Articles tagged "Fidelity"
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Fidelity Investments inks deal with $180-million startup RIA (that it partly owns) to convert RIA clients into agents of ethics
The Boston giant's deal with NYC-based Ethic will encourage RIAs to replace ETFs and mutual funds with direct indexing that weeds out holdings out of step with firm and client values.
September 25, 2019 at 9:36 PM
After Orion, Fidelity and Envestnet paid big for planning software, Morningstar finesses a DIY planning hack for Workstation; Black Diamond is also trying finesse to counter the continuing planning software grab
The portfolio management giants spent a combined $800 million; Now Morningstar has Goal Bridge and SS&C assures it is keeping even in planning race
September 20, 2019 at 4:29 PM
TD Ameritrade's board suddenly pushes out Tim Hockey after his big misread of RIAs; Tom Bradley name-dropped as successor
The CEO broke the TD promise never to compete with RIAs, took it back and got sent packing
July 23, 2019 at 4:30 AM
Vanguard hits back at Fidelity's loss-leader strategy by courting higher-margin businesses, like China and private equity, and axing low-margin ones like annuities -- Wealth management franchises are next -- and Chinese foray yields $315 million AUM in first 100 days, as ANT files blockbuster IPO
The zero-fee scourge of index funds awakened the sleeping Malvern, Pa.-based giant from its predictable destiny and now CEO Tim Buckley is unapologetically showing a willingness to cut losses and seek risk. His Chinese strategy seems to be already paying off.
July 8, 2019 at 7:49 PM
Marc Spilker enters the RIA world with a mound of cash, a giant Fidelity testimonial and a kick-ass reputation as Goldman Sachs and private equity gunslinger
Leading a Merchant Investment Management venture loaded with ex-Dynasty, ex-Focus stars, his company plans to start out making bigger, quicker loans, then selling RIAs a wider range of services
July 1, 2019 at 6:09 PM
Interactive Brokers, the Mouse that roared, fires shot across the bows of Schwab, Fidelity, TD and Pershing over RIA custody: 'The market will catch up to our vision'
The $34.2-billion Greenwich, Conn.-based RIA custodian is allowing advisor firms with multi-custody to use its software for all assets, going way low on price and way high on technology, saying the Big Four aren't as mindful of RIAs battling fee compression
May 14, 2019 at 9:51 PM
Fidelity's 2016 'secret' fee fix for 'broken' 401(k) business model may spark fresh state and federal 401(k) crackdown on heels of investor civil suits
The DOL, William Galvin and a class action hang over the Boston 401(k) king's 15-basis-point fee, but experts think Fidelity -- its squirrel-y disclosure aside-- can fight the charges
March 18, 2019 at 9:28 PM
Fidelity Investments takes another leap into the future, enlisting Amazon to turn advisors into virtual reality avatars, but some say it's pie-in-the-sky
Abby Johnson's metamorphing Boston financial firm needs the Seattle owner of Alexa to make its vision of remote advisors with the human touch a reality,
February 4, 2019 at 11:41 PM
eMoney Founder Edmond Walters musters every resource in launching 'Apprise Labs' and makes no bones that it's aimed at disrupting the market leader -- eMoney
Walters gets MoneyGuidePro and Envestnet to each takes 33% stakes and bring their talents, data and market reach to reinventing financial planning to include a future beyond death and taxes
February 1, 2019 at 5:06 PM
Bob Reynolds -- 11 years after leaving Fidelity -- is going after its fatter margins with a beefed-up virtual RIA
The Empower CEO will add 300 fiduciary advisors and apply a Canadian robo and Apex Clearing custody to de-clunk the underwhelming existing rollover
November 19, 2018 at 8:26 PM
Capital Group miraculously recovered after deep 2008 dive but RIA help may get No. 2 American Funds through the next downturn under new CEO
Matthew O’Connor takes the CEO helm of the giant LA-based active manager from Kevin Clifford with conviction not to jam the rudder hard but to be open to new markets
November 2, 2018 at 9:26 PM
How Fidelity used a robo-advice exemption to stick the landing as a fiduciary to 401(k) participants after the tumult of the DOL rule
The Boston king of DC plans had to withdraw from advising plan sponsors but followed a 12-year-old rule that permits a 'computer model' for the little guys
October 11, 2018 at 3:37 PM
Abby Johnson's zero-fee play for millennials gets to $1 billion in one month but Vanguard, BlackRock and Schwab say piffle; Note, RIAs need not apply
The play to out-Vanguard Vanguard gets stony response from competitors but analysts say Fidelity may actually be a quick study in the freemium game
September 1, 2018 at 6:38 AM
Why exactly Fidelity chose 2018 to levy visible .05% 401(k) surcharge on Vanguard funds
After an abrupt business model shift from recordkeeper to advisor, the Boston-based 401(k) king may be a leader in fee 'levelization' that encourages other fund firms to act
February 9, 2018 at 6:10 PM
Fidelity Investments (explicitly) enters 401(k) advice game -- then Financial Engines' shares plummet despite its 'Mutual Fund Store' RIA winning Boeing and Ford accounts
The Boston giant now offers non-discretionary advice to non-recordkeeping customers and Financial Engines cuts its prices, bleeding out Wall Street's belief in the firm
