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    Articles published 9/2014


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    Eric Jacobsen: The fund's bronze Morningstar analyst rating reflects [our] high level of confidence in PIMCO's resources and overall abilities but also the uncertainty as to exactly how all thee parts will mesh in the wake of Gross's departure.
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    With kid gloves and after great patience, Morningstar yanks gold-level rating on PIMCO Total Return Fund and predicts possible exit of 'tens of billions' in assets

    September 30, 2014 at 4:27 AM

    The Chicago fund tracker says the cut to the bronze level suggests positivity but lack of

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    Kyle Ryan:  Everyone looks at headlines and says they're small and everyone was small once.
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    The steps Personal Capital is taking to win bigger accounts after a year of 100% growth and 95% of them small fish

    September 29, 2014 at 6:05 AM

    This call center advisor is handing out free iPads to its wealthiest clients along with bulk pricing and concierge services that include two human advisors per family

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    RIAs got their first direct splash of Gross's eccentric behavior at Morningstar's Investors Conference in June.
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    The real Bill Gross story with big help from the Wall Street Journal's reporting (Hint: The signs were there)

    September 26, 2014 at 8:47 PM

    The humbled Bond King goes to an equity shop with a shove from PIMCO, a DoubleLine query and diminished options, WSJ reports

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    April Rudin: In one instance a client realized how important his LinkedIn profile could be after a journalist cherry-picked facts from it for an article about his firm after he'd offered a 'no comment.'
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    Dissecting the pathology of UHNW wealth managers who want brand building without marketing

    September 26, 2014 at 6:22 AM

    Iconoclastic, clubby and referral-oriented ways still attract the ultra-rich -- but a sleek LinkedIn page might be what Gens X, Y, millennials and hip boomers demand

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    Mike Golaszewski: Since most of the Internet is exposed to this bug, your information could potentially leak in unexpected ways.
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    How RIAs should digest warnings about 'Shell Shock' and its lethal threat to all things Linux

    September 25, 2014 at 10:44 PM

    On a scale of one to 10 the just-disclosed computer 'exploit' is a 10 because Linux is what the cloud lives by

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    Bill Dwyer: When I met Nick it reminded me of a similar presence ...(Todd Robinson). Lightning strikes twice.
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    What exactly enticed Bill Dwyer out of retirement to work on the other side

    September 25, 2014 at 1:57 AM

    The former LPL leader takes a spot vacated by Larry Roth at RCS Capital that involves selling to advisors

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    What FPA's chief sponsor MetLife pays isn't peanuts but Snoopy is.
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    An advertiser's-eye view of what the new-look FPA looked like in Seattle

    September 24, 2014 at 8:49 PM

    The Denver-based association showed signs of diminished draw but mostly offset by a stunning presence of youth and start-up exhibitors

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    Jeff Ramseyer: My joining Addepar signals the company's successful growth trajectory, not a shift in strategy.
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    Addepar hires in the direction of revenues -- and maybe even an IPO

    September 23, 2014 at 7:57 PM

    The mature start-up adds an ex-Advent sales chief a year after hiring a CFO with a nose for initial public offerings

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    Adam Nash [with Andy Rachleff]: Wealthfront automatically ensures that every withdrawal minimizes the taxes owed and keeps your portfolio balanced.
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    Wealthfront's advice is now an employee benefit for Google employees' non-401(k) savings

    September 23, 2014 at 2:56 AM

    Employees at the search giant with less than $100,000 get their balances managed for free -- as do employees of the San Francisco 49ers and Palantir

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    Stephen Brown writes: We advise several CEO's and CFO's of Fortune 500 companies, as well as some professional sports teams.
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    How Merrill Lynch's divorce of its own $2.5-billion team shows just how fed up the wirehouse is with RIA-bound breakaways

    September 22, 2014 at 5:48 AM

    The sudden pick-up in these seemingly self-defeating dismissals by Wall Street firms suggest new vigilance against gradual breakaways

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    Jack Waymire: Our cause for concern was the number of advisors who did not appear to have accessible compliance records.
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    Can advisors keep their dirty compliance laundry in the closet thanks to lack of NASAA, SEC and FINRA coordination?

    September 19, 2014 at 5:39 PM

    Mostly not but Jack Waymire and Brian Hamburger flesh out the issue with the right questions and answers

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    Cup holders, like robo-capability, matter whether or not they should.
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    How the new RIA competition is akin to the cup-holder dilemma for automakers

    September 18, 2014 at 6:18 PM

    Many robo-innovations are superficial but are nonetheless looked for by investors as a sign of substance

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    A congressman, an engineer, an airline pilot and a court reporter walk into a fiduciary conference...
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    TD Ameritrade pulls off amazing Summit in DC that reveals rot to the core of SEC, FINRA and ERISA system

    September 18, 2014 at 5:54 PM

    A consumer panel sobered the crowd off the bat with war stories and then Ron Rhoades, Mercer Bullard, David Tittsworth, Sheryl Garrett, Tom Nally, Marilyn Mohrman-Gillis and others pulled no punches

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    Joe Mrak: Envestnet tried to get more into our market and we're going to go right after them.
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    Philly buyer lays down a cool $199 million in cash to buy FolioDynamix, the better to put Envestnet firmly in its sights

    September 17, 2014 at 5:20 PM

    The 'it' factor of the 2007 start-up was its revamped Sungard orphan software with LPL, Pershing and Cetera as anchors

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    Greg Friedman: In just the first six weeks of general release, we have over 80 firms and 500 users.
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    At Junxure confab No. 2, Friedman kvells about his 6-week-old Cloud and announces closer ties with Pershing

    September 17, 2014 at 5:15 AM

    Mark Tibergien was on hand to cement the Junxure-Pershing connection -- and to call baloney on Joe Duran's Cassandra-like forecast for RIAs

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    J. Fielding Miller: We were talking a big game, and he wanted to see results.
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    How uncomfortable questions from prospects led a 'small' $12-billion 401(k) advisory RIA to finally say yes after eight years of rebuking overtures from a $120-billion AUA RIA

    September 16, 2014 at 2:48 AM

    With the purchase of DCAdvisors, CAPTRUST emerges as a bigfoot player in a consolidation-bound industry

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    Being heedless of competitors is dangerous but crying wolf has its own perils.
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    Why Joe Duran is dead wrong on 2015 marking the end of the Golden Era of the RIA

    September 15, 2014 at 3:27 AM

    The serial entrepeneur's column in InvestmentNews forgets that RIAs are also advancing and that the 'new competitors' carry baggage and have fatal shortcomings

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    Ken Fisher has been trying to tell anyone who would listen.
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    The documented RIA threat, 'phono-advisors' and their nearly $300 billion of assets

    September 12, 2014 at 5:06 AM

    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

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    Peter Hess: I am extremely optimistic that we can close that gap to greatness.
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    Peter Hess delivers Advent Direct specifics at AdventConnect as Dave Welling wows with Black Diamond's cloud advance

    September 11, 2014 at 3:40 PM

    RIAs on a market high absorbed Advent Software's efforts to press skyward under rainy Las Vegas skies

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    Ed Murphy: It hasn't led to a pause on the part of our prospects.
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    Bob Reynolds delegates the Great-West 401(k) business to old Fidelity mate after excruciating three-way choice

    September 10, 2014 at 7:23 PM

    Edmund Murphy, kicked upstairs, is dispatched from Boston to Denver and will own the brand decision -- just for starters

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    Tony Hallada: They'll be far beyond in two years where they are today.
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    Envestnet-Tamarac wins four more RIAs with an average of $5 billion of AUM by selling a vision

    September 10, 2014 at 1:41 PM

    The Seattle-based firm signs on CliftonLarsonAllen Wealth Advisors, Beacon Pointe Advisors, Convergent and Freestone

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    Bob Reynolds: We're going to run the businesses together as one company.
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    Bob Reynolds does 'a lot of testing' to avoid foisting his 'Great West' brand on JP Morgan and Putnam Investments clientele

    September 9, 2014 at 5:33 PM

    The chief executive also sees upside opportunities in bringing all three divisions under one banner

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    Abby Salameh: There is no good place for emoticons in a professional relationship.
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    5 ways for RIAs to avoid social media and 'holistic' wealth management overreaches in a share-happy e-world

    September 9, 2014 at 5:20 AM

    Being Facebook 'friends' and dealing with a client's non-financial life decisions does not take the 'business' out of the business relationship equation

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    David J. Dunn: We like fundamental investments that have inherent value.
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    How Bitcoin is penetrating RIA portfolios by looking riskier to ignore than embrace

    September 8, 2014 at 6:32 PM

    Dangers remain but security, acceptability and upside all seem to have evolved just in the past few months, experts say

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    Eric Cantor: The new model of independent banks offering conflict-free advice, in a smaller more intimate environment, was a place where I knew my skills could help clients succeed.
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    How the Eric Cantor hire is really all about Ken Moelis, an original Wall Street 'Wolf', and his $963-million non-classic RIA

    September 5, 2014 at 7:39 PM

    A former Robin to Mike Milken's Batman at Drexel Burnham pays chump change by Wall Street standards to get the politician aboard

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    Andrew Stoltmann: Schwab has always been the big-eyed doe sitting off on the sidelines.
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    After Morgan Stanley 'raided' Schwab branch in San Francisco, Schwab fought in FINRA 'court' and lost, but perhaps won on the larger level

    September 4, 2014 at 4:40 PM

    The San Francisco-based $2.4-trillion broker still isn't swallowing the loss and sent a clear message that it will battle tirelessly

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    Mike Golaszewski: With the right combination of hardware and software, most eight-character passwords can be brute-forced.
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    With your RIA practice as naked as Kirstin and Kate in the cloud, know two words: Google Authenticator

    September 4, 2014 at 3:07 AM

    With advisors migrating their practices online, the vulnerability can't be overstated or easier to address

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    Jerry Chafkin: The old [formula for managing investment risk] is less than fully baked.
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    AssetMark keeps to the ex-Schwab theme, tapping Jerry Chafkin as chief investment officer

    September 3, 2014 at 12:52 PM

    After a prolonged search, Charles Goldman hires the former CEO of $240-billion AUM Natixis, president of Charles Schwab Investment Management and Yalie

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    Sterling Shea: One day we may have an advisor from Edelman Financial on the list rather than Ric himself.
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    Getting inside Barron's Top-100-Advisor lists with some help from Sterling Shea

    September 3, 2014 at 3:16 AM

    As the scrutinized lists expands and evolves, the Dow Jones newsweekly is striving to parse better from bigger -- all while keeping a promise to Rupert Murdoch

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    Joe Duran: What we've done is incredibly rare.
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    Joe Duran explains United Capital's 100% revenue growth to $100 million since 2012 and the firm's complex plan to grow faster

    September 2, 2014 at 3:05 AM

    In an overdue catch-all, catch-up the CEO of the $10-billion RIA tells of $4 billion of deals in the works and up to 15 de novo offices

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