Articles tagged "Mike Alfred"
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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
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
May 2, 2014 at 6:20 AM
BrightScope sees sales soar as formerly adversarial big 401(k) companies buy data about their own business
The business model of the La Jolla-based maverick evolves and triggers millions in new fee revenue and some big hires
April 16, 2014 at 7:58 AM
Just what good Bob Reynolds' purchase of J.P. Morgan's billions -- sans sweet brand -- will do for his Great West-Putnam 401(k) empire
The Boston exec was opportunistic in getting this deal and remains open to others but the 'O' word that made Whole Foods famous is holding sway
April 4, 2014 at 5:01 AM
Brightscope lets advisors get basic entry to its Advisor Pages for free, talks Morningstar deal and pencils in an IPO for about 2017
After two years, less than 1,000 advisors paid for the website and BrightScope hopes free is a better price-point for some
December 12, 2013 at 7:20 AM
The 401(k) industry braces itself for fruits of a CalPERS rethink that reflects a cut-the-crap mentality about active investing
A giant staff of researchers and managers -- not always in accord -- manages $260 billion of assets exerts psychological weight, and active management is losing friends in a place where it once thrived
September 12, 2013 at 8:30 PM
Why the 'naked fear' from a Yale law professor's letters to 401(k) plan sponsors is still present
The threatening, finger-pointing nature of the epistles drew the blood, the lack of a remedy to the attack from New Haven keeps the wound from healing
August 1, 2013 at 5:49 PM
Two firms that have love-hate relationships with RIAs draft their harshest critics to serve as consiglieres
Advisor-rater BrightScope and tech startup Riskalyze draw two smack-talking industry observers into their inner circle
April 16, 2013 at 1:36 PM
How BrightScope plans to publicize RIA advisory fees fairly amid all those onion layers
One competitor is convinced the Alfreds are merely rewarding fee obfuscation but the San Diego iconoclasts refuse to be discouraged
April 12, 2013 at 5:11 AM
NerdWallet's lead generation website has 20 Bay area advisors in beta, MIT, Wharton, Brown and Stanford folks running things and a Silicon Valley confidence
For Ask a Financial Advisor, the medium is the (video) message and the specializations include Lutherans
March 5, 2013 at 6:12 PM
How RIA industry execs took on the ultimate teamwork challenge: Conquering the highest summit in the lower 48
Training regimens for the group -- including a Green Beret and a Gulf War veteran -- ranged from crossing the Brooklyn Bridge to Google searches for portable bottles of oxygen
July 12, 2012 at 3:35 PM
After years of DOL bluster, new 401(k) rules appear to make RIAs' low expenses look higher than those of brokers
It's the same old problem of mutual fund-paid fees arriving by tunnel and therefore getting a pass in disclosures; DOL no-comments the issue
June 18, 2012 at 3:28 AM
What led to Vanguard allowing its 401(k) plan sponsors to shop around for non-Vanguard target-date funds
Despite the new choices available to plan sponsors, Vanguard believes clients won't stray -- but industry observers are not so sure
June 5, 2012 at 5:29 AM
What the SEC is up to with its website's fancy new look
The redesign is a nod to social media and a recognition that it needs the public
May 14, 2012 at 3:37 AM
After outcry, Betterment 86's (but not on purpose) a blog post inflaming advisors
BrightScope and Josh Brown lead charge against up-and-coming web-based investment management companies for their bad-itude against advisors
