Articles published 12/2014
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Phil Chiricotti hangs up his spurs, and puts the CFDD out to pasture
December 30, 2014 at 3:58 PMThe 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
After hard-hitting Reuters article about AdvisorHUB, the online publication responds, like a sphinx
December 29, 2014 at 4:36 PMThe gossip and news start-up takes issue with tone, taste and who called whom but also oozes gratitude
A Midwestern Jewish girl's guide to an NYC Christmas season
December 24, 2014 at 4:13 PMShe grew up in Detroit where Christmas came to her but her boys' experience was different, maybe not better, in New York
Dynasty Financial hits $22 billion of AUA after adding rare-bird Deutsche team
December 23, 2014 at 6:43 PMThe $6-billion jump in 2014 for the Manhattan-based outsourcer comes four years out of the Shirl Penney garage
Frozen toes in Maine make a welcome change from California's rains
December 23, 2014 at 2:39 AMRemmie the labradoodle and a new angel atop the tannenbaum mark their first Christmas at the Southall 'up nawth' homestead
Harold Evensky drops Schwab PortfolioCenter for more expensive Tamarac
December 22, 2014 at 4:38 PMThe principal of Evensky & Katz / Foldes liked that he got more technology without losing Schwab at the core
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 PMThe Palo Alto firm with $1.7 billion of managed assets reveals that its little secret is big accounts
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 PMThe unusual instance may validate Wall Street's insistence that some advisors belong in their camp
Cerulli's new numbers buttress the RIAs-supplant-brokers theorem with 40% market share jump seen by 2018
December 18, 2014 at 8:23 PMWirehouses will lose 5% of their towering market share in the next four years, the report says, but not all experts agree
Why advisors fail to close prospects -- according to advisors
December 17, 2014 at 4:18 PMTrust, transparency and excluding traits remain problems but standing out in the crowd is hardest of all: Differentiation
April Rudin taxis in to Betterment HQ to see how the robo-advisor will fare
December 15, 2014 at 11:21 PMJon 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
Some notes at MarketCounsel from the pad of a skeptical Peter Giza
December 15, 2014 at 5:55 PMThe Wealthsite exec zeroed in on Sallie Krawcheck, and all things tech
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 AMRIAs who comfort themselves with the thought that automated advice caters to their 'non-core' clients are in for a rude shock
The MarketCounsel Summit gets the RIA business out of its shell
December 12, 2014 at 6:25 PMSallie 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
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 PMFresh 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
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 PMThe Florida broker-dealer finally has its first corner-office-style group at Rockefeller Center
Persecuted Mark Cuban prosecutes the SEC and wins some mea culpas from Christopher Cox
December 10, 2014 at 7:10 PMMany RIAs say the riveting conversation between Mark Cuban and Chris Cox was perhaps the best event session ever
Tony Robbins walks past the close a bit but nonetheless delivers at MarketCounsel
December 9, 2014 at 9:34 PMDespite detaining for three hours the just-arrived-in-Las Vegas crowd way past feeding time, Robbins won hearts, if not heads
Envestnet turns its guns on the 401(k) business
December 9, 2014 at 1:35 AMWith a 57% stake in a new venture, the Chicago SMA supermarketer tackles a second TAMP gusher
What Tony Robbins should remember when he talks 'fiduciary'
December 8, 2014 at 8:44 PMThe five-syllable word represents an attitude, way of life and something you should grasp for the good of investors
With Convergent experiencing advisor exodus, City National takes greater control of the RIA
December 6, 2014 at 10:53 PMDoug 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'
Tony Robbins prohibits reporters from covering his two-hour MarketCounsel speech
December 5, 2014 at 2:43 AMHis 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
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 AMOn 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
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 AMWealthTouch, 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
Three RIAs, three big-time hires and the story of how it all came together
December 1, 2014 at 8:00 AMDwight 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.