Articles published 9/2014
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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 AMThe Chicago fund tracker says the cut to the bronze level suggests positivity but lack of
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 AMThis 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
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 PMThe humbled Bond King goes to an equity shop with a shove from PIMCO, a DoubleLine query and diminished options, WSJ reports
Dissecting the pathology of UHNW wealth managers who want brand building without marketing
September 26, 2014 at 6:22 AMIconoclastic, 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
How RIAs should digest warnings about 'Shell Shock' and its lethal threat to all things Linux
September 25, 2014 at 10:44 PMOn a scale of one to 10 the just-disclosed computer 'exploit' is a 10 because Linux is what the cloud lives by
What exactly enticed Bill Dwyer out of retirement to work on the other side
September 25, 2014 at 1:57 AMThe former LPL leader takes a spot vacated by Larry Roth at RCS Capital that involves selling to advisors
An advertiser's-eye view of what the new-look FPA looked like in Seattle
September 24, 2014 at 8:49 PMThe Denver-based association showed signs of diminished draw but mostly offset by a stunning presence of youth and start-up exhibitors
Addepar hires in the direction of revenues -- and maybe even an IPO
September 23, 2014 at 7:57 PMThe mature start-up adds an ex-Advent sales chief a year after hiring a CFO with a nose for initial public offerings
Wealthfront's advice is now an employee benefit for Google employees' non-401(k) savings
September 23, 2014 at 2:56 AMEmployees 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
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 AMThe sudden pick-up in these seemingly self-defeating dismissals by Wall Street firms suggest new vigilance against gradual breakaways
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 PMMostly not but Jack Waymire and Brian Hamburger flesh out the issue with the right questions and answers
How the new RIA competition is akin to the cup-holder dilemma for automakers
September 18, 2014 at 6:18 PMMany robo-innovations are superficial but are nonetheless looked for by investors as a sign of substance
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 PMA 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
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 PMThe 'it' factor of the 2007 start-up was its revamped Sungard orphan software with LPL, Pershing and Cetera as anchors
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 AMMark Tibergien was on hand to cement the Junxure-Pershing connection -- and to call baloney on Joe Duran's Cassandra-like forecast for RIAs
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 AMWith the purchase of DCAdvisors, CAPTRUST emerges as a bigfoot player in a consolidation-bound industry
Why Joe Duran is dead wrong on 2015 marking the end of the Golden Era of the RIA
September 15, 2014 at 3:27 AMThe serial entrepeneur's column in InvestmentNews forgets that RIAs are also advancing and that the 'new competitors' carry baggage and have fatal shortcomings
The documented RIA threat, 'phono-advisors' and their nearly $300 billion of assets
September 12, 2014 at 5:06 AMNot 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
Peter Hess delivers Advent Direct specifics at AdventConnect as Dave Welling wows with Black Diamond's cloud advance
September 11, 2014 at 3:40 PMRIAs on a market high absorbed Advent Software's efforts to press skyward under rainy Las Vegas skies
Bob Reynolds delegates the Great-West 401(k) business to old Fidelity mate after excruciating three-way choice
September 10, 2014 at 7:23 PMEdmund Murphy, kicked upstairs, is dispatched from Boston to Denver and will own the brand decision -- just for starters
Envestnet-Tamarac wins four more RIAs with an average of $5 billion of AUM by selling a vision
September 10, 2014 at 1:41 PMThe Seattle-based firm signs on CliftonLarsonAllen Wealth Advisors, Beacon Pointe Advisors, Convergent and Freestone
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 PMThe chief executive also sees upside opportunities in bringing all three divisions under one banner
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 AMBeing Facebook 'friends' and dealing with a client's non-financial life decisions does not take the 'business' out of the business relationship equation
How Bitcoin is penetrating RIA portfolios by looking riskier to ignore than embrace
September 8, 2014 at 6:32 PMDangers remain but security, acceptability and upside all seem to have evolved just in the past few months, experts say
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 PMA former Robin to Mike Milken's Batman at Drexel Burnham pays chump change by Wall Street standards to get the politician aboard
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 PMThe San Francisco-based $2.4-trillion broker still isn't swallowing the loss and sent a clear message that it will battle tirelessly
With your RIA practice as naked as Kirstin and Kate in the cloud, know two words: Google Authenticator
September 4, 2014 at 3:07 AMWith advisors migrating their practices online, the vulnerability can't be overstated or easier to address
AssetMark keeps to the ex-Schwab theme, tapping Jerry Chafkin as chief investment officer
September 3, 2014 at 12:52 PMAfter a prolonged search, Charles Goldman hires the former CEO of $240-billion AUM Natixis, president of Charles Schwab Investment Management and Yalie
Getting inside Barron's Top-100-Advisor lists with some help from Sterling Shea
September 3, 2014 at 3:16 AMAs 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
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 AMIn 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