Articles tagged "Fidelity Investments"
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Fidelity--late to its own Ethereum party--hires 110 engineers to hurry up launch; it may have avoided both had it not made a 'strange strategic decision,' analyst says
The Boston company pledged to add the second digital token to its crypto custody service by year-end 2021, but 'complexity' stalled the project, even though a third-party solution was available.
June 30, 2022 at 8:40 PM
Stephen Greco's six-year quest to prove Creative Planning, Schwab, Fidelity and TD Ameritrade engaged in a 'conspiracy' against his RIA has even the experts baffled
In his latest move, the Spotlight Asset Group founder files a 'RICO' civil suit in federal court that one defendant calls 'ludicrous.'
June 7, 2022 at 4:27 AM
Fidelity's strategy to own the financial advice business by owning 'a crazy lot of people' is heading for 28,000 hires in two years
Hiring 16,600 people last year just whetted the $11-trillion Boston company's appetite to make 12,000 more hires in a play to be a category killer in finance.
May 12, 2022 at 3:14 AM
Fidelity shrewdly side-steps DOL 's 401(k) crypto guidance--and ERISA -- to pioneer profit center by adding Bitcoin to plan menus, knowing plan sponsors are game to shoulder the liability if need be
The $12-trillion Boston firm shocked everyone with the timing of the 'seminal' move, the Labor Dept.'s tut-tutting 'guidance' not withstanding, after concluding Bitcoin's volatile days are behind it.
April 29, 2022 at 2:08 AM
Ned Johnson, who built Fidelity Investments into a family financial services empire and inspired countless others in the industry with his energy and integrity, has died at 91
Edward 'Ned' Johnson III put aside his Brahmin pedigree in favor of a low-key, personable style but he also had a keen 'contrarian' instinct to step up aggression in downturns, which helps explain Fidelity's recent dazzling hiring spree
March 26, 2022 at 2:05 AM
Oisin's Bits: RIAs are slow to raise wages to reflect revenue and inflation • Robertson Stephens doubles AUM, making three a charm • SEC finally explains Bitcoin ETF application failures • Tenev, Bhatt get billion dollar haircuts in Robinhood stock slump
Schwab report shows RIAs hire at bargain rates but maybe not for long • 'Robertson Stephens' third go-round, second as RIA, gains steam • SEC reveals spot BTC concern--fraud • Robinhood founders lose $3.4 billion, $3.9 billion in stock slump
February 4, 2022 at 8:21 PM
Five RIA Doubletakes: BlackRock AUM tops $10 trillion as active funds make comeback • Schwab has killer quarter and Wall Street sells its shares • DFA is now the largest active ETF manager • SEC flummoxes RIAs with "inaccurate" guidance • Fidelity pulls in $146 billion in workplace assets
After record AUM high, BlackRock chairman and CEO Larry Fink brushes off a milestone • SchwabSchwab hits records; Wall Street wants more • Mutual fund giant's ETF conversion yields bragging rights • Regulation Best Interest headaches unnecessary, despite SEC brouhaha, lawyers say • Workplace scheme wins big for Fidelity.
January 21, 2022 at 3:16 AM
With no-holds-barred perks, Fidelity Investments hit bullseye on its 'monstrous,' single-quarter, 9,000-employee hiring spree and keeps recruiting on overdrive
The $11-trillion-plus giant will also likely achieve its overarching task to net 7,000 employees but growth means the hiring machine needs to keep churning.
January 11, 2022 at 2:04 AM
Fidelity gets its crypto ETF --albeit Made in Canada -- giving RIAs a way to buy 'physical' Bitcoin
After Fidelity was rebuffed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Fidelity Canada had more luck by turning to its own securities cop with a more abiding outlook on crypto currency as an investible asset
December 4, 2021 at 4:12 AM
After Fidelity and BlackRock target date funds attract bigger inflows, Vanguard promises to move a minor mountain next February to make its TDF prices more competitive
The Malvern, Pa., giant maintains a towering lead in managing 401(k) assets in TDFs, but it'll take a merger and not a flick of the pen to post prices that could keep it near 37% market share.
October 12, 2021 at 2:01 AM
Fidelity gives RIAs real-time fractional trading despite little evident demand, while rival Schwab demurs, yet just filed to launch $100k-minimum direct indexing in 2022
Like with digital assets, the Boston giant is dangling the nascent service with faith that RIAs will seize the opportunity but its Westlake, Texas, rival wants to see better evidence of demand before prioritizing such a big push on its institutional platform.
October 6, 2021 at 9:34 PM
Grayscale shreds the hype about Bitcoin's power to 'democratize' finance by showing that RIAs really want a dominant Wall Street middleman and are willing to pay hedge-fund-like fees for 'transparency' and an SEC-approved wrapper
The New York City manager landed Schwab, Wealthfront and now the UHNW alts platform, iCapital, to provide a crypto asset that incites exuberant hopes, crippling fears and little between.
September 28, 2021 at 9:50 PM
Vanguard Group becomes second domino to fall in 401(k) recordkeeper detente on plan portability, and the push is on to cajole Fidelity, the DC king, to follow suit
The $8 trillion Malvern, Pa., asset manager signed a deal with Retirement Clearinghouse to address its $1.8 billion of record-kept plan assets, which suffer universally despised pension 'leakage' that drains minority-held accounts.
September 24, 2021 at 1:21 AM
Abby Johnson hires Canadian whiz and possible successor to head up, monetize and automate Fidelity retail to close early digital deficits with Schwab, Robinhood and Vanguard-- and maybe win institutionally embedded 401(k) millionaires
With the $11.2 -trillion Boston giant hiring 9,000 by year end after opening 5 million new retail accounts in six months, Joanna Rotenberg will be asked to rationalize, unify, digitize and monetize low- or no-revenue millennial accounts.
September 21, 2021 at 2:38 AM
Fidelity Investments pulls out stops on perks to raise headcount by 7,000 -- by hiring 9,000 -- to shrug off labor shortages, escalating wages and call center attrition
The 53,000-employee Boston firm is offering Google-type benefits and Merrill Lynch-style training--no financial experience necessary-- to reach 60,000 staffers by Christmas to meet crushing demand for service and still advance mega-projects like crypto and youth accounts
