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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
Despite FAS having fewer 401(k) assets than, for example, a single North Carolina-based RIA, CAPTRUST, the Charlotte-based Bank of America's brokerage unit has created a new competitive threat
By taking compliance back in-house, IFP slashes its $1 million compliance budget in half and gains a lost flexibility, according to founder Bill Hamm
Multiple employer plans' under states will have economies of scale, fewer rules, while ERISA bars private firms from banding together
Some RIAs disagree with Cerulli's pessimism and say DOL is having its effect with small employers seeking real experts to provide 401(k)s to employees
The executive branch's endorsement of the fiduciary rule is based on finding that Americans may have to work for an extra three years because of Wall Street overbilling
The name chosen for the second-largest retirement firm hits a mark but may face the challenge of seeming jargony
Despite the scare, LPL stands by this OSJ and wants to support these explosive growers
A proposal from leading ERISA attorneys would let RIAs say mea culpa on misinterpretations and technical fouls in the wake of new fee disclosure rules
Participants using mutual funds with active management pay for their passively managed brethren; with fiduciary issues being taken for real, this is a problem
It has $53.7 billion of assets under its managed account platform, but how the new DOL disclosure rules, competition from Morningstar and Schwab's bet on GuidedChoice play out will be very telling
Accepting gifts, estimating fees and using asset allocation models all demand treading lightly
Gold-standard study shows fee-only adviser poised to take over
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