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    Articles published 12/2014


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    Phil Chiricotti: Most people think I am much younger, but those 18-hour workdays have definitely taken their toll.
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    Phil Chiricotti hangs up his spurs, and puts the CFDD out to pasture

    December 30, 2014 at 3:58 PM

    The godfather of the 401(k) business says the glory days of conferences are winding down -- and tells why he chose not to sell the conference

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    Andrew Parish: I am personally disappointed that Reuters chose to print information about my family and personal life.
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    After hard-hitting Reuters article about AdvisorHUB, the online publication responds, like a sphinx

    December 29, 2014 at 4:36 PM

    The gossip and news start-up takes issue with tone, taste and who called whom but also oozes gratitude

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    April Rudin: One year during our Chanukah party my son began a conversation with our non-Jewish guests about how Santa did not exist...
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    A Midwestern Jewish girl's guide to an NYC Christmas season

    December 24, 2014 at 4:13 PM

    She grew up in Detroit where Christmas came to her but her boys' experience was different, maybe not better, in New York

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    Shirl Penney: The teams we're bringing out next year that we signed this year are really interesting and very large.
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    Dynasty Financial hits $22 billion of AUA after adding rare-bird Deutsche team

    December 23, 2014 at 6:43 PM

    The $6-billion jump in 2014 for the Manhattan-based outsourcer comes four years out of the Shirl Penney garage

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    The deer don't mind the un-white Christmas of Maine.
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    Frozen toes in Maine make a welcome change from California's rains

    December 23, 2014 at 2:39 AM

    Remmie the labradoodle and a new angel atop the tannenbaum mark their first Christmas at the Southall 'up nawth' homestead

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    Stuart DePina: It's not an inexpensive proposition.
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    Harold Evensky drops Schwab PortfolioCenter for more expensive Tamarac

    December 22, 2014 at 4:38 PM

    The principal of Evensky & Katz / Foldes liked that he got more technology without losing Schwab at the core

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    Adam Nash: We thought we were launching a product, but it turned out we were launching a category.
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    Wealthfront's high-net-worth cat leaps out of the bag -- keeping it one robo 'pivot' ahead of Schwab

    December 19, 2014 at 7:33 PM

    The Palo Alto firm with $1.7 billion of managed assets reveals that its little secret is big accounts

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    Margaret Towle's dalliance with non-national brands is over.
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    After leaving Northern Trust and later joining HighTower, Margaret Towle departs, cools her heels and lands at Merrill Lynch

    December 18, 2014 at 8:23 PM

    The unusual instance may validate Wall Street's insistence that some advisors belong in their camp

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    Kenton Shirk: Five years ago when they talked to a wirehouse advisor they'd mention independence and it would warrant a chuckle.
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    Cerulli's new numbers buttress the RIAs-supplant-brokers theorem with 40% market share jump seen by 2018

    December 18, 2014 at 8:23 PM

    Wirehouses will lose 5% of their towering market share in the next four years, the report says, but not all experts agree

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    Fresh, ripe but just the same. Differentiation is the advisor's big challenge.
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    Why advisors fail to close prospects -- according to advisors

    December 17, 2014 at 4:18 PM

    Trust, transparency and excluding traits remain problems but standing out in the crowd is hardest of all: Differentiation

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    April Rudin: I couldn't help but wonder about the promotional logic that led an online firm to consider using such an offline idea as outdoor advertising.
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    April Rudin taxis in to Betterment HQ to see how the robo-advisor will fare

    December 15, 2014 at 11:21 PM

    Jon Stein's astounding goal is $1 trillion of assets and our marketing expert went in search of a marketing plan, or notion commensurate with the challenge

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    Peter Giza: My take is that changing a significant portion of a firm's technology platform without changing operational psychology is a fail.
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    Some notes at MarketCounsel from the pad of a skeptical Peter Giza

    December 15, 2014 at 5:55 PM

    The Wealthsite exec zeroed in on Sallie Krawcheck, and all things tech

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    Jon Stein: Efficiency is streamlined, but with human checks throughout the process.
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    How to hold 1,000 hands: Robo CEOs lay out a stark choice for traditional advisors at MarketCounsel Summit

    December 15, 2014 at 4:53 AM

    RIAs who comfort themselves with the thought that automated advice caters to their 'non-core' clients are in for a rude shock

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    Envestnet's John Phoenix and Brian Hamburger clap hands at the high-energy confab
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    The MarketCounsel Summit gets the RIA business out of its shell

    December 12, 2014 at 6:25 PM

    Sallie Krawcheck threw a cat amongst the pigeons; Tony, I-come-in-peace, Robbins, more so and Addepar's Eric Poirer emerged from his silicon cave

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    Shirl Penney [l.] listens to Bernie Clark (far r.) response as Mike Durbin and Mark Tibergien listen in.
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    Schwab, Fidelity and Pershing custody chiefs square off in Vegas but not before a private meeting in San Francisco

    December 11, 2014 at 9:19 PM

    Fresh off a Schwab-hosted meeting to find common ground, Bernie Clark, Mike Durbin and Mark Tibergien each gave a two-minute pitch on their company and hashed out robo-advisors

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    Howard Franzblau [l.with Richard Devine, David Brennan and Wayne Froud]: When you're at a company that is going under, it creates a lot of stress for the clients.
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    How Raymond James finally landed a big Bear Stearns team after JP Morgan retained and detained it for six years

    December 11, 2014 at 7:28 PM

    The Florida broker-dealer finally has its first corner-office-style group at Rockefeller Center

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    Mark Cuban [with Christopher Cox]: You don't know what it's like to fight the SEC until you walk into an arena and they're chanting 'insider trading.'
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    Persecuted Mark Cuban prosecutes the SEC and wins some mea culpas from Christopher Cox

    December 10, 2014 at 7:10 PM

    Many RIAs say the riveting conversation between Mark Cuban and Chris Cox was perhaps the best event session ever

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    Tony Robbins was given one hour, demanded two hours then performed for three.
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    Tony Robbins walks past the close a bit but nonetheless delivers at MarketCounsel

    December 9, 2014 at 9:34 PM

    Despite detaining for three hours the just-arrived-in-Las Vegas crowd way past feeding time, Robbins won hearts, if not heads

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    Gib Watson: A lot of these challenges revolve around fragmented data.
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    Envestnet turns its guns on the 401(k) business

    December 9, 2014 at 1:35 AM

    With a 57% stake in a new venture, the Chicago SMA supermarketer tackles a second TAMP gusher

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    Knut Rostad: Tony ... note to self: ‘Listen to Chuck, Jack and David.’
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    What Tony Robbins should remember when he talks 'fiduciary'

    December 8, 2014 at 8:44 PM

    The five-syllable word represents an attitude, way of life and something you should grasp for the good of investors

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    Doug Wolford: ...That's one of the things that you can do when you put in place a professional management structure, which we're doing in the next five years.
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    With Convergent experiencing advisor exodus, City National takes greater control of the RIA

    December 6, 2014 at 10:53 PM

    Doug Wolford gets a vote of confidence from his City National-controlled board of directors and he references a new five-year plan of creating a 'professional management structure'

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    Tony Robbins will mostly give his generic speech to RIAs.
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    Tony Robbins prohibits reporters from covering his two-hour MarketCounsel speech

    December 5, 2014 at 2:43 AM

    His PR firm says that no-coverage rules are part of his standard contract but the 11th hour heads-up today to journalists on legal points raises confusion

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    Howard Present resigned -- but not before the SEC scrutinized his company.
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    Following serious questions about how it calculated returns, F-Squared hires a new CEO after the old one leaves

    December 4, 2014 at 12:36 AM

    On a short Raymond James, RBC and Wells Fargo leash, the biggest ETF manager in the industry with $28 billion loses Howard Present and brings up Laura Dagan from its board of directors

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    Craig Pearson: It's us against Addepar and they're well-funded but we have a long track record of success and that helps.
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    How an under-the-radar UHNW performance reporting firm is taking on Addepar and Advent in a bid for RIA bucks

    December 3, 2014 at 4:27 AM

    WealthTouch, which manages $200 billion for 300 clients, some with Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan or Credit Suisse,is bulking up by merging with a mass-market-oriented firm and eschewing big PE cash to get ahead

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    The real and metaphorical hire of Peg Pike in its execution and promise made for a stunning webinar.
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    Three RIAs, three big-time hires and the story of how it all came together

    December 1, 2014 at 8:00 AM

    Dwight Mikulis, Steve Janachowski and Marty Bicknell reveal their contrasting hiring styles and why chief operating officer is the job du jour in the RIA industry.

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