Articles tagged "Barron's"
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SEC actions expose underbelly of RIA industry awards, but they are often lucrative for those who hand them out and unlikely to stop being abused by those who get them
The Washington regulator nailed RIAs with misuse of award mentions, using the new Marketing Rule as cudgel after declaring false advertising a 2024 priority
October 9, 2024 at 3:07 AM
Barron's annual 'robo-advisor' tally rose to $1.1 trillion but with one huge caveat that draws harsh crticism from industry experts
First published by the Dow Jones weekly in 2018 with about $200 billion, the robo-advisor assets in the rankings soared 400% by 2024, swelled by a fungible definition that capture giant human RIAs.
August 22, 2024 at 5:04 AM
Morgan Stanley wants more Barron's Top Advisors so it poached Barron's 'Top Advisor' insiders, which says as much about the wirehouse as the publishing house
The wirehouse knows that no big firm owner puts phone calls from Sterling Shea or Alison Rooney on hold, and it's willing to hire and train them to fit new jobs
January 5, 2021 at 4:06 AM
How Barron’s 'Next' lays bare the tail-wags-dog sponsored content predicament facing financial journalism
The web-only Dow Jones publication for wealth-seeking, 'coddled' millennials chums its site with brands under bylines in search of millennial bites as media mavens wonder if the under-40s will accept it, notice it or have enough money to act on it
November 16, 2016 at 9:21 PM
How an iPhone app cut through stilted questioning at Barron's RIA custody panel in Scottsdale
Sterling Shea invited advisors to vote on pressing RIA questions via iPhone -- and they acidly asked Bernie Clark whether Schwab is robo-competing against them
March 27, 2015 at 7:13 PM
Bob Oros jumps to the top 'RIA' spot at Fidelity
With Mike Durbin taking a new day job at the Boston giant, the sales journeyman of Schwab, LPL and TCoA fame gets a coveted title
March 5, 2015 at 8:59 PM
What a close reading of Barron's cover story on Walt Bettinger reveals
The Dow Jones newsweekly puts a sunny spin on the Schwab CEO's accomplishments but reveals sensitive succession and RIA issues, too
November 5, 2014 at 6:18 AM
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
By outing a reluctant star in Peter Mallouk, Barron's Top 100 advisors list yields a surprise winner -- Leawood, Kansas
Is it the water supply, fate or a bizarre coincidence that Peter Mallouk and Marty Bicknell, Barron's No. 1 and No. 2 advisors for two years running, are based in the same obscure 12,000-household suburb?
August 29, 2014 at 5:08 AM
Eavesdropping on the Barron's Top Independent Advisor Summit and appreciating its vibe
There was the usual fertile atmosphere for advisor-on-advisor chats and some impatience with RIA custodial heads' bloviations
March 25, 2014 at 3:34 AM
On Barron's panel at IMCA, three top advisors tell what knocked them on course
I compulsively listened to a divorce opportunist, an ex-Goldman, now Merrill fellow, and a Morgan Stanley consultant offer a diverse array of nuggets
June 3, 2013 at 6:33 AM
Why I'll really miss Alan Abelson
The inimitable Barron's editor and writer always delivered the spoonful of sugar with the medicine
May 11, 2013 at 12:34 AM
Does Barron's really have a bead on the best financial advisors in America?
The famed Top Advisor Rankings by State is an established and influential ranking but its criteria are murky and therefore misleading, according to this veteran who also vets RIAs
March 21, 2013 at 5:54 PM
What went down at Barron's Top Independent Advisors Summit in the Arizona desert
Many of the biggest and best RIA stars showed up and put Bernie Clark, Mike Durbin, Tom Nally, Mark Tibergien, Bill Dwyer, Charles Goldman and Barnaby Grist in one room
March 26, 2012 at 3:31 PM
Wake-up call: ETFs feel the heat of NASSA's exotics panel
Beloved for their stellar qualities by RIAs, they are nonetheless the casino chip du jour for many traders
