Articles published 9/2014
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With kid gloves and after great patience, Morningstar yanks gold-level rating on PIMCO Total Return Fund and predicts possible exit of 'tens of billions' in assets
The Chicago fund tracker says the cut to the bronze level suggests positivity but lack of
September 30, 2014 at 4:27 AM
The steps Personal Capital is taking to win bigger accounts after a year of 100% growth and 95% of them small fish
This call center advisor is handing out free iPads to its wealthiest clients along with bulk pricing and concierge services that include two human advisors per family
September 29, 2014 at 6:05 AM
The real Bill Gross story with big help from the Wall Street Journal's reporting (Hint: The signs were there)
The humbled Bond King goes to an equity shop with a shove from PIMCO, a DoubleLine query and diminished options, WSJ reports
September 26, 2014 at 8:47 PM
Dissecting the pathology of UHNW wealth managers who want brand building without marketing
Iconoclastic, clubby and referral-oriented ways still attract the ultra-rich -- but a sleek LinkedIn page might be what Gens X, Y, millennials and hip boomers demand
September 26, 2014 at 6:22 AM
How RIAs should digest warnings about 'Shell Shock' and its lethal threat to all things Linux
On a scale of one to 10 the just-disclosed computer 'exploit' is a 10 because Linux is what the cloud lives by
September 25, 2014 at 10:44 PM
What exactly enticed Bill Dwyer out of retirement to work on the other side
The former LPL leader takes a spot vacated by Larry Roth at RCS Capital that involves selling to advisors
September 25, 2014 at 1:57 AM
An advertiser's-eye view of what the new-look FPA looked like in Seattle
The Denver-based association showed signs of diminished draw but mostly offset by a stunning presence of youth and start-up exhibitors
September 24, 2014 at 8:49 PM
Addepar hires in the direction of revenues -- and maybe even an IPO
The mature start-up adds an ex-Advent sales chief a year after hiring a CFO with a nose for initial public offerings
September 23, 2014 at 7:57 PM
Wealthfront's advice is now an employee benefit for Google employees' non-401(k) savings
Employees at the search giant with less than $100,000 get their balances managed for free -- as do employees of the San Francisco 49ers and Palantir
September 23, 2014 at 2:56 AM
How Merrill Lynch's divorce of its own $2.5-billion team shows just how fed up the wirehouse is with RIA-bound breakaways
The sudden pick-up in these seemingly self-defeating dismissals by Wall Street firms suggest new vigilance against gradual breakaways
September 22, 2014 at 5:48 AM
Can advisors keep their dirty compliance laundry in the closet thanks to lack of NASAA, SEC and FINRA coordination?
Mostly not but Jack Waymire and Brian Hamburger flesh out the issue with the right questions and answers
September 19, 2014 at 5:39 PM
How the new RIA competition is akin to the cup-holder dilemma for automakers
Many robo-innovations are superficial but are nonetheless looked for by investors as a sign of substance
September 18, 2014 at 6:18 PM
TD Ameritrade pulls off amazing Summit in DC that reveals rot to the core of SEC, FINRA and ERISA system
A consumer panel sobered the crowd off the bat with war stories and then Ron Rhoades, Mercer Bullard, David Tittsworth, Sheryl Garrett, Tom Nally, Marilyn Mohrman-Gillis and others pulled no punches
September 18, 2014 at 5:54 PM
Philly buyer lays down a cool $199 million in cash to buy FolioDynamix, the better to put Envestnet firmly in its sights
The 'it' factor of the 2007 start-up was its revamped Sungard orphan software with LPL, Pershing and Cetera as anchors
September 17, 2014 at 5:20 PM
At Junxure confab No. 2, Friedman kvells about his 6-week-old Cloud and announces closer ties with Pershing
Mark Tibergien was on hand to cement the Junxure-Pershing connection -- and to call baloney on Joe Duran's Cassandra-like forecast for RIAs
September 17, 2014 at 5:15 AM
How uncomfortable questions from prospects led a 'small' $12-billion 401(k) advisory RIA to finally say yes after eight years of rebuking overtures from a $120-billion AUA RIA
With the purchase of DCAdvisors, CAPTRUST emerges as a bigfoot player in a consolidation-bound industry
September 16, 2014 at 2:48 AM
Why Joe Duran is dead wrong on 2015 marking the end of the Golden Era of the RIA
The serial entrepeneur's column in InvestmentNews forgets that RIAs are also advancing and that the 'new competitors' carry baggage and have fatal shortcomings
September 15, 2014 at 3:27 AM
The documented RIA threat, 'phono-advisors' and their nearly $300 billion of assets
Not much romantic about call center-based advisors but under banners like Vanguard, Fisher Investments or Merrill Edge, they are a force to be reckoned with
September 12, 2014 at 5:06 AM
Peter Hess delivers Advent Direct specifics at AdventConnect as Dave Welling wows with Black Diamond's cloud advance
RIAs on a market high absorbed Advent Software's efforts to press skyward under rainy Las Vegas skies
September 11, 2014 at 3:40 PM
Bob Reynolds delegates the Great-West 401(k) business to old Fidelity mate after excruciating three-way choice
Edmund Murphy, kicked upstairs, is dispatched from Boston to Denver and will own the brand decision -- just for starters
September 10, 2014 at 7:23 PM
Envestnet-Tamarac wins four more RIAs with an average of $5 billion of AUM by selling a vision
The Seattle-based firm signs on CliftonLarsonAllen Wealth Advisors, Beacon Pointe Advisors, Convergent and Freestone
September 10, 2014 at 1:41 PM
Bob Reynolds does 'a lot of testing' to avoid foisting his 'Great West' brand on JP Morgan and Putnam Investments clientele
The chief executive also sees upside opportunities in bringing all three divisions under one banner
September 9, 2014 at 5:33 PM
5 ways for RIAs to avoid social media and 'holistic' wealth management overreaches in a share-happy e-world
Being Facebook 'friends' and dealing with a client's non-financial life decisions does not take the 'business' out of the business relationship equation
September 9, 2014 at 5:20 AM
How Bitcoin is penetrating RIA portfolios by looking riskier to ignore than embrace
Dangers remain but security, acceptability and upside all seem to have evolved just in the past few months, experts say
September 8, 2014 at 6:32 PM
How the Eric Cantor hire is really all about Ken Moelis, an original Wall Street 'Wolf', and his $963-million non-classic RIA
A former Robin to Mike Milken's Batman at Drexel Burnham pays chump change by Wall Street standards to get the politician aboard
September 5, 2014 at 7:39 PM
After Morgan Stanley 'raided' Schwab branch in San Francisco, Schwab fought in FINRA 'court' and lost, but perhaps won on the larger level
The San Francisco-based $2.4-trillion broker still isn't swallowing the loss and sent a clear message that it will battle tirelessly
September 4, 2014 at 4:40 PM
With your RIA practice as naked as Kirstin and Kate in the cloud, know two words: Google Authenticator
With advisors migrating their practices online, the vulnerability can't be overstated or easier to address
September 4, 2014 at 3:07 AM
AssetMark keeps to the ex-Schwab theme, tapping Jerry Chafkin as chief investment officer
After a prolonged search, Charles Goldman hires the former CEO of $240-billion AUM Natixis, president of Charles Schwab Investment Management and Yalie
September 3, 2014 at 12:52 PM
Getting inside Barron's Top-100-Advisor lists with some help from Sterling Shea
As the scrutinized lists expands and evolves, the Dow Jones newsweekly is striving to parse better from bigger -- all while keeping a promise to Rupert Murdoch
September 3, 2014 at 3:16 AM
Joe Duran explains United Capital's 100% revenue growth to $100 million since 2012 and the firm's complex plan to grow faster
In an overdue catch-all, catch-up the CEO of the $10-billion RIA tells of $4 billion of deals in the works and up to 15 de novo offices