Articles tagged "Ryan Alfred"
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Mike and Ryan Alfred -- and their celebrity RIA investors -- sell Digital Assets Data to NYDIG, after market failed to develop for their Bitcoin data mining firm
NYDIG cashed out Marty Bicknell, Ric Edelman, Josh Brown and others who provided $9 million in initial backing for the Alfred's firm.
January 26, 2021 at 3:17 AM
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
New Moves: HighTower exec defects to a hyper-active-investing 'fiduciary' roll-up, BlackRock alums launch American Century ETF line, Alfred Bros. go crypto, millennials found Bay Area UHNW firm and more...
'New Moves in the Biz' -- winter edition -- charts high-profiles hires to low-profile firms and vice-versa in the greater RIA galaxy
February 26, 2018 at 8:55 PM
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
