Articles tagged "Fidelity Investments"
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Fidelity just dropped the hammer on screen scrapers to cheers, but some firms, like Plaid, are holdouts and the CFPB may wield the final gavel
The near $12-trillion Boston firm is already weaning Yodlee, FIS, Intuit, Fiserv, and Morningstar off their scraping habit by paying their fees to get cleaned-up, but stripped-back data.
October 19, 2023 at 9:32 AM
Fidelity Investments is suddenly fending off a fresh wave of AI suitors for its vast recordkeeping data trove, knowing it's like owning a lithium mine in 2000 -- and not knowing how clients, the SEC and others might see a sale
With 42 million customers and the nation's largest record-keeping business, Fidelity is sitting on oodles of now in-demand client data; so far, it's rejecting every bidder.
July 28, 2023 at 9:38 PM
BlackRock believes that 33 is the charm as it applies to sell a spot Bitcoin ETF, after 32 prior attempts met failure at the SEC -- part of a new gold rush of applications
The $9-trillion asset management giant is betting its Bitcoin application -- the 33rd lodged with the SEC -- will finally clear all hurdles.
June 23, 2023 at 10:38 PM
Fidelity Investments may finally throttle down its 'crazy,' two-year-plus hiring binge in August after it added a 'Schwabitrade' worth of staff and grew to 42 million plan participants -- more than Canada's population!
CEO Abby Johnson acting upon the fire of 'demand' and 401(k) 'leadgen funnel' combined to fuel her Boston firm's 32,000-strong staffing spree, widening its gap over 'Schwabitrade' from 10,000 to more like 37,000 staff.
June 21, 2023 at 1:55 AM
Vestwell extends micro-plan 401(k) sponsor dominance after JPMorgan white-labels its platform, yet -- conditioned by history -- analysts still question if 401(k) king Fidelity walks away with plans and rollovers as accounts mature
The New York City startup cleans up on the low end by having cheap, automated software and legacy providers content to let them dominate -- for now.
June 13, 2023 at 1:55 AM
With 15,000 Fidelity, Schwab and Vanguard staffers there, Dallas metroplex notches Fisher Investments headquarters almost as a formality; Ken Fisher and 1,200 staff are already Lone Star denizens
The $189-billion national RIA of Camas, Wash. evinced being incensed over a Washington state court ruling upholding a state capital gains tax--the final straw behind the move.
April 1, 2023 at 3:42 AM
Biz Briefs: Vanguard's tax-loss harvest yields a caveat• Vermont green with envy ... of red states? • CFP Board spends $12 million on bungee metaphor • BlackRock isn't neutral on Credit Suisse • Women are the Goliath of 'David' in UK finance
Tax-loss harvest gains may have some home assembly required, says Jeff DeMaso • Adrian Johnstone is now in the driving seat at Practifi • CFP Board spending just topped $150 million • and Vermont shares some Texas thinking on ESG investing.
March 25, 2023 at 1:32 AM
Biz Briefs: Fidelity says humans beat robots, even for Gen Z • Joe Lonsdale's Opto starts signing RIA test-drivers • Vanguard launches oddly delayed fund • Wealthbox hires, and Dynasty buys
Fidelity wins Delta Airlines business with sweetener • Opto pairs-up with Riskalyze and Merchant • Moonfare raises $15 million • CAIS bucks real estate trend • Vanguard launches "curious[ly]" delayed fund • WealthBox, Dynasty, and others buy and hire.
March 8, 2023 at 3:28 AM
Fidelity files for vast trademark protection as it readies Fidelity 3.0 for the Wild West metaverse -- whatever and wherever it may be
The Boston giant wants to sell in the three-dimensional world, but it wants the U.S. government to confirm its can still win in a real court on brand infringement if all that green pops into 3-D.
February 16, 2023 at 4:14 AM
Biz Briefs: Schwab puts checks for $52 million in mail to robo-RIA customers allegedly misled about cash allocations • BlackRock blacklisted (again) • iShares beats NZAM-exiter Vanguard • Fidelity makes first acquisition in eight years • CFP board realizes Moms don't like CFPs
BlackRock gets Kentucky coal in stocking, and Vanguard keeps skating; iShares inches above -- by 2.8% -- Vanguard's annual net new ETF asset haul; Fidelity takes "natural next step" for stock plan business; new CFP chair outlines plans and the DOJ is set to become a major Robinhood shareholder..
January 13, 2023 at 3:01 AM
Fidelity Investments debuts Bitcoin trades, tempts fate at dark crypto hour, yet the Abby-approved move's upside boggles the mind
The $9.9-trillion Boston company is ignoring the plea of three senators and the Samuel Bankman Fried mania in exposing its customers, 401(k) and retail, to the most controversial of 'assets.'
December 5, 2022 at 7:28 PM
RIA recap: Bernie Clark promises to 'be there' for coming TDA-Schwab system snafus; Fidelity gets custody win; Vanguard dishes out big tax bill to investors
Schwab RIA chief petitions for 'patience' for coming merger inconveniences but 'repapering' is no culprit; Carrie Pomerantz gets Schwab board seat; Addepar wins $65 billion AUM contract.
November 3, 2022 at 1:59 AM
Fidelity Investments' plan to hire 12,000 by October hit wall of macro-headwinds; no problem, it landed at 15,000; Schwab keeps hiring, too
The Boston giant's people grab could be derailed by indigestion -- the inability to assimilate staff -- an analyst says; but it has yet to materialize so the hiring spree rolls on.
October 29, 2022 at 12:02 AM
Fidelity Investments reveals 'all-time high' 401(k) plan sponsor discontent, thanks to DOL monkey wrench that creates 'race to bottom,' key expert adds
Some 47% of plan sponsors are considering a new advisor, up from 34% last year, and 48% are considering a change of recordkeepers.
September 13, 2022 at 1:51 AM
The 48-hour mystery of David Canter's Fidelity departure gets solved when RIA custody client steps forward with claim to his future but the headhunter lost his job to the headhunted
Now we know that Bluespring sprang Canter from the Boston giant and that the rollup's co-founder, Stuart Silverman, was the protagonist in the high stakes hire, and the guy who needs to make room for Canter as day-to-day chief.
