Articles tagged "Rob Foregger"
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With fears rising that robo-advisors can disrupt $2-trillion target date fund universe, NextCapital raises fresh $30 million and wins five big customers, but can its software spur widespread TDF adoption?
TDFs are cash cows and asset magnets but also dumb robots in an era of smarter ones and the Chicago-based outsourcer is promising answers -- most recently to Franklin Templeton
September 22, 2020 at 8:59 PM
New class of robos lay siege to 'antiquated' target-date-funds (TDF) market; even defender of the 401(k) citadel, Vanguard, sees handwriting on the wall
Fidelity, Ascensus, and Morningstar are all making 401(k) moves that could see automated advice replace the Vanguard-dominated TDF market but maybe Vanguard just woke up in time to cannibalize the market itself.
October 8, 2019 at 3:02 AM
How Scottrade's 'pain'-seeking sales tactics and 'cut-and-paste' lawyering allegedly led to breaching a DOL rule
Massachusetts securities cops seized on DOL rule clause still under delay and seeded effects for brokerage business that are pervasive and lasting
March 1, 2018 at 1:08 AM
NextCapital does $30-million VC round with a staggering objective that's taking shape first with John Hancock
Nearing 100 employees, the Chicago-based robo-advisor blurs 401(k) and retail asset distinctions by making advice factories out of investment product manufacturers
January 16, 2018 at 8:06 PM
The DOL rule is DOA -- and that's just the beginning, says RIA champion Brian Hamburger, law school chum of odds-on chief of staff Reince Priebus
Another Trump advisor, hedge fund biggie Anthony Scaramucci, says the DOL rule is a goner along with other post-'08 consumer firewalls -- but fiduciary advocates see one last bulwark: BICE
November 11, 2016 at 5:29 PM
Eaton Vance leads a $40-million investment round in SigFig with an eye toward capturing some of its lightning to spark NextShares
For his millions, Eaton Vance's Tom Faust gets a seat at the SigFig table, which he hopes his firm can leverage
May 26, 2016 at 8:18 PM
Personal Capital gets $75 million investment and an ex-Schwab retail chief in Jeff Carney
The Bill Harris-founded call-center RIA, which manages $2.4 billion in assets, hits it $500-million bogey for valuation
May 19, 2016 at 11:30 AM
The DOL's final rule contains a litany of 11th hour concessions to brokers that show Wall Street lobbyists earned their keep
12(b)1 fees, variable annuities and proprietary products are all still allowed and so is partiality in the sales process
April 6, 2016 at 10:00 AM
As Pershing struggles to get a robo firmly fixed in the RIA frame, NextCapital rushes in to blur the picture
The Chicago 401(k) robo will use Pershing custody to go after the retail market and Pershing has hopes it'll work with its mega-RIAs
February 23, 2016 at 9:25 PM
The 10 biggest RIA moves of 2015 and what conclusions to draw from them
PE dollars, succession angst, women executives seeking same and, of course, the robo sweepstakes spurred these advisor-entrepreneurs to dare and to risk much
January 4, 2016 at 9:28 PM
NextCapital raises $16 million as its founder goes where Financial Engines' 401(k) robo strategy didn't
Betting giant asset managers will carry the day, recovering co-founder of Personal Capital Rob Foregger seeks firms like Russell Investments, Alliance Bernstein as VC investors and as enterprise clients
December 17, 2015 at 7:17 PM
With robo-advisors on the rise, robo custodian Apex is rising with them, a diamond mined from the rubble of the Penson Worldwide debacle
Cheaper, more paperless and early to market, the Dallas-based clearing house/broker-dealer is out to protect its lead as big RIA custodians play robo catch-up