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Oisin's Bits: Sallie Krawcheck defends latte-spending after high-net-worth pivot • Black Diamond surges past $1 trillion • Fieldpoint loses $400 million book of business to HighTower RIA sparking war of words

Sallie Krawcheck rails; the Jacksonville portfolio management firm dwarfs Advent; and a HighTower RIA airlifts $400 billion from Fieldpoint, sparking strong words

Author Oisin Breen May 20, 2019 at 4:32 PM
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Sallie Krawcheck: All this nonsense about lattes and shoes is shifting the attention -- and thus the blame -- for the underlying systemic money challenges women face, to the women themselves.

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A 20-year Merrill Lynch veteran got Sanctuary Wealth to $10 billion in AUA in 15 months with no outside capital and no time in bed: 'Nobody's slept since April'

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Pete Giza and Damon Deru go for Holy Grail of portfolio rebalancing with software that shuffles stocks, bonds... and asset classes; Believe it?

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Jeff Spears

Jeff Spears

May 20, 2019 — 7:14 PM
Sallie should be mad - I'm mad too! But I hope she can pivot her anger and the admiration of her colleagues at ALL of the firms she ran and parlay that into further AUM and client growth
Jesse Morehouse

Jesse Morehouse

May 21, 2019 — 7:04 AM
Question Did the Fieldpoint jumpers make the move to TP/HighTower pre or post broker protocol switcheroo?
Oisin Breen

Oisin Breen

May 21, 2019 — 11:20 AM
Hi Jesse, Thanks for the question, it was pre the switcheroo. Thought about including a wee line on it, but it wasn't quite on the nose of the narrative, and these 'shorts' have a propensity to start nudging you in the ribs with a 'go on... add more detail...'

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