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Chip Roame: Difficulty in assimilating if, it ever comes, would be the reason to slow down hiring.

Fidelity Investments' plan to hire 12,000 by October hit wall of macro-headwinds; no problem, it landed at 15,000; Schwab keeps hiring, too

The Boston giant's people grab could be derailed by indigestion -- the inability to assimilate staff -- an analyst says; but it has yet to materialize so the hiring spree rolls on.

October 29, 2022 at 12:02 AM

Chip Roame: Wow, that is a crazy lot of people!

Fidelity's strategy to own the financial advice business by owning 'a crazy lot of people' is heading for 28,000 hires in two years

Hiring 16,600 people last year just whetted the $11-trillion Boston company's appetite to make 12,000 more hires in a play to be a category killer in finance.

May 12, 2022 at 3:14 AM

Tom McGirr: If the market goes down 300 points and we get flooded with calls, we can have an in-depth discussion about risk tolerance.

Fidelity's bet on ultra-compliance with the DOL rule pays off big as 401(k) assets jump stunning $280 billion in 2017

The Boston giant also added staggering 1.6 million plan participants but here comes DOL rule's BICE and the need to come extra clean on all those in-house funds

March 16, 2018 at 5:41 PM

Jim Lowell: The firm has the opportunity to outlive the next generation.

With beginnings harking back to E*Trade's RIA roll-up liquidation, two Boston-adjacent RIAs of a certain age join to create a $4.7 billion firm

Downplaying succession ghosts, the Mark Hurley-funded combo of Adviser Investments and Braver Wealth Management is equal parts M&A wizardry and product of a local soda fountain meet-up

March 1, 2017 at 6:14 PM

Mike Durbin: You get investment in your business because you prove that you're delivering a return for it. And I feel like we're doing that.

After years of work to gain parity with Schwab RIA custody, Fidelity is ready to show fruits of its $250 million move to gain an edge

With ex-Schwabbie Bob Oros in RIA charge, Mike Durbin as leapfrogger-in-chief, and Sanjiv Mirchandani at the big desk, the Boston-based custody division is set to launch its new technology platform

February 3, 2016 at 7:46 PM

Terri Kallsen oversees Schwab's efforts to more than double its force of FAs.

Terri Kallsen sold 15,469 shares of Schwab stock but did she also sell short her own vision?

Schwab's head of retail dumped more than half her company stock exactly a year after becoming retail chief with bold goals

February 1, 2016 at 10:57 PM

Fidelity seemed to divert from bottom-up growth ethic in putting Pyramis in a secluded, palatial habitat that looks more like PIMCO's.

Abigail Johnson takes Pyramis back to its Fidelity roots after her father tried to create exalted brand

Unknown and unloved, the 'just-a-no-load' unit that failed to capture 401(k) rollovers is reimagined to appeal more 'sophisticated' clients

October 26, 2015 at 5:26 PM

Jim Lowell: The big news here is that Fidelity and Vanguard still can't seem to figure out a way to play nice in our multi-trillion dollar sandbox.

Fidelity Investments soon to jack up commissions on DFA and Vanguard Group mutual fund trades

At the same time, the Boston giant slashes commissions on 99% of the other mutual funds and, analysts say, may have declared war on Vanguard and Schwab in one move

December 5, 2013 at 8:18 PM

Anthony Rochte:  We're not trying to build a passive-ETF business.

Why Fidelity's Anthony Rochte could still laugh best in the ETF game -- despite a late, late start

The Boston fund giant, with its hired gun ETF czar, has an outside shot at jumping from laughing stock also-ran in ETFs to first-mover if it pulls off its deep-in-the-rockies launch of active ETFs

October 25, 2013 at 3:20 AM

Mike Durbin (with Sanjiv Mirchandani) says that Abby Johnson signaled her intention to meld the efforts of Fidelity's various business units.

Abby Johnson wins RIA respect by articulating her bold vision for Fidelity's future at the company's Executive Forum

Hillary Clinton gave a great speech in Naples but the chairman's daughter gave a glimpse of her determination to attack channel insularity -- and what kind of a successor she might be

May 23, 2013 at 2:12 AM

Joan Warner: It's an incredibly crowded field. FA IQ is not going to do everything.

Why Financial Times is starting an online publication for financial advisors and what to make of it

FA IQ, with REP. vet Sydney LeBlanc aboard, joins Ignites and FundFire in publishing for niches in the financial advisory business

April 22, 2013 at 5:24 PM

Anthony Rochte will bring his State Street ETF smarts to bear at Fidelity's new division, SelectCo.

Fidelity launches major division in Denver with an 'ETF quarterback' calling the shots

The new venture appears to be the Boston giant's long-awaited foray into exchange traded funds but some details are still being carefully guarded

September 17, 2012 at 4:56 AM

Ken Weber says he knows Fidelity funds better than the company's reps.

How two RIAs succeed by using only Fidelity funds -- but not without weathering criticism about closing their own architecture

The heads of Weber Asset Management are unfazed by peers and analysts who says they are taking brand loyalty too far

July 30, 2012 at 4:12 AM

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