Articles tagged "BrightScope"
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Betterment adds 50 firms to its new 401(k) plan -- and IBM and Marcia Wagner connections
Smaller companies with Betterment-ish-sounding names like Earnest Operations and Boxed are the early guinea pigs but big dogs are on the robo's 401(k) board of directors
January 27, 2016 at 7:24 PM
RIAs stay the course in holding Schwab to its promise of an RIA-in-charge 401(k) plan with a promising result
Only when RIAs proved they'd only take 'yes' for an answer on open architecture and themselves installed as fiduciaries did their San Francisco-based custodian yield with just a minor Morningstar contingency
November 3, 2015 at 8:07 PM
Dimensional Fund Advisors to launch 13 target date funds but can its RIA 'cult' deliver success?
The Austin, Texas-based fund giant sees a 401(k) opening the size of its home state if Vanguard, T.Rowe and Fido are any indication
October 16, 2015 at 4:33 PM
Betterment jumps headlong into the 401(k) business spurred by a conviction that even Vanguard Group is unfriendly to investors in this arena
The New York robo-advisor is going full stack, competing with Fidelity Investments on everything from recordkeeping to financial advice
September 11, 2015 at 2:22 PM
After growth dip, BrightScope takes a whirl at mutual fund data -- but in a way that Morningstar claims it bypassed
The La Jolla RIA-tracker will gear data toward the 401(k) market and knock down a paywall
June 11, 2015 at 7:09 PM
What exactly to make of the big robo-advice deal that, according to Reuters, Financial Engines and Wells Fargo are nearing
The pieces -- 401(k) pricing, DOL, Supreme Court and massive scale -- are all in place to make the Silicon Valley-San Francisco deal make sense, analysts say
May 26, 2015 at 7:56 PM
After a six-month pause, Voya fills the Maliz Beams void with a 401(k) ace whose advancement stalled
Charlie Nelson was passed over twice at Great-West but has now landed a giant opportunity
April 28, 2015 at 7:32 PM
HighTower adds two battle-hardened T. Rowe generals to the 401(k) field
The Chicago-based roll-up is angling for retirement rollover dollars but observers question how determined it is to become a serious player in the lurcrative sector
November 7, 2014 at 7:27 PM
'Paradigm shift' in 401(k) flows opens the DOL door for annuities in 401(k) plans and RIAs are split
In the wake of DOL and Treasury rulings, some fiduciaries, certainly not all, seem willing to give the oft-reviled instruments a chance
October 28, 2014 at 6:27 PM
What's behind the sudden exit of Voya's top 401(k) exec, Maliz Beams, and her replacement by the firm's CEO, Rod Martin
In post-IPO, post-rebranding mode, the No. 2 defined contribution company is open to big change in the face of 401(k) hyper-competition
October 16, 2014 at 3:10 AM
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
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
How exactly Fidelity Investments extracted itself from a legal and HR quagmire and why it'll cost far more than the public $12-million amount
The settlement's small print reveals Fidelity employee may receive additional hundreds of millions of dollars in value over time
August 14, 2014 at 5:01 PM
The 25 financial advisors with the biggest online presences -- and a frank analysis of what online omnipotence does (or not) for them
Brightscope's top-100 social media maven list shows that RIA bloggers, tweeters, Facebookers and Youtubers sacrifice client face time to cater to web consumption
May 15, 2014 at 5:27 AM
How the RIA business made a dent at the 2014 Finovate conference in San Jose
Personal Capital and Motif presented and United Capital was there in force
