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Bill McNabb explained himself after Vanguard announced some hyper-competitive price cuts.

Vanguard and BlackRock slash prices at Christmastime but only Vanguard feels the need to defend its actions

The Malvern, Pa. giant is just doing what it always does, CEO Bill McNabb says, and it isn't just 'another volley fired in the fee war'

December 27, 2016 at 5:27 PM

Michael Kitces: They compare to every other RIA that meets with clients using Skype -- which is all of us.

Vanguard virtual RIA's growth rate plummets from 50% to 32% with a staggering consolation -- another $10 billion in AUM since January

Now at $41 billion, up from $31 billion six months before, Vanguard gorged on easy cannibalization but classic RIAs are also losing assets to the Malvern growth engine

August 2, 2016 at 9:30 PM

Kunal Vaed: This is not a me-too solution. We were careful not to start when the others came out.

E*Trade finds now the right time to launch its e-advice robo with an 'active' twist

The New York-based discount broker means to put $1-million minimum-bogey institutional funds in the hands of retail investors

July 8, 2016 at 11:11 PM

Vanguard's arid Scottsdale, Ariz. plant, where most Vanguard advisors are stationed.

Vanguard's virtual RIA adds $10 billion in last six-month period, an acceleration to $1.6 billion per month of net new assets

Does Vanguard's Personal Advisor Services' zoom to $31 billion makes it a the 'single greatest threat' to classic RIAs?

January 12, 2016 at 10:40 PM

The present tense will give way to a future that reveals how a series of big bets -- automated and human-populated -- play out.

What the collective unconscious of RIAs in 2015 revealed as crunched by RIABiz article readership

Those taking new and interesting risks, very much including the ones behind robo efforts, created the kind of drama that an advisor mind could appreciate

December 28, 2015 at 5:22 PM

Reuven Avi-Yonah: Will the IRS be willing to take on many millions of investors or is Vanguard too big to tax?

Why Vanguard Group has proved impervious to a '$34.6 billion' whistleblower suit and why nobody's suggesting Vanguard execs should breathe easy

The SEC documented a 1981 OK on the asset manager's 'at-cost' fee structure - but if the IRS is egged on it could cost Vanguard bigtime in back taxes, penalties and future business

December 22, 2015 at 8:09 PM

Mark Casady: That is an extreme. I don't see that happening, but that is kind of the range of the thinking.

LPL CEO floats orphaning 3% of its brokerage business in prelude to DOL 'travesty'

Mark Casady says he may lop off brokerage accounts of $15,000, citing looming rule changes

October 30, 2015 at 6:28 PM

Ken Fisher finally found the 401(k) business to his liking after Ascensus sliced costs and proprietary funds enabled fat profits.

Capitalizing on 'unintended consequences' of DOL changes, Ken Fisher pounces on a fat-margin 401(k) opportunity

DOL greased the skids for closed-architecture approach of $60-billion RIA -- as long as it is discloses use of proprietary funds and sets flat fees that apply to them

October 15, 2015 at 5:28 PM

Michael Rawson: Inflows at these funds more than make up for the effects of more frequent trading.

10 years after Eliot Spitzer, Vanguard Group changes back its frequent trading policy

The 60-day rule hurt investors more than helped, the Malvern, Pa. firm's exhaustive studies concluded

September 25, 2015 at 8:05 PM

Bill McNabb: It's OK to ignore volatility—that's part of the plan.

Vanguard urges considered inaction -- not knee-jerk reaction -- to market's wild ride

The S&P 500 is way, way up since the dark days of the crash, says CEO Bill McNabb, so stop fretting and enjoy the rest of the summer

August 25, 2015 at 2:54 PM

Katie Henderson: We really do believe that the need for advice is growing. This is something retail clients have been asking for as they get close to the pre-retiree phase.

Vanguard's white-hot 'hybrid robo' just added $4 billion in three months -- a heat that may cast a chill on 'pure' robos

Now at $21 billion, Vanguard Personal Advisor Services is cannibalizing as a segmentation strategy and emphasizing new technology that edges it toward a more robo-centric, less call center-oriented model

July 16, 2015 at 5:02 PM

Karin Risi's 18-year Vanguard tenure got afterburners when she made the firm's de novo RIA zoom.

Vanguard Group's econo-RIA chief will now report to her CEO as unit hits $5 billion, gains steam

Bill McNabb wants a direct line to Karin Risi as Vanguard Personal Advisor Services hits $5 billion of AUM

March 10, 2015 at 7:13 PM

Burton G. Malkiel: Yes, there could be a problem if all investors indexed, but as long as the profit motive is alive and well it is inconceivable that such an event would happen.

Has indexing become too popular?

The Princeton senior economist who pioneered index funds ponders whether sheer investor tonnage on the bandwagon could flatten tires

February 17, 2015 at 10:08 PM

Tim Buckley stuck to the script until 'Joseph' posed a question.

What Vanguard revealed under webcast pressure about its phono-robo's vulnerability

Already gathering $1 billion per quarter, the index giant holds off on VPAS launch for fears of post-beta traffic overwhelm

January 15, 2015 at 5:09 AM

Ken Fisher has been trying to tell anyone who would listen.

The documented RIA threat, 'phono-advisors' and their nearly $300 billion of assets

Not much romantic about call center-based advisors but under banners like Vanguard, Fisher Investments or Merrill Edge, they are a force to be reckoned with

September 12, 2014 at 5:06 AM

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