Articles tagged "Cerulli"
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Franklin Templeton's ETF play reveals pain of being late -- yet it beats never
Franklin Resources has hewed to near a $42 share price back to 2006 but with $750 billion of AUM it is being deliberate with launch of single-country ETFs, opening wider window on strategic weaning from mutual fund dependency
November 10, 2017 at 12:29 AM
LPL Financial clips wings of 20 top fund companies by asserting itself as 'gatekeeper' on newly launched DOL-proof 3.5% flat-commission mutual fund superstore
Using Labor Department as leverage, LPL cuts itself in as middleman between branded fund giants -- including Fidelity, Legg Mason and Putnam -- and its advisors' clients -- in exchange for semi-exclusive shelf space positioning
August 4, 2017 at 10:04 PM
Tim Hockey invites channel-conflict question before TD Ameritrade's RIAs, sets good tone at LINC conference
New CEO plants question with his own PR interrogator, relieving tension, albeit with a stock answer, and allowing a successful event to unfold
February 6, 2017 at 6:22 PM
How Personal Capital got a stunning $1-billion AUM boost in six months -- after gathering its first $2 billion over six years
CEO BIll Harris says part of the secret is hiring human advisors to stoke referrals
September 21, 2016 at 9:12 PM
Vanguard virtual RIA's growth rate plummets from 50% to 32% with a staggering consolation -- another $10 billion in AUM since January
Now at $41 billion, up from $31 billion six months before, Vanguard gorged on easy cannibalization but classic RIAs are also losing assets to the Malvern growth engine
August 2, 2016 at 9:30 PM
Fidelity launches new robo as Schwab's hits $8.2 billion in assets
The Boston giant differentiates itself by its promise to keep cash holdings at less than 1% and in having a published fee -- albeit a floating one
July 27, 2016 at 4:06 AM
The non-Big Four RIA custodians, no longer runts but stunted in growth, are applying tougher love to hobbyist RIAs
In part one of a three-part series, we examine how seven small custodians -- starting with Trade PMR and Scottrade -- are evolving away from the Utopian model of 100% inclusivity
June 7, 2016 at 10:14 PM
Why there's more to the UBS-SigFig deal than meets Sergio Ermotti's gimlet eye
UBS's New York and Switzerland C-suiters tromped through the San Francisco robo's digs for months before striking this bellwether deal
May 17, 2016 at 6:52 PM
With BlackRock ahead and blue ocean behind, LPL finds its robo comfort zone
With the 150 basis-point-plus price of Guided Wealth Portfolios, LPL's robo plan doesn't look so robo, except for the onboarding
April 15, 2016 at 7:59 PM
Betterment raises $100 million a year after a $60-million round, enabling it to step up efforts to win the HNW wallet
The conversation is moving from play money to competing with Fidelity, Merrill Lynch and Schwab as it seeks build out a full-service offering to win plan sponsors, rich individuals and RIAs
March 29, 2016 at 11:57 AM
As variable annuities face 'existential crisis,' LPL's Casady is latest to warn of end to commission-sold VAs in retirement plans
DOL's imminent final rule is prompting LPL and Commonwealth to consider nixing traditional VAs in qualified retirement plans
March 2, 2016 at 7:05 PM
How many RIAs are there? No, seriously, how many?
Competing counts are full of 'bastardized' definitions of 'advisor,' state vs. SEC- vs. dually registered IARs, differing study criteria and agendas
November 11, 2015 at 7:57 PM
Citing Edward Jones as a cautionary tale, Cerulli alerts 'eRIAs' -- i.e. robos -- that they need to be world-beaters just to survive
The Boston-based researcher suggests by 2016 the standalone B2C model will demand net asset gathering $150 million per month -- a figure that will soon balloon to $180 million per month
October 14, 2015 at 4:42 PM
Report: 'Brother-in-law' dabblers are giving 401(k) ground slowly to specialists in $1.3 trillion market
Some RIAs disagree with Cerulli's pessimism and say DOL is having its effect with small employers seeking real experts to provide 401(k)s to employees
September 17, 2015 at 6:36 PM
As $160-billion CAPTRUST makes a snack of $10-billion Pensionmark, Fielding Miller accelerates his roll-up plans with a liberal structure
The Raleigh, N.C.-based firm's willingness to buy 49% reduces 'weird' and may set the stage for life as more of a 401(k) franchisor
