Articles tagged "Tim Welsh"
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Tim Hockey goes to Florida with an RIA 'problem' that's not RIAs
The TD Ameritrade CEO relies on 6,000 registered investment advisors for 80% of growth -- skewed by big, big 'bus drivers' like Ric Edelman and Ron Carson
February 1, 2018 at 11:17 PM
What an RIA should make of Wall Street Journal's expose of how Schwab, Fidelity and TD Ameritrade's advice machines steer client assets
Product of a six-month of investigation, the Jason Zweig and Anne Tergesen-authored article alleges conflicts at the discount brokers are rife -- but RIA reactions to the revelations are textured
January 27, 2018 at 12:43 AM
CAPTRUST dumps Advent and Microsoft, flirts with Tamarac and Salesforce, then hires Black Diamond and Microsoft
As CAPTRUST switches gears from its $240-billion 401(k) business to its $6-billion wealth manager, it is forced to make mammoth and wrenching software moves
January 4, 2018 at 10:56 PM
The T3 Enterprise Conference showed the dark side of the RIA software business in Vegas
RIAs may be reaching a point of diminishing returns in buying software unless RIA custodians can join them in the reinvention process -- with the tenuous fate of cleverDome hanging in the balance
November 7, 2017 at 1:00 AM
TD Ameritrade is 'gathering feedback' after Michael Kitces's blogged overture for RIA collective bargaining on wholesale ETF line-up shift
The blogger and RIA platform owner offered three compromises and one request for a deadline extension but the RIA custodian is thus far having none of it
October 20, 2017 at 11:47 PM
Michael Kitces attacks CFP Board for jacking fees 17% in name of 'strategy' when the certificant is flush with $20 million in reserves
The Board defends murky financials and a 'buried' hike as overdue -- even when it's operating at a $1.3 million surplus
September 18, 2017 at 7:23 PM
The HighTower Advisors 'for-sale' rumors grow to include a named suitor
Source says Oppenheimer is consummating a deal but observers question how HighTower could graft its roll-up onto the aging B-D
September 1, 2017 at 2:24 PM
Andy Rachleff makes waves with NY Post quote: Don't get 'hung up' on our lose-more-funds-than-you-deposit disclosure
Fresh off blasting BlackRock, the feisty Wealthfront CEO claims he was 'misrepresented' as the robo offers ready credit lines for those with $100K-plus in taxable accounts
April 25, 2017 at 9:06 PM
New LPL CEO Dan Arnold thrills Wall Street in debut by laying out vanilla vision
Deflecting talk of RIA strategies and alliances with giants aside, Mark Casady's successor says LPL Financial's recruiting machine is poised to crank in DOL turmoil cast-offs
February 10, 2017 at 7:55 PM
The real Ron Carson story is that most assets went to Fidelity and TD Ameritrade where technology allows him to execute his vision
The big talk was the lateral move of some assets to Cetera but it was more a smokescreen for a breakaway
January 27, 2017 at 6:51 PM
How a Schwabian picture is emerging as Bob Oros joins John Clendening as chief of 4,500 underachieving HD Vest reps
Ex-Schwab retail chief Clendening makes the ex-Fido RIA chief his new CEO -- with ambitious plans in an atmosphere of revenue-sharing, variable annuities and commission sales
January 24, 2017 at 12:17 AM
Fidelity begins search for new RIA national sales manager as Bob Oros goes millennial, vacating a prized position
The kids pioneered the mindset but now the Oroses of the world grab quality-of-work, make-a-difference opportunities that their experience allows them to command
January 14, 2017 at 1:51 AM
Fidelity warns on the fees RIAs charge as growth of their practices falter yet lower prices aren't the answer
The Boston custodian calls attention to pedestrian 2015 organic net new growth of 6.7% as sign that clients are baffled about what exactly they are paying for
December 20, 2016 at 7:13 PM
Schwab unveils its virtual future to plaudits but using green CFPs as its real people, mandatory 6% cash, could prove troublesome
Move to launch 28 basis-point Schwab Intelligent Advisory by summer checks all boxes on price, robo, planning, ETFs -- and commoditizes what RIAs sell for three times the fee
December 15, 2016 at 6:11 PM
Why the LPL-Schwab merger rumor making the rounds makes more sense the harder you look
The Boston- and San Francisco-based companies each lead independent channels and redundancies are scarce
