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David Lau: I never wanted to take insurer money early in our history.
December 3, 2024 at 3:09 AM

David Lau: You're getting a big leap.

DPL gets Envestnet to display its data in performance reports -- to complete Big Three that also includes Orion and Black Diamond, enabling RIAs to show -- and bill for -- annuities like asset funds

The Louisville, Ky.-based fee-based annuity distributor to 10,000 advisors from more than 3,500 RIA firms only had about 250 advisors that used Envestnet but the data may begin to grow that

November 13, 2024 at 4:27 AM

David Lau: The largest RIAs in the industry are beginning to utilize our technology.

Carson Group legal drama discovered by Omaha media with settlement still on table • DPL annuity sales top $3 billion milestone, two months ahead of schedule • Potomac gets serious about Seinfeld • SSGA raids Schwab for technology executive

Carson case develops • After taking 58 months to sell its first $1 billion of annuities, DPL did its third billion in six months • Potomac's Christopher Norton promises to show fun side of RIAs and thanks F-word (fiduciary) video ban • SSGA has a new COO.

July 19, 2024 at 4:34 AM

David Lau: 'Annuities are often the last thing tethering a firm to a broker/dealer.'

RIA annuities inflows were bigger billions in 2023 for DPL and RetireOne; now private equity will fuel at least three firms in 2024 -- including newcomer Flourish

The biggest driver of growth will be breakaway broker books of commission annuities that will transition as advisors move to fee-based and fee-only models.

February 7, 2024 at 2:36 AM

Rachel Cameron: I’m very familiar with DPL’s team and technology.

DPL Financial makes 'happy thing' hire of Rachel Cameron, the Black Diamond alumna who wired as much as 40% of all their net flows

The Louisville, Ky., annuities supermarket credits her with having the vision to rid the held-away-asset stigma from annuities.

December 13, 2022 at 1:21 AM

Spencer Look: [These retirees] would succeed at least 95% of the time with a portfolio-only strategy.

Morningstar math shows annuity products are overkill for many affluent RIA clients because Social Security and portfolio planning render them redundant -- a reveal that annuity providers find to be pointy-headed nonsense

The out-of-the-blue report from the Chicago research giant claims that self-insurance does the job for the advised wealthy, especially backed by the federal safety net.

October 18, 2022 at 1:18 AM

David Lau: We have to get you past your own biases.

Bolstered by a booming Black Diamond deal, DPL grows investor base 8X, raises another $20 million and holds off on a likely bigger round until 2023

The Louisville, Ky., no-transaction-fee annuity platform for RIAs keeps converting advisors, but it takes lots of technology and old-fashioned explaining to reverse the stigma.

September 20, 2022 at 1:48 AM

David Lau: 'We are expecting to be flirting with $1 billion in sales in 2021.'

DPL Financial Partners raises $26 million after explosive growth turned backers into believers in David Lau's promise to create a guaranteed income supermarket

With $1 billion of gross sales for 2021 conceivable after mega-deal with SS&C and macro-factor tailwinds, the Louisville company is ready to slug in the bigger leagues.

January 22, 2021 at 2:54 AM

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's 2018 pledge to 'reimagine retirement planning' sparked hopes of transcending incumbent systems and products.

The BlackRock-Microsoft 'reimagining' of the 401(k) market, arrives looking more like a remix of existing third-party products

The New York-Seattle cross-breeding combines annuities and BlackRock target-date funds but the superpowers expended little imagination, RIA annuity executives say.

July 27, 2020 at 9:43 PM

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