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News Stories Archives - Since 1998
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Where One $20B Asset Manager Sees Strategic Opps
Fresh off of a private equity deal, a Midwestern shop's chief strategy officer talks about where the firm looks to develop products or do M&A...
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Tuesday, April 24, 2018
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A Midwestern Fund Firm's C-Suite Expands and Contracts
One top exec is moving on and will not be replaced, while another is joining in a newly created role...
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Tuesday, April 24, 2018
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NYSE Move, SSgA
More than a year later, a famous Gotham public art piece (sponsored by the Beantown asset manager) continues to capture the attention of the public, and the media...
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Friday, April 20, 2018
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Clayton Makes His Fiduciary Stand
With the DoL's fiduciary rule still in limbo The SEC chief proposes his own fiduciary rule, and most of his colleagues line up to support taking next steps...
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Thursday, April 19, 2018
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CLS and Gemini's PE-Backed Parent Buys a TAMP
This is the firm's first acquisition since a private equity giant bought in three years ago...
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Friday, April 13, 2018
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In Georgia, an ETF Entrepreneur Favors Hiring and Alliances
Yet this uncommonly structured asset management shop's chief is less interested in acquisitions...
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Thursday, April 12, 2018
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The Beginning of Fiduciary Clarity May Be Just Around the Corner
All industry eyes will turn to the SEC HQ in Washington next week...
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Thursday, April 12, 2018
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Resolute's New Prez Shares Hiring Plans
The multi-boutique asset manager now has about 125 employees, including its majority-owned affiliates...
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Wednesday, April 11, 2018
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After 43 Years, a Mutual Fund Entrepreneur Starts One More Adventure
He's teaming up with two of his sons and adopting a pair of mutual funds...
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Monday, April 09, 2018
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Week In Preview, April 9-15
Invesco closes a deal, while the teams at AAII NYC, Eaton Vance's Calvert, Tiburon, and Tortoise all host events in the Big Apple...
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Monday, April 09, 2018
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Seven Months In, an ETF Shop Acquisition Breaks Down
Meanwhile, half of the startup's ETFs are shutting down, while another shop is stepping in to take over the other half...
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Friday, April 06, 2018
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Reader Rating: 5
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Dimon Shares Some Index Fund and ETF Worries
The CEO of J.P. Morgan Chase mentions exchange-traded funds three times in his annual letter to shareholders of the giant bank...
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Friday, April 06, 2018
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As Flows Slowed, This Multi-Manager Fund Family Won, Proportionately,
M* updates Morningstar Direct data on mutual fund and ETF flows in February...
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Wednesday, April 04, 2018
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Gravity Comes to ETF Flows, But ...
The U.S. ETF business suffered two consecutive months of net outflows for the first time in ten years...
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Wednesday, April 04, 2018
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In Defense of M*'s Stars, Take 42
Don Phillips compares the investment research giant's ubiquitous, 33-year-old ratings system to the grades students receive in school...
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Tuesday, April 03, 2018
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Ultimus' Co-Founders Anoint an Eventual Successor
The mutual fund servicing shop's chiefs have passed most of their direct reports to the their former COO...
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Thursday, March 29, 2018
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An Insurer Won the February Midsize Fund Firm Race
M* updates flows data for mutual fund and ETF flows from last month...
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Wednesday, March 28, 2018
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Even Vanguard and BlackRock Took a Flows Hit
Industrywide active flows swung negative last month, passive inflows dwindled, and money funds swung into positive inflows territory...
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Tuesday, March 27, 2018
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An FA Software Shop Doubles Its Asset Manager Ally List
Watch for more than a dozen more asset managers to team up with the Chi-Town firm in the coming months...
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Monday, March 26, 2018
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What Do Due Diligence Teams Think of Focused Strategies?
New research highlights home office fund selector and model buildings' feeling of focused U.S. equity products. Institutional investors also chimed in...
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Thursday, March 22, 2018
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Dave Grim Returns
The former SEC Investment Management Division chief and one of his former top lieutenants join a law firm to mutual funds...
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Tuesday, March 20, 2018
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T. Rowe, Fido, and PrimeCap Lead This Pack
An investing publication recognizes 627 outperforming funds...
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Tuesday, March 20, 2018
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What a $64B Multi-Boutique's Chief Looks For
This asset manager's president talks M&A and distribution expansion...
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Monday, March 19, 2018
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Reader Rating: 5
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Week In Preview, March 19-25
The teams at Crane Data, ETF.com FRA, ICI, and MMI are all hosting industry events this week, and a multinational asset manager is expected to IPO...
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Monday, March 19, 2018
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The Fourth Wirehouse Rationalizes Funds, In Three Stages
The changes are expected to result in about 840 funds, holding about five percent of the mutual fund assets on the wirehouse's platform, being removed...
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Wednesday, March 14, 2018
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Heavey Ramps Up and Shifts Expect Miracles' Golf Game
The charity's chief unveils a new fall event and shifts an existing event...
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Thursday, March 08, 2018
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Fundsters, Help Bash Myths About Advisors
A veteran industry data exec is writing his first book, and he wants input from executives like you...
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Monday, March 05, 2018
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George Walker Shares the Scope of His Unhurried M&A Strategy
The FT interviews the chief of a $295-billion, employee-owned asset manager...
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Friday, March 02, 2018
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Nuveen, Vanguard, T. Rowe, and Fidelity Dominate in the Big Apple
Yesterday about 180 fundsters gathered in midtown Manhattan for the 16th annual edition of an industry awards bash...
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Wednesday, February 28, 2018
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Reader Rating: 5
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ProShares Takes the Midsize Lead
M* updates Morningstar Direct data for January 2018...
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Tuesday, February 27, 2018
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Despite a Shift, Passive Titans Still Dominated January Flows
Yet industrywide active fund flows started off the new year by swinging positive for the month...
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Monday, February 26, 2018
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Week In Preview, February 26 - March 4
The ABA, Innovator, Lipper, NICSA, and Pageant are all hosting events this week...
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Monday, February 26, 2018
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Enochs Continues BMO GAM's Transformation Journey
MFWire talks with the multinational asset manager's U.S. chief about acquisitions, distribution, and more...
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Friday, February 23, 2018
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Tirschwell Responds to TCW's Lawsuit Defense
Through a spokesperson, the ex-TCW PM likens the fixed income firm's filings yesterday to "a smear campaign."..
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Wednesday, February 21, 2018
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An MF Distro Chief Joins a Multinational PE Shop
The new hire will lead the firm's U.S. private wealth initiative...
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Tuesday, February 20, 2018
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As Cetera Reorgs, the Platform Remains Unchanged and an Ex-Fundster Departs
The chief of the indie B-D network is making big changes...
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Friday, February 16, 2018
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A Gotham ETF Strategist Startup Focuses Distro
The new shop is targeting two channels after launching its debut offerings, in SMA form...
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Tuesday, February 13, 2018
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Victory IPOs On a Rough Day
The private-equity-backed, multi-boutique asset manager listed its shares on the Nasdaq yesterday...
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Friday, February 09, 2018
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ARK Felt the Inflows Love In 2017
M* Direct updates mutual fund and ETF flows data for the full 2017 calendar year...
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Wednesday, January 31, 2018
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The Founder of a Touchstone Precursor Dies
A "Cincinnati mutual fund pioneer" dies at 78...
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Wednesday, January 31, 2018
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First Trust and Bridge Builder Lead the Monthly Pack, Again
M* Direct updates mutual fund flows data for December 2017...
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Monday, January 29, 2018
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Bridge Builder Dominated 2017
M* Direct updates mutual fund flows data for the full 2017 calendar year...
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Monday, January 29, 2018
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Week In Preview, January 29-February 4
DAI Partners, the Expect Miracles Foundation, FSI, and TD Ameritrade are all hosting events this week...
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Monday, January 29, 2018
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Eu Creates a Distro Silo Under a 10-Year Allianz Vet
The new unit combines several channels that previously fell under other parts of the multinational asset manager's U.S. distribution efforts...
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Friday, January 26, 2018
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Two Fund Firms, One $555B Year
M* releases fund flows estimates for all of 2017...
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Thursday, January 25, 2018
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SSgA Had a Great December
M* releases its monthly fund flows report...
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Thursday, January 25, 2018
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Foster Retires and Keeps the Lord Abbett Reins in Distro Hands
The employee-owned asset manager's ninth managing partner in its history (and the first woman to hold that title) reveals her retirement plans and her successor...
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Wednesday, January 24, 2018
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25 Years of ETFs
This week marks a big anniversary in the asset management world...
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Tuesday, January 23, 2018
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Crossmark Enters the Final Stages of a Distro Rebuild
David Rentfrow prepares to take a pause after rebuilding the sales and marketing team at the freshly rebranded asset manager...
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Monday, January 22, 2018
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Week In Preview, January 22-28
informa, the MFDF, and Tiburon are all hosting events this week...
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Monday, January 22, 2018
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Franklin Reaches For Better Branding Atmosphere
A NYC agency helps launch a global campaign around this multinational asset manager's philosophy. ..
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Thursday, January 18, 2018
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Franklin's Nine-Figure Deal Across the Pond Brings Back a Templeton Vet
The California-based multinational agrees to acquire a $10-billion-AUM global equity asset manager on the other side of the Atlantic...
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Thursday, January 18, 2018
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Putnam Transforms a $4.75B Pair of Funds
The move is a part of "a major strategic initiative" by Bob Reynolds and his team at the Beantown mutual fund shop...
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Wednesday, January 17, 2018
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The Fidelity Johnsons Still Hold Four Spots Here
The mutual fund industry's East Coast Johnsons continue to dominate this top ten list...
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Thursday, January 11, 2018
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Not Every Fund's Fee Can Be Below Average
Does all this talk about low-cost mutual fund fees ever make you think of the fictional Lake Wobegon?..
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Tuesday, January 09, 2018
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Greg Johnson Bids Adieu to a Franklin Legend
On January 31, a star emerging markets PM is retiring from the publicly traded, multinational asset manager...
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Friday, January 05, 2018
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A 4,000-FA B-D Network Brings Due Diligence Under a Single Chief
A key Advisor Group alumnus takes a newly created job at another group of independent broker-dealers. Watch for him to expand his freshly consolidated team...
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Thursday, January 04, 2018
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A 30-Year Columbia Vet Helps Launch a Private Wealth Group
He's now part of annuity giant's first efforts in the private wealth and trust channel...
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Wednesday, January 03, 2018
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2017's Most Popular MFWire Stories
Here are our most read stories of the year...
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Friday, December 29, 2017
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Forget Fake News: Now There Are Fake Fiduciary Reg Foes
The WSJ finds many fake comments to DoL about the controversial, partially implemented and partially on hold regulation...
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Friday, December 29, 2017
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A Series Trust Soars to the Top
MFWire analyzes M* fund flows data to compare fund firms with between $1 billion and $10 billion in AUM...
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Thursday, December 28, 2017
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Trump Has His Eye On Two Top Pimco Vets
A dark horse Pimco alumnus did not land the President's nomination to take over the Fed next year, but two other Pimco-connected execs are rumored to be in the running for the Fed's number two spot...
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Thursday, December 28, 2017
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Has the ETF Flood Spilled Beyond Traditional Beta?
Smart beta ETFs, active ETFs, and ESG ETFs all continue to get lots of attention, but can they catch the truly big kahunas of the space?..
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Wednesday, December 27, 2017
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First Trust and Bridge Builder Take the Lead
The two firms had the best November inflows numbers among fund firms with between $10 billion and $100 billion in AUM...
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Tuesday, December 26, 2017
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Trump's SEC and EBSA Picks Got Early Christmas Presents on the Hill
The tax bill isn't the only thing the Senate approved last week...
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Tuesday, December 26, 2017
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Meet Dow Jones' First Wealth and Asset Management Chief
Alma Latour creates a brand new unit, led by a Barron's veteran who should be familiar to many fundsters...
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Friday, December 22, 2017
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Even Vanguard and BlackRock Slowed Down a Bit
November was a quieter inflows month, except for money market funds...
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Thursday, December 21, 2017
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A Fundster Puts His Mark On KU Football
The Midwestern university is renaming its football stadium after in honor mutual fund titan...
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Thursday, December 21, 2017
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Tax Reform Ended Up Pretty Good For Fundsters
A provision hated by the mutual fund industry was removed from the bill before it passed Congress, and retirement plans seem to have dodged some bullets, too...
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Wednesday, December 20, 2017
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Rosenberg Will Expand Am Century's ETF Team Quickly
The Midwestern mutual fund shop's ETF chief talks about hiring, product development plans, and more...
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Tuesday, December 19, 2017
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Under Its First CMO, PGIM Investments Will Take a More Customized, Targeted Approach
Last month Prudential's retail asset management unit hired its first chief marketing officer. Stay tuned for changes...
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Thursday, December 14, 2017
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Reader Rating: 5
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Mutual Funds Partially Dodge an Investor Tax Hit
Yet there are still many pieces of the tax reform that fundsters should keep an eye on...
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Tuesday, December 12, 2017
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Andrew Rogers Returns, Leading a Fintech Company
The former Gemini chief is teaming up with a familiar investor and taking over a shop that's trying to bring SMAs to the masses...
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Monday, December 11, 2017
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Bond Is Back ... In the ETF Biz
Bruce Bond and John Southard have taken over a Midwestern ETF startup and are building it out...
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Friday, December 08, 2017
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One Year Into the MF Biz, a Gotham Shop Preps a Real Marketing Push
The move comes after their first mutual fund was added to several key custodial platforms last month...
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Wednesday, December 06, 2017
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Reader Rating: 5
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For Deutsche AM, It's Back to the Future
Deutsche Bank is bringing back an old brand as it prepares to IPO its asset management arm as early as the first half of next year...
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Tuesday, December 05, 2017
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Five Midsize Firms Join the $1B Flows Club
M* has data on mutual fund and ETF flows for October. MFWire digs into the estimates for fund firms with between $10 billion and $100 billion in AUM...
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Tuesday, November 28, 2017
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Guggenheim Rocks October as Two Titans Keep Gobbling
Two firms continue to dominate net inflows for mutual funds and ETFs, yet they weren't the only ones who had a big month...
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Monday, November 27, 2017
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Alexa, Why Don't Fundsters Love You?
The asset and wealth management industry seems to be largely missing out on Amazon's popular "intelligent personal assistant."..
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Friday, November 24, 2017
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Fischer Advances a More Holistic View of Schwab's Platforms
A new but familiar face now leads both the mutual fund and ETF OneSource platforms at the RIA custody and discount brokerage giant. Watch for her to find more ways to break down the walls between Schwab's mutual fund and ETF platforms...
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Wednesday, November 22, 2017
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A 19-Year Waddell Vet Succeeds Butch at Ivy
Tom Butch is leaving the Midwestern fund firm and its brokerage parent. Phil Sanders has promoted a pair of execs to fill Butch's shoes...
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Wednesday, November 22, 2017
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Can an Online Giant Grow This Roboadvisor Seed Into a Tree?
Mass-market scale has been a key challenge for roboadvisors so far, even robos offered by asset management giants with millions of existing customers. Yet one robo now has access to more 218 million active customers of an online financial services titan...
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Wednesday, November 22, 2017
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A Retired Fidelity Ops Vet Dies at 73
A Massachusetts native who worked at the Boston Behemoth for a decade passed away earlier this month...
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Friday, November 17, 2017
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Gundlach Fears 2018 Will Spell Recession
The DoubleLine founder and famed bond guru speaks in Chitown to RIAs at Impact 2017...
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Thursday, November 16, 2017
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Reader Rating: 5
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After Selling Half Its Biz, a Subadvised Fund Firm Rebuilds and Reinvests
What's next for this Big Apple shop after its biggest subadvisor and half of its team head to another firm as part of a deal?..
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Tuesday, November 14, 2017
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A DFA Vet Plans a Niche ESG Buildout
The startup already has an ESG real estate fund. Watch for them to push into emerging markets or niche bond funds next...
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Friday, November 10, 2017
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How a Women-Run Asset Manager Launched Its First Green ETF
A women-run asset manager realizes a product opportunity for millennials and women interested in social impact...
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Wednesday, November 08, 2017
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Week In Preview, November 6-12
Baron Funds, DST kasina, the Expect Miracles Foundation, an ETF startup, the ICI, InvestmentNews, the MFEA, and the New York Financial Writers' Association are all hosting events this week...
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Monday, November 06, 2017
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A $250B Alts Shop Buys Most of a Mutual Fund Biz
The multi-part deal amps up the institutional asset manager's liquid offerings and distribution. Meanwhile, one of the sellers will reinvest in its biz to build out again...
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Thursday, November 02, 2017
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The Curse of Common Names
In the age of Google and social media, it's become harder to hide if you have a unique name. Yet it's also become easier to get mistaken for someone else if you have a common name, as an FA in the Midwest discovered this week...
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Thursday, November 02, 2017
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DFA Powers an ESG's Startup's First Mutual Fund
The Texas-based asset manager subadvises a new offering from a San Francisco-based shop...
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Wednesday, November 01, 2017
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Are Your FA Allies About to Get Less Mobile?
A wirehouse giant is dropping out of a 13-year-old treaty that opened the door to less-litigious advisor movement. Will other big B-Ds follow this wire's lead?..
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Tuesday, October 31, 2017
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Reynolds Puts a Putnam Veteran In Charge of a Sister Shop
Great-West Investments gains a new leader after David Musto's departure. Meanwhile, a familiar face is taking a over key piece of Putnam...
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Monday, October 30, 2017
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OppFunds and Columbia Threadneedle Win Big in Chitown
Last night was also a big night for Aberdeen Standard, Franklin Templeton, Hennessy, J.P. Morgan, John Hancock, Matthews Asia, Saturna Capital, T. Rowe Price and 26 other firms...
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Thursday, October 26, 2017
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WSJ vs M*'s Stars, Round 3
The most prominent business paper in the U.S. again takes on the investment research titan's mutual fund ratings system, this time in an expose-length feature. Yet unanswered questions remain...
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Thursday, October 26, 2017
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Reader Rating: 3
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Despite a Delay, Nally Sticks to His NTF ETF Guns
TD Ameritrade is giving RIAs more time to brace for the removal of some popular ETFs from the commission-free platform. Yet the end result will remain the same...
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Tuesday, October 24, 2017
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Baird Dominated September Among Midsize Firms
The Wisconsin-based mutual fund shop brought more inflows, both absolutely and relatively, than any other fund firm with between $10B and $100B in assets, per M* estimates...
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Monday, October 23, 2017
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ESG ETF Entreprenuers Plan a Whole List of Strats and Some Ambitious Growth
A startup debuted its first ETF last week. Watch for them to build out a whole suite of products...
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Thursday, October 19, 2017
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Fink Predicts Continued Double-Digit Growth for Tech and Risk Management
BlackRock released Q3 earnings and provided insight into their Aladdin offerings including Aladdin Risk for Wealth Management and Provider Aladdin...
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Tuesday, October 17, 2017
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TD's NTF ETF Platform Expands, Minus a Giant
The online brokerage and RIA custodian is nearly tripling the number of ETFs available through its commission-free platform. Yet one of the big three ETF shops is no longer a part of the program...
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Tuesday, October 17, 2017
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