Articles published 2/2015
Headline
Publish date
Why I disagree with Don Trone's characterization of Obama's fiduciary stance as 'punitive'
February 27, 2015 at 12:06 AMThe essential component of fiduciary duty -- loyalty -- is what separates the advisor from the salesperson, according to fellow fiduciary advocate Ron Rhoades
Why Obama and the DOL are all wet when it comes to the proposed fiduciary rule
February 26, 2015 at 5:54 PMStress the carrot and not the stick in formulating a rule that will get real results, says a fiduciary maven
Mark Casady settles the question of whether LPL will start its own robo-advisor
February 26, 2015 at 12:15 AMIn the wake of the aborted NestWise effort and a quieter robo rollout by his firm, the LPL Financial CEO doesn't buy the economics of the opportunity
How Sheryl Garrett got a hush-hush invitation from President Obama and how she pierced the fog about putting clients first
February 25, 2015 at 8:37 PMThe Arkansas RIA booked a flight to DC with no explanation to colleagues
Are negative yields for US bonds on the horizon?
February 25, 2015 at 7:00 PMEuropean countries' less-than-zero club is becoming a popular one. Could it happen here in the States?
As President Obama takes the gloves off, pro-broker groups throw up 'sledgehammer' response
February 24, 2015 at 8:31 PMAfter a lot of waiting around FSI calls this news 'the real thing'
Wealthfront throws engineering at its large-account 'problem'
February 23, 2015 at 8:39 PMThe Palo Alto-based automated money manager addresses tax slippage from transfers of HNW accounts to its website
Orion signs on three $1 billion-plus RIAs on its even-keeled Omaha reputation then rocks its own boat with a sale to Boston firm
February 20, 2015 at 8:51 PMPinnacle Advisory Group, Brouwer & Janachowski, HK Financial Services bought Orion for scaling and nervously accept that it made its own scaling move
On strength of $1.4 billion of AUM and 90 RIA clients, Betterment raises $60 million of VC funding as it looks to disrupt RIA custody
February 19, 2015 at 2:01 PMThe New York City-based robo added $1 billion in 11 months and (sources say) has bigtime RIAs contemplating it as a primary platform, CEO Jon Stein says
Schwab tells the SEC its robo-advisor has a 30 basis-point fee and big-time cash allocations held by Schwab Bank
February 18, 2015 at 7:59 PMThe Schwab Intelligent Portfolios ADV says as much as 30% of clients assets are being sent to Schwab Bank
Has indexing become too popular?
February 17, 2015 at 10:08 PMThe Princeton senior economist who pioneered index funds ponders whether sheer investor tonnage on the bandwagon could flatten tires
In a T3 teeming with deals, eMoney's Edmond Walters owned Dallas
February 16, 2015 at 8:27 PMFresh off his firm's sale to Fidelity, eMoney's CEO demo left the crowd spellbound -- even as he chided Chuck
Schwab spills robo-beans to Wall Street, including a Schwab Bank wrinkle, cannibalization rates and the algorithm's distaste for OneSource funds
February 12, 2015 at 10:49 PMCalling Schwab Intelligent Portfolios a $400-billion opportunity, Walt Bettinger boasts of his own four-minute sign-up
What to make of Fidelity Investments paying $250 million out of the blue for eMoney
February 12, 2015 at 6:06 AMThe price paid is about right, experts say, but in the hands of the giant, it could be worth more -- or less
An outflow-plagued American Funds holds its ETF fire until it can resolve the vehicle's front-running exposure, which defies a resolution
February 10, 2015 at 9:57 PMEdward Jones and other legacy American customers consider ETFs a niche solution to a main portfolio -- lessening the urgency for change
Where Virtus stands after F-Squared seemingly led it astray, to mutual benefit
February 9, 2015 at 8:58 PMThe Hartford, Conn. firm is raising no alarms with investors but a handful of Virtus ex-employees are expressing confusion about how it all went down
Boston firm buys Orion Advisor Services as part of NorthStar succession deal
February 9, 2015 at 2:30 PMTA Associates is acquiring a majority position in NorthStar Financial, which also owns CLS Investments and Gemini Fund Services
Six ways that human advisors kick robo-advisor butt
February 6, 2015 at 8:01 PMYou can't hug a client with robo arms -- or confer peace of mind, offer actively managed or alternative investments, help build a legacy...
AMG is suddenly among the RIA roll-up elite after the Baker Street deal pushes it past $25-billion of AUM
February 5, 2015 at 7:07 PMAfter adding the $5.2-billion San Francisco firm, John Copeland's Florida-based skunkworks is smelling sweet
3 citizen-blogger attendees at TD Ameritrade National LINC offer their ground-level views
February 4, 2015 at 7:51 PMThe dispatches start in outer space, descend to the cloud and finish up with down-to-earth do's and don'ts for dealing with reporters
What marketing truths emerged from the exhibit booths at TD Ameritrade's LINC event in San Diego
February 4, 2015 at 4:41 AMFlow, buzz and frenzy were constrained by the multi-floor set-up but new players in the RIA space celebrated the event and its value proposition
How SS&C muscle might be just what the Black Diamond and Advent Software doctor ordered
February 3, 2015 at 8:16 PMThe portfolio accounting provider to giants like Voya, Barclays and New York Life may finally get Advent into the cloud and crack the alternatives challenge
SS&C buys Advent for the Geneva crown jewels so what happens to Black Diamond and Advent Axys?
February 3, 2015 at 12:33 AMThe Windsor, Conn. software roll-up wants blue chip asset managers, opening the door for a spinoff of RIA software
New marching orders issued at TD Ameritrade's conference in San Diego: Don't join'em, beat'em!
February 2, 2015 at 5:21 AMTD touted its robo hookups and Tom Nally proclaimed RIAs are thisclose to overtaking wirehouses at the standing-room-only, come-as-you-are confab
