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News Stories Archives - Since 1998
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BBD Sells Its Fund Audit Biz, As Expected
The deal was first unveiled last month and was expected to add more than 40 people to the acquirer's team...
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Wednesday, March 08, 2023
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13 Years In, an Ally to Fundsters Leaves Pershing
The executive is also an alumnus of TIAA and Pru...
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Monday, February 13, 2023
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Reader Rating: 5
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How Is FLX Using Its New Capital?
At a distribution ally to fundsters, watch for Brian Moran to expand his team and invest more in technology...
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Thursday, November 17, 2022
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What Worries FAs About ESG?
New research suggests that "greenwashing" is advisors' top concern when it comes to investing in strategies focused on environmental, social, and governance issues...
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Thursday, October 27, 2022
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$504MM In 21 Months
A $121.1B-AUM fund firm's team is celebrating a big milestone for an interval fund...
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Thursday, September 15, 2022
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Reader Rating: 1
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14 Fund Firms Win Big In NYC
At a Big Apple gala, a trade publication's team honors 84 winning companies. The awards are now in their eighth year...
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Wednesday, September 14, 2022
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$1.292B Inflows In a Single Quarter
An eight-year-old shop just had its biggest quarter ever...
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Friday, July 08, 2022
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A Tennessee Startup Crosses $1B In AUM
The digital assets-focused asset manager offers a trio of ETFs, though most of its assets are in seven institutional products...
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Wednesday, February 16, 2022
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A Midwestern Prop Trading Shop Enters the ETF Biz
The firm's new affiliate rolls out its first fund, but not under the SEC and the '40 Act...
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Thursday, January 13, 2022
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An Empire State Shop Accesses the ETF Space
The Westchester firm finds a Gotham ally to work on a new fund...
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Thursday, December 30, 2021
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Reader Rating: 5
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At the SEC, An Outspoken Prof Takes Over IM
Gensler reveals the regulatory agency's new director of the division of investment management...
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Wednesday, December 22, 2021
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Pershing Buys Into Direct Indexing
The ally to B-Ds and RIAs is poised to snap up a direct indexing solutions provider...
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Thursday, December 02, 2021
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An $11.5B-AUM Boutique Adds Another Bond Fund
$7 billion of the fund firm's AUM is in fixed income assets...
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Tuesday, October 05, 2021
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An HF and Research Vet Forges an Active ETF Startup
The startup's first fund debuted last week. Stay tuned for more launches ... later on in the economic cycle...
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Friday, August 13, 2021
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VC Access For All, In '40 Act Form
A Midwestern startup's chief sees their new fund structure appealing to both direct retail investors and RIAs...
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Tuesday, August 03, 2021
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From MF Wholesaler to Quant Crypto Investing Entrepreneur
A fundster launches his own AM shop, focused on investing in cryptocurrencies...
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Monday, July 12, 2021
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Reader Rating: 5
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Two Years In, a Five-Fund Shop Reaches Out
An RIA is expanding the distribution scope of his subadvised mutual fund family...
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Thursday, April 15, 2021
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Reader Rating: 5
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Three Fresh Faces Join an ETF Startup
The additions come after the firm launched last spring...
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Thursday, March 04, 2021
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A Midwestern FA Hunts For RIAs to Power ETFs
A new ally launched its first ever ETF last month...
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Thursday, February 11, 2021
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Reader Rating: 5
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A Host of BlackRock Alums Back a Compliance Startup
In Gotham, familiar angel investors invest and join the firm's advisory council and its board of directors...
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Wednesday, February 10, 2021
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Reader Rating: 5
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A $25.9B-AUM UK Firm Hires In California
The exec previously worked with Royce, Pimco, Wamco, and Wilshire...
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Wednesday, February 03, 2021
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Szilagyi Hires an Insti Sales Exec
The new addition to the Catalyst team will focus on the large RIA, private bank, TAMP, and trust channels...
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Tuesday, December 08, 2020
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A New England Boutique Launches Its Third ETF
They launched their second earlier this year. Yet their first also shuttered this year...
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Monday, October 19, 2020
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Reader Rating: 5
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Two Discount Brokerage Deals Near Their Finish Lines
Both have now cleared final regulatory approvals. Expect both to wrap up in less than week...
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Thursday, October 01, 2020
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FAs See Models, ETFs, and SMAs on the Rise Post-Pandemic
New data highlights how advisors are thinking in light of the ongoing coronavirus crisis...
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Wednesday, September 23, 2020
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A Holding Co Buys Into a 12-Fund Shop and Keeps Hunting
The deal offers the holding company, traditionally a backer of institutional asset managers, an advisor-sold distribution platform...
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Friday, August 07, 2020
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Week In Preview, June 22 - June 28
This week the teams at AAAA, Advisor Perspectives, Broadridge, and the Expect Miracles Foundation are scheduled to host online events...
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Monday, June 22, 2020
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A 48-Year-Old Shop Brings an MF Home
The firm previously subadvised the mutual fund and now has three run in-house, with help from RBB...
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Thursday, June 18, 2020
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An Arizona Startup Enters the MF Biz
The team is now trumpeting their first mutual fund, which debuted at the end of 2019...
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Thursday, May 21, 2020
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King Lands, Post-Foresters
He takes an institutional distribution leadership role at an Indiana firm...
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Tuesday, April 14, 2020
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Nine Years In, a Pimco EVP Exits
His duties are being absorbed by the broader team...
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Monday, April 06, 2020
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A 23-Year Invesco Vet Joins Nationwide
The new hire started with Van Kampen back in the 90s...
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Thursday, February 27, 2020
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Reader Rating: 5
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Fidelity Gives Another Tool to MF Replicators
The Boston Behemoth's latest retail brokerage update may not be good news for active stock fund firms...
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Friday, January 31, 2020
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What Kills a Robo? A Fund Firm's Sibling Upgrades Its Answer
They're also looking to connect the program with SMA managers...
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Monday, December 23, 2019
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Whitaker Stands By Quasar's Team and Brand
Dave Whitaker talks about the deal, which is expected to close at the end of Q1 2020...
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Tuesday, December 03, 2019
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Schwab Gobbles a Rival Supermarket. Now What, Fundsters?
The revelation of the deal comes less than two months after both firms eliminated trading commissions on ETFs, options, and stocks...
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Tuesday, November 26, 2019
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A Sales SVP Leaves Lazard AM After Three Years
A former SSgA employee exits Lazard Asset Management...
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Tuesday, November 19, 2019
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Week In Preview, November 4-10
This week the teams at the Active Investment Company Alliance, BofA, ICI, JPMAM, MFDF, Pictet, Schwab, and the SEC are hosting events, and several mutual fund firms' parents are releasing earnings...
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Monday, November 04, 2019
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Two Big NTF Platforms Expand to All U.S. ETFs
The moves were part of broader commission eliminations at both firms, in the U.S. and Canada...
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Wednesday, October 02, 2019
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328 Models, 35 Managers, and Now Two Tiers
An RIA custodian expands a young platform on multiple fronts. But don't call it a TAMP...
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Wednesday, September 11, 2019
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Eikenberg Adds Two Industry Vets to RBC GAM
The new hires will work with RIAs, bank trusts, and multi-family offices...
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Monday, September 09, 2019
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An Employee-Owned Shop Revamps Its Second MF
Stay tuned for more launches from the firm's six-group investment management arm...
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Thursday, August 08, 2019
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Two Eaton Vance Arms Team Up
Under a new strategic initiative, two distribution teams will be integrated, some strategies will be rebranded, and some SMA offerings will be combined...
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Wednesday, July 17, 2019
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Bruce Bond Rings the Opening Bell
The Innovator CEO opens the trading day as the shop launches two new ETFs...
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Tuesday, July 02, 2019
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From M&A Lawyer to Author to ETF Entrepreneur
Exponential ETFs and U.S. Bank help a startup enter the business...
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Thursday, May 30, 2019
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The Fundster 401k Roundup, March 30-April 12
One giant recordkeeper is buying another...
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Friday, April 12, 2019
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25 Years In, a Religious Fundster Preps ETFs and More
Watch for the firm to broaden the reach of one of its non-fund offerings, too...
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Wednesday, March 27, 2019
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Reader Rating: 5
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A Flickertail Fundster Teams Up, Hires, and Hunts
The chief of a small mutual fund shop is expanding his team, looking for acquisitions, and more...
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Monday, March 25, 2019
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Reader Rating: 5
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Is Subadvising In Your Future?
An ally to boutique asset managers walks readers through pros and cons of finding a larger firm to adopt your fund(s) while you stay on as subadvisor...
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Monday, February 11, 2019
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Reader Rating: 4
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New Day, New Roboadvisor ... New Funds?
A San Fran startup has not launched mutual funds ... yet...
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Friday, February 08, 2019
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Week In Preview, February 4-10
This week the teams at the ABA, Fund Intelligence, informa, and TD Ameritrade are all hosting events...
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Monday, February 04, 2019
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A CO Shop Spreads Its Wings With a 5th MF
Watch for the ETF strategist's chief to expand his team, too...
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Wednesday, January 30, 2019
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An MO Fund Entrepreneur Hires an Insti Sales Chief
The new hire most recently worked with Luken Investment Analytics and Riskalyze...
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Tuesday, January 15, 2019
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A Multinational Takes a More Insti Approach to FA Channels
An asset manager's new global institutional distro chief talks to MFWire about what's next after a key U.S. hire...
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Thursday, December 27, 2018
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What Do FAs Want In an ESG Fund?
New research sheds light on financial advisors' perspectives on ESG and SRI investing...
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Wednesday, December 05, 2018
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Week In Preview, December 3-9
This week the teams at Hennessy, Macquarie, MarketCounsel, and the Opal Group are all hosting events...
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Monday, December 03, 2018
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Masom Adds an Intermediary Sales Chief
RBC GAM's new global head of institutional distribution hires a fellow Legg Mason veteran for a newly created position...
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Friday, November 30, 2018
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An ETF Startup Sticks to Value, With a Twist
A Chi-Town trio debut their first fund and plan more. Their mission is to rationally redefine value investing for the 21st century...
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Friday, November 02, 2018
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Post-Aberdeen, Smith Guides a Family Office Into Asset Management
A 12-year-old firm is launching an asset management arm and looking for boutiques...
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Tuesday, September 25, 2018
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A Consultant Relations Director Joins Lord Abett in Chi-Town
The New hire will work with RIAs and family offices. ..
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Wednesday, August 22, 2018
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Which FAs Want Your Portfolio Construction Help?
New research highlights the importance of portfolio construction specialists across different types of financial advisors...
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Tuesday, July 24, 2018
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A Veteran Midwestern Fund Entrepreneur Takes Things Up a Notch
A family mutual fund shop starts getting the word out and reaches for low-hanging fruit. Perhaps next year they'll hire distribution experts...
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Monday, July 23, 2018
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So Much For the Clean Shares Revolution
A clearing and custody giant offers a glimpse at how these mutual fund share classes are doing, more than a year after the SEC gave their blessing...
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Friday, June 08, 2018
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Reader Rating: 5
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BNY Mellon Invests Eight Figures Into Pershing
Lisa Dolly unveils a multi-year investment plan for the broker-dealers' broker-dealer...
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Wednesday, June 06, 2018
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The Times Misses a Key Piece of the Fidelity Puzzle
Abby Johnson's efforts "to capture the imagination and attention of the next generation of investor" fascinate the newspaper, which captures part of how the Boston Behemoth is changing but overlooks an important, 401(k)-related nuance...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2018
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Week In Preview, May 29 - June 3
This week the teams at Carson Group, Deutsche Bank, KBW, and US SIF are all hosting events...
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Tuesday, May 29, 2018
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Akins Leaves Alps and Takes Startup Action
The DST arm's ETF chief starts a new venture with two more Alps alumni...
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Tuesday, May 22, 2018
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Clayton Makes His Fiduciary Stand
With the DoL's fiduciary rule still in limbo The SEC chief proposes his own fiduciary rule, and most of his colleagues line up to support taking next steps...
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Thursday, April 19, 2018
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An FA Software Shop Doubles Its Asset Manager Ally List
Watch for more than a dozen more asset managers to team up with the Chi-Town firm in the coming months...
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Monday, March 26, 2018
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Wholesalers Are Improving in Wirehouse and Indie FAs' Eyes, But ...
New research sheds light on how advisors see wholesalers and what they want...
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Friday, March 16, 2018
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A Gotham ETF Strategist Startup Focuses Distro
The new shop is targeting two channels after launching its debut offerings, in SMA form...
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Tuesday, February 13, 2018
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The SEC Starts a Four-Month, Share-Class-Disclosure Countdown
Avakian and Peikin make an offer to RIAs who haven't disclosed their use of higher-fee share classes...
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Tuesday, February 13, 2018
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Through a Transformative Shift, an Alts Tech Company Enters the Mutual Fund Biz
Meet the Big Apple startup that is merging with Altegris...
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Friday, February 09, 2018
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An ESG Specialist Starts Partnering With Other RIAs
A Gotham shop with nearly $1 billion in AUM is experimenting with distributing its models through other FAs...
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Wednesday, February 07, 2018
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Week In Preview, January 29-February 4
DAI Partners, the Expect Miracles Foundation, FSI, and TD Ameritrade are all hosting events this week...
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Monday, January 29, 2018
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Are Wholesalers Giving Advisors Enough Attention?
In a new survey, advisors hint at wanting more meetings with wholesalers. ..
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Tuesday, January 23, 2018
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TD's Fava Hunts For More Model Managers
Eight managers already offer models through the new TD Ameritrade Institutional Platform..
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Friday, January 19, 2018
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Is It Worth Nurturing A Long Term Relationship With Advisors?
New research suggests that asset managers looking to win new business should look to invest in long-term relationships with advisors. ..
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Friday, January 19, 2018
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Seven Shops Add to Schwab ETF OneSource
The brokerage and custodial giant adds 12 more ETFs to their commission-free platform...
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Friday, January 05, 2018
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This MF Startup Aims For 50 People By the End of 2018
A year and a half in, they now work with $10 billion in AUM, including about $1 billion in mutual fund AUM...
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Monday, December 18, 2017
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Yes, RIAs Are Fueling the Discount Broker Boom
The WSJ ponders the importance of independent RIAs to the growth of Schwab and TD, yet largely ignores their two biggest competitors...
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Friday, December 15, 2017
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Thompson Continues Building Out Allianz's RIA Channel
She's on the hunt for two more external wholesalers...
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Tuesday, December 12, 2017
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RIAs Dodge the Boston Behemoth's Web Woes
Fidelity suffered an online and app outage yesterday, yet systems are back online and the advisors it custodies for were reportedly unaffected...
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Thursday, November 30, 2017
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Gundlach Fears 2018 Will Spell Recession
The DoubleLine founder and famed bond guru speaks in Chitown to RIAs at Impact 2017...
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Thursday, November 16, 2017
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Reader Rating: 5
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Fewer Fundsters and RIAs Faced the SEC's Wrath This Year
The regulatory agency's enforcement division releases its report for FY 2017...
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Thursday, November 16, 2017
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Impact, Day 3 — Awards, Leon Bridges, and More
The 12th annual Impact Awards, a former prime minister, and the final night party are on the agenda today for the giant, RIA-focused conference...
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Thursday, November 16, 2017
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Walt, Unscripted
The CEO of Charles Schwab takes the stage in a Q&A-only keynote session at Impact 2017...
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Wednesday, November 15, 2017
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Reader Rating: 5
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Impact, Day 2 — Talking to Walt
Yesterday in the Windy City the Schwab team kicked off their giant annual conference for RIAs and their allies...
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Wednesday, November 15, 2017
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A DFA Vet Plans a Niche ESG Buildout
The startup already has an ESG real estate fund. Watch for them to push into emerging markets or niche bond funds next...
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Friday, November 10, 2017
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How a No-Load Giant Is Making a Push With Advisors
InvestmentNews digs into the shift being made by a well-known, publicly-traded asset manager...
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Wednesday, October 25, 2017
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Despite a Delay, Nally Sticks to His NTF ETF Guns
TD Ameritrade is giving RIAs more time to brace for the removal of some popular ETFs from the commission-free platform. Yet the end result will remain the same...
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Tuesday, October 24, 2017
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Sorry, Fundsters: Fees and Wholesalers Don't Sway RIAs
New research sheds light into what matters, and what doesn't, when it comes to winning advisors over to your asset managers' wares...
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Thursday, September 07, 2017
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Follow the Fundsters - August 29, 2017
Hires, fires and the like!..
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Tuesday, August 29, 2017
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Advisors Still Use More Active Than Passive
MFWire digs into new research from FUSE...
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Friday, August 18, 2017
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A Chi-Town Shop Resets Its Marketing Efforts
An exec departs, and the firm may do more digital marketing going forward.....
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Wednesday, July 26, 2017
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Nally Expands a TDA Institutional MD's Role
Two other TDA institutional execs are also on the rise.....
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Wednesday, July 19, 2017
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AllianzGI Hires a NSM For Retail Distro
The company has announced the hire of a Nationwide alum.....
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Wednesday, July 19, 2017
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T. Rowe Expands NTF Distro Through a Key Platform
The Baltimore-based mutual fund shop adds its Investor Class shares to a mutual fund supermarket...
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Tuesday, July 18, 2017
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Has Trump Picked Someone For That Final SEC Commish Spot?
A Columbia law professor is reportedly the "leading contender" for the open Democratic seat atop the regulatory agency...
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Thursday, June 29, 2017
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Follow the Fundsters - June 27, 2017
Fires, Hires, and the Likes!..
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Tuesday, June 27, 2017
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