers and soldier on

Some advisors reason transaction hikes are actually cheaper than hidden costs of other mutual funds -- others are just fed up

January 3, 2014 at 7:00 PM

Kelli Cruz: There's a lot of: What am I going to be when I grow up?

Kelli Cruz and Jennifer Specter leave consulting unit at InvestmentNews for new 'come-to-Jesus' venture

The departures mark some big changes at IN away from consulting to advisors

January 16, 2013 at 5:11 AM

Zohar Swaine: InStream does not intend to limit an advisor's choice of which financial provider to use -- this key point may have been misreported or not understood by others.

Could inStream be the Next Big Thing in RIA technology?

Alex Murguia is assembling a minor Dream Team of RIA execs including Zohar Swaine, but the revenue model is causing some consternation

January 7, 2013 at 4:20 AM

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