Articles published 5/2014
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Cogent rates the top fund wholesalers to RIAs, and all advisors, and the 'sales' units at DFA, PIMCO, BlackRock and Franklin Templeton stand out
Dimensional Fund Advisors and PIMCO deliver some inside scoop without the sales dance to lead the sales-to-RIA pack in gaining netry to inner sanctums
May 30, 2014 at 4:32 PM
Two years in, Advent Software gives itself a Sept. 30 deadline to release the middleware that will draw Axys users into the Cloud
Advent Direct is groundbreaking and breathtaking in its ambidexterity but is it enough to stop the feeding frenzy by Tamarac, Orion and other cloud natives
May 29, 2014 at 2:34 AM
A four-step plan to cull 401(k) rolls of the accounts of terminated employees
RIAs can step in and add immediate value to a plan by purging these accounts that drain time, add costs and compromise efficiency
May 28, 2014 at 3:08 AM
Why Mike Sha has a 2015 goal of $1 trillion in robo-assets for SigFig and where Marissa Mayer fits in
The ability of the ex-Amazon whiz to make slippery YahooFinance users sticky appears to be the get to launch this fueled-up rocket
May 27, 2014 at 2:34 AM
How Erinn Ford feels about life under Nicolas Schorsch as she takes the helm at Cetera's most RIA custody-like arm
Ford's enthusiasm for her new overlord is real but she makes no bones about continued vigilance when it comes to vetting non-traded REITs
May 23, 2014 at 5:36 AM
RIAs surpass wirehouses in ETF asset distribution and it'll mean change
For providers of these products and others, getting to registered investment advisors requires more Mapquest, more local manners and more frequent flying than their Morgan, Merrill,, UBS and Wells Fargo cousins
May 22, 2014 at 6:34 PM
Bloomberg: BoA's market-making unit for its Merrill Lynch wealth division gets suddenly scrapped
The news and data giant is reporting that heat from Flash Boys made the investment bank think twice about conflicts
May 22, 2014 at 2:22 AM
How a little orange RSS icon changed my life and why it's unacceptable that 98% of advisors have no idea it exists
The automated content pusher is the most invaluable time-saving, easy-to-use social media tool RIAs have never heard of
May 21, 2014 at 6:29 PM
As a second woman executive exits Cetera, a third one gets a bigger title
Allison Couch heads back to AIG and Erinn Ford gets a presidency on the heels of Valerie Brown's departure
May 20, 2014 at 8:08 PM
Why RIAs (Republicans, too) need to snap out of willful ignorance about climate change to claim the mantle of wealth stewardship
Conscientious financial advisors must engage in real due diligence of original documents related to this subject
May 20, 2014 at 6:37 AM
Are 'for sale' the dirtiest words in the acquirers' lexicon? M&A mavens debate the point at a Philadelphia event
If 'Secrets of Successful Acquirers' didn't live up to its scandalous billing, some sparks did fly at Gladstone's annual confab
May 20, 2014 at 6:13 AM
Abby Johnson tells RIAs to have all employees, up and down the chain, think client thoughts at Fidelity's 2014 Executive Forum
Advisors -- many with assets in the tens of billions -- were on hand along with New Yorker writers, NPR and other super-thinkers
May 19, 2014 at 1:51 AM
Observations on the Envestnet Advisor Summit from the carsick seat of a Chicago taxi cab
Brian Hamburger relayed his thoughts on 36 hours at Jud Bergman's 'house' on the way to the airport
May 16, 2014 at 9:05 PM
Bill Crager: I've got your back against the attack of the killer robo-advisors
Bringing the wood at the Envestnet Advisor Summit, the president allows that online advisors are crackerjack at providing account views 24-7 but human advisors can close that gap
May 16, 2014 at 2:57 AM
The 25 financial advisors with the biggest online presences -- and a frank analysis of what online omnipotence does (or not) for them
Brightscope's top-100 social media maven list shows that RIA bloggers, tweeters, Facebookers and Youtubers sacrifice client face time to cater to web consumption
May 15, 2014 at 5:27 AM
Why exactly Valerie Brown is out of a job at Cetera -- and Larry Roth is in
Nicholas Schorsch and his CEO may have differed on the way forward as Cetera's inorganic growth runs full tilt
May 14, 2014 at 4:54 AM
The two big moves Motif is making as Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan invest part of new $35-million raise
The San Mateo start-up online broker will take its act overseas and build out a smart beta effort with Dimensional Fund Advisors' hundreds of billion of AUM in mind
May 13, 2014 at 7:00 PM
Natalie Wolfsen is leaving New York to reunite with Charles Goldman out West
The ex-Schwab, ex-Pershing product exec assumes Myra Rothfeld's duties and then some
May 13, 2014 at 2:11 PM
How Ex-Morgan Stanley powers are rolling up ex-colleagues and how big Raymond James cash fits into the picture
Steward Partners Global Advisory will custody all its assets at RJ but won't have to foot the bill for signing bonuses
May 12, 2014 at 6:06 AM
$5 billion and $12 billion RIA principals tell worthy anecdotes (hint, Madoff), reveal secrets, to Barron's moderator at IMCA
Paul Tramontano and Ric Edelman topped a bill that offered a barn-burning tax talk from Kitces
May 9, 2014 at 4:19 AM
Schwab wins $740-million team as part of an RIA dolphin-swallows-wirehouse whale story near Chuck's winter home
Integrated Wealth Management nabbed The Cypress Group from Morgan Stanley after putting Tamarac in place
May 9, 2014 at 3:43 AM
An advertiser's eye view of IMCA 2014 in Boston and why it's (almost) all about the RIA
The RIA custodians combined had at least 35 people there in the booths
May 8, 2014 at 2:42 PM
Eric Clarke rolls the API dice by posting Orion software's code online
By putting 50,000 lines of code all on GitHub, the Orion exec risks giant intellectual capital giveaway -- but the upside is tremendous, observers say
May 8, 2014 at 2:57 AM
How to ace the grueling Series 65 exam and keep your wits and your nerves intact in the process
All-nighters are not recommended for the 130-page, FINRA-administered test but up to 45 hours of study is
May 7, 2014 at 5:47 PM
How I talked Arianna into giving me a shot as Huffington Post's wealth management blogger and how it changed my life
The giant online publication gave me a platform to show my best self personally and professionally
May 7, 2014 at 4:19 AM
One-on-one with Ian MacKenzie: How IMCA makes hay by letting the RIA and wirehouse channels fall where they may
A dark horse to FPA and NAPFA, the Colorado group keeps getting traction by teaching investing
May 6, 2014 at 6:09 PM
Tub-thumping debate between Tibergien and Seivert ignites Deal Makers Summit in NYC and helps RIA succession medicine go down
With some seeing RIA M&A as an oxymoron, this Summit was transparent about its own sand in the gears
May 6, 2014 at 4:24 AM
This 32 year-old Goldman Sachs trader chucked New York for a $1-billion RIA outside Nashville
Embodying a reverse brain drain, John Lueken bolted for for the country-music capitol -- and not because of his way with a guitar
May 5, 2014 at 5:59 AM
How the RIA business made a dent at the 2014 Finovate conference in San Jose
Personal Capital and Motif presented and United Capital was there in force
May 2, 2014 at 6:20 AM
Fidelity now has an Office of the Future for RIAs, pre-RIAs and their clients
Part Best Buy, part Google, part Office Depot, the Rhode Island facility has robots, wearable tech and hard floors
May 1, 2014 at 6:46 PM
Housen deal shows Marty Bicknell can make it in Jersey -- by word of mouth
The Kansas-based serial buyer's Mariner, now with $9.5 billion of assets, is knocking down big down-to-earth deals
