Articles tagged "Michael Kitces"
Headline
Publish date
How the CFP Board is getting its $40 million's worth from its advertising campaign and how it isn't
Unaided recognition of CFP certification jumps about 90% in three years ...assets stemming from that, not so much
July 24, 2014 at 9:55 PM
An ex-Lehman exec with a 2008 crash sideline seat becomes Mr. Inside for the TAMP, roll-up and RIA where Michael Kitces is Mr. Outside
Pinnacle has hit $1.3 billion of AUM and is pushing forward aggressively with hires, strategic plans and offering 'office hours' with the planning research head dubbed 'stump the Kitces'
July 10, 2014 at 5:22 AM
How Vanguard Group's robo-countering effort got to $1.3 billion of AUM so easily and why its future seems bright
Executed almost shyly, the hints-of-vanilla Malvern indexing giant is the unlikely Silicon Valley nemesis in automated services
June 26, 2014 at 3:14 AM
How Merrill Lynch Clear looks so impressively RIA-like and what shows how deceptive looks can be
The big iPad-laced and rhetoric-laced wirehouse initiative toward goals-based investing may have selling insurance as its primary goal
June 18, 2014 at 5:54 PM
Thoughts on 'robo-advisors' served cold, compliments of Kitces and Waymire
With the potential for channel conflict, wirehouses are the most handcuffed in thwarting automated financial 'advice'
June 15, 2014 at 7:40 PM
Why RIAs should hedge their fee income to stay aligned with client interests
Clients invest for the long haul and advisors have short-term revenue needs making the AUM model imperfect at best
June 11, 2014 at 5:26 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
The FPA is now brought to you by MetLife, for better or worse
The insurer's cash is the good news but some see it as tainted money
April 23, 2014 at 5:42 AM
Tiburon CEO Summit extrudes big news: Betterment Institutional is born
Steve Lockshin lays out his plans for TAMP-like venture and how Michael Kitces, a public critic of the Betterment CEO, very much fits in
April 8, 2014 at 9:39 PM
The RIABiz top 10 industry blogs -- and which bloggers they recommend
The RIA business is a land of micro-niches where owner-operated blogs are often the best reading spot for advisors to find the vibe and the level of granularity they seek on a subject
January 15, 2014 at 5:52 AM
How Frank Troise is looking to shoot the 'Google Love' moon -- with DFA, VC, crowd-sourcing and M&A aspects -- and why some critics see it as an elaborate salvage sale
The original referral model, MyFreeRetirementReport.com, proved suboptimal when brokers allegedly failed to pay up, and now industry leaders are leery of the new model's practical and regulatory viability
October 27, 2013 at 6:52 PM
A careful look into whether CalPERS is ticking along or a ticking time bomb
The $270-billion giant seems more grounded after some investing misadventures, but the unfunded-liability horse may be out of the barn
September 4, 2013 at 3:12 AM
Why exactly LPL Financial nixed NestWise and how OSJs, once again, may be wagging the big dog
The event is eerily similar to BloombergBlack's full stop, one analyst says, but LPL's story has its own twists, it seems
September 3, 2013 at 5:36 PM
Cogent study shows one big RIA distinction getting swallowed up -- or not
It'll be a head-turner if, in fact, two-thirds of all retail assets are fee-based in 2015, but there may be more to the story
August 7, 2013 at 6:35 PM
The FPA NorCal Conference burnishes its little-gem image with big RIAs and other advisory progressives
700 people pow-wowed at The (respendent) Palace of San Francisco and none of their activity escaped the Tim Welsh watchful eye
