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Mike Alfred: 'The market for pure-play data has been slower to develop than we expected.'
January 26, 2021 at 3:17 AM

Ryan Alfred: We're very different people than we were in our early twenties starting Brightscope.

Mike Alfred scores headhunt coup by hiring brother, Ryan -- and, oh yeah, he raised $6 million

The co-founder and CEO of Digital Assets Data not only got his ace sibling but co-founder Kurt Fenstermacher, ex-Bridgewater, took over as COO changing the trajectory of the startup

April 30, 2019 at 5:25 PM

Amit Dogra left HighTower to found his own roll-up based largely on direct investments as differentiator.
February 26, 2018 at 8:55 PM

Mike Alfred (l. pictured with with brothers Ryan and Eddie): There's no Schwab or Fidelity. Go beyond CoinBase and it's the frickin' Wild West.

Mike Alfred also exits BrightScope to follow brother Ryan into cryptocurrency sphere

With Mark Casady and Josh Brown as backers, the former BrightScope CEO raised a quick $1.5 million over the weekend, partnered with a third Alfred -- Eddie -- and set about casting light on 1,000 cryptocurrencies for hedge funds

January 24, 2018 at 4:13 AM

Mike Alfred (with brother Ryan, l.): It's pretty magical to get to build something from scratch and to experience the whole journey with family by your side.

Buyer scoops up BrightScope using Genstar capital

The once-brash Alfred brothers sought out Strategic Insight as the DOL rule comes thundering toward their 401(k) herd

November 1, 2016 at 2:11 PM

 Eric Clarke (l.): It was possible to snatch an hour or two of shuteye prior to hike departure, but I highly doubt anyone slept.

What I learned about our industry’s toughness, endurance and character across four peaks, 28 miles and 7,500 vertical feet in Aspen

Bears, lightning, not to mention the 'Frigid Air Pass' and the 'Soul Crusher,' challenged the RIA adventurers on their fourth, and most grueling, trek

August 12, 2015 at 6:55 PM

Mike Alfred: We're showing sensitivity here.

How BrightScope plans to publicize RIA advisory fees fairly amid all those onion layers

One competitor is convinced the Alfreds are merely rewarding fee obfuscation but the San Diego iconoclasts refuse to be discouraged

April 12, 2013 at 5:11 AM

Ryan Alfred: If you do something disruptive (in the marketplace), it’s going to be polarizing.

BrightScope sticks to its guns as it responds to outspoken critics of its Advisor Pages

The San Diego-based data tracker opens a window on the practices of 450,000 advisors; skeptics say it crosses a line

May 2, 2011 at 1:18 PM

Mont Levy: We see the DFA advisors looking at this opportunity very closely.

Buckingham expedites turnkey 401(k) strategy by buying a fellow DFA TAMP

Competitors for advisors' business (like that little company, Fidelity) aren't sitting still as demand surges

January 5, 2011 at 2:47 PM

Lou Harvey: All it will take is for one employee in any company to rise a question about fees. This is going to be a tsunami.

Why the DOL's massive new 401(k) disclosure requirements are a 'very, very big deal'

RIA competitors (i.e. brokers) face daunting challenge of explaining complex revenue-sharing arrangements

October 15, 2010 at 4:47 AM

Scott Pritchard: Many advisors [selling 401(k) plans] recognize the merits of a move to fee-only, but like a drug addict who knows they need to quit, they just can not 'kick the habit.'

RIAs are starting to create their own 401(k) companies as alternatives to John Hancock and The Principal

Capital Directions is building a TAMP for advisors that want to get into the 401(k) business

April 27, 2010 at 6:20 AM

Heather Underwood goes deep into the made-for-RIA features of BrightScope's website

How BrightScope is using technology to create order in a messy 401(k) market

A San Diego-based company gives a peek behind the curtain of many of the 60,000 largest defined contribution plans

March 25, 2010 at 5:27 AM

Ryan Alfred: I would have expected Mr. Utkus to do a little bit more research before reaching this erroneous conclusion

Blog battle: Vanguard 401(k) principal and president of 401(k)-tracker have it out over the Internet

Steve Utkus suggests a flaw in BrightScope's system and Ryan Alfred is having none of it

March 19, 2010 at 6:16 AM

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