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News Stories Archives - Since 1998
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The Fundster 401k Roundup
Recordkeeper and TPA deals, KPA movement, and more made headlines this week on the defined contribution side of the business...
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Friday, February 15, 2019
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Expand Your Footprint: Four Avenues to Explosive Growth
A reader shares tips to fundsters looking to gain market share and platform placement...
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Thursday, February 14, 2019
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This $538B AUM Shop's Sales Mix Diversity Is Rising
Top execs at a publicly traded mutual fund firm talk about their Q4 2018 results...
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Thursday, February 14, 2019
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New Day, New Roboadvisor ... New Funds?
A San Fran startup has not launched mutual funds ... yet...
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Friday, February 08, 2019
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What ETFs Will This Gotham Team Prep Next?
A New York City-based ETF entrepreneur talks about his hiring and product development plans...
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Thursday, February 07, 2019
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What Would Waddell & Reed Buy?
Phil Sanders and other top execs at the Ivy parent talk about the B-D's Q4 2018 earnings...
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Wednesday, February 06, 2019
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One of These 11 Innovators Is a Fundster
A trade publication recognizes an investment research giant's chief, an academic, a wirehouse's tech guru, a B-D network's chair, a tech ally to FAs, a KPA RIA's co-founder, and four other advisory firm's leaders...
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Tuesday, February 05, 2019
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Two Years In, a Channel Chief Leaves Am Century
The exec previously worked with Envestnet and a wealth management firm...
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Friday, February 01, 2019
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A CO Shop Spreads Its Wings With a 5th MF
Watch for the ETF strategist's chief to expand his team, too...
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Wednesday, January 30, 2019
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How Asset Managers Can Organize to Better Use Sales Data
Jill Santandreu of MARS explains why five different sides of fundsters' C-suites need better data...
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Tuesday, January 29, 2019
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One of Fink's Key Three Marks Rises
Meanwhile, familiar faces will take over BlackRock's U.S. wealth advisory and index investing businesses...
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Wednesday, January 09, 2019
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A Multinational Takes a More Insti Approach to FA Channels
An asset manager's new global institutional distro chief talks to MFWire about what's next after a key U.S. hire...
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Thursday, December 27, 2018
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What Kind of Deals Is Pioneer's Parent Hunting For?
The CEO of the Beantown asset manager's multinational parent talks about his growth plans...
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Friday, December 21, 2018
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Meet St. Louis' Newest Fund Firm
A local paper highlights a 20-year-old firm's recent entrance into the mutual fund side of the business...
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Thursday, December 13, 2018
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A Model U.S. Active Manager?
M*'s Greggory Warren shares a portrait of a publicly traded fund firm that he sees as well-positioned, despite oncoming asset management industry headwinds...
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Wednesday, December 12, 2018
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Hennessy's New Prez Steps In to Host In NYC
The acquisitive mutual fund entrepreneur was out sick today for his 14th annual press luncheon in NYC. Yet the show must go on...
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Tuesday, December 04, 2018
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Which Asset Classes Will FAs Prefer In 2019?
New research sheds light on how financial advisors plan to allocate their portfolios next year...
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Monday, December 03, 2018
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Masom Adds an Intermediary Sales Chief
RBC GAM's new global head of institutional distribution hires a fellow Legg Mason veteran for a newly created position...
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Friday, November 30, 2018
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Natixis Merges an $11.7B AUM Shop Into Loomis
Early next year, an institutional fixed income asset manager will combine with a Beantown value specialist...
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Friday, November 16, 2018
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After Six Years, a Top Marketer Exits Pimco
There's no official word yet on how the exec's duties will be handled...
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Thursday, November 15, 2018
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Why Victory Is Buying USAA AMC
Dave Brown and his team offer four main strategic rationale for the deal, for which Victory will shell out up to $1 billion. Meanwhile, more than 300 employees are expected to join while less than 100 could be cut...
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Thursday, November 08, 2018
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Nestor Plans a Direxion Sales and Marketing Push
Six months in, the Gotham MF shop's new prez makes a pair of key hires and looks to further expand his team...
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Wednesday, November 07, 2018
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USAA Sells Its AM Arm, For $850MM Up Front
A publicly traded multiboutique expects to double its AUM with the deal, adding its 11th investment franchise and keeping the right to use the USAA brand on funds...
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Wednesday, November 07, 2018
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An ETF Startup Sticks to Value, With a Twist
A Chi-Town trio debut their first fund and plan more. Their mission is to rationally redefine value investing for the 21st century...
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Friday, November 02, 2018
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A 33-Year-Old Boutique Hunts For Liftouts and Fund Mergers
M&A is an essential piece of this mutual fund firm's growth strategy...
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Thursday, November 01, 2018
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Reader Rating: 5
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A 1,000-FA B-D Preps a New Advisory Product
The program will include both ETF-based portfolios and portfolios based on traditional mutual funds. The rollout is planned for early Q1 2019...
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Wednesday, October 31, 2018
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Week In Preview, October 29 - November 4
This week the teams at FIASI, the Philadelphia Fund Alliance, Schwab, and Stradley Ronon are all hosting events...
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Monday, October 29, 2018
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Brinker's Ex-Vice Chair Joins a Startup AM
The new hire will lead retail distribution for a family office's new asset management arm...
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Monday, October 22, 2018
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A Midwestern Fund Firm Has a Docket Full of Open Positions
Fresh from an acquisition, a mutual fund entrepreneur is hiring...
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Tuesday, October 09, 2018
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Week In Preview, October 8-14
This week the teams at AIMSE, ALFI, FIASI, IMEA, InvestmentNews, MainStay Capital Management, NICSA, Sheridan Road, and Tiburon are all hosting events...
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Monday, October 08, 2018
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7 Reasons Why Bad Data Means Bad Growth Prospects for Asset Managers
Jill Santandreu reminds fundsters about the importance of good data...
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Wednesday, October 03, 2018
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Week In Preview, October 1-7
This week the teams at the FPA, Fund Intelligence, Fuse, and the ICI are all hosting events...
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Monday, October 01, 2018
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With a New Hire, a Boutique Crosses Into International Investing
It's all part of the chief's plan "to build an enduring firm."..
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Thursday, September 27, 2018
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Post-Aberdeen, Smith Guides a Family Office Into Asset Management
A 12-year-old firm is launching an asset management arm and looking for boutiques...
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Tuesday, September 25, 2018
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A Fundster Entrepreneur Anoints His First New Partner Tranche
The fast-growing, two-year-old boutique now has 10 shareholders in total and remains 95-percent employee-owned...
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Monday, September 10, 2018
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Week In Preview, September 10-16
This week the teams at Echelon, Finra, FRA, the IDC, InvestmentNews, MMI, Opal, and the SEC are all hosting events...
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Monday, September 10, 2018
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In a Perfect Microcosm, a Focus Shop Buys a Fund Firm
The deal is one of the RIA ally's biggest ever sub-acquisitions...
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Thursday, August 30, 2018
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An Expanding Texas ETF Shop Moves
After three senior hires earlier this year, the boutique switches to bigger offices and ponders more offerings...
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Thursday, August 23, 2018
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A Consultant Relations Director Joins Lord Abett in Chi-Town
The New hire will work with RIAs and family offices. ..
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Wednesday, August 22, 2018
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Fundsters, Prepare to Woo a New Kind of Gatekeeper
A multinational financial services giant is looking into something familiar in entertainment media...
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Monday, August 20, 2018
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A $78.7B Shop's Distro Chief Plans Channel Diversification
Watch for a B-D's asset management team to push further into the DC I-O, institutional, insurance and RIA channels...
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Tuesday, August 07, 2018
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These Midwestern Fundsters Are Prepping a Robo
A mutual fund of funds shop is working on a platform to private label for FAs, distribute through retirement plan platforms, and market directly to individual investors...
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Friday, July 27, 2018
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Meet the Familiar Next Owner of Cetera
Fundsters and defined contribution industry insiders may recognize the Bay Area private equity giant that is buying the giant indie B-D network...
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Wednesday, July 18, 2018
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Bye, Bye, Westcore Funds
A midwestern shop closes on its acquisition of the Denver-based mutual fund firm...
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Thursday, June 14, 2018
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Reader Rating: 5
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Two Southland FAs Enter the MF Biz
If the first fund takes off, watch for them to launch more funds down the line...
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Monday, June 11, 2018
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BNY Mellon Invests Eight Figures Into Pershing
Lisa Dolly unveils a multi-year investment plan for the broker-dealers' broker-dealer...
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Wednesday, June 06, 2018
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After Nearly 40 Years At Voya, an IM Exec Retires
Meanwhile, a newer Voya recruit is joining some of their funds' boards...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2018
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Checking the Pulse of Your Funds' Flows Prospects
An investment research giant launches a new asset manager tool and kicks off a new research paper series by drilling down on what drives fund flows...
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Wednesday, May 23, 2018
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The Fund Firm With the Best Advisor Rep Is ...
An industry distribution research specialist and an FA website team up to dig into what advisors think of their asset manager allies...
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Friday, May 18, 2018
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Reader Rating: 4
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Redell Restructures DoubleLine's Distro Team
He's on the hunt for several new hires...
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Monday, May 14, 2018
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Tobin Finds an Americas Distro Chief for SPDRs
The new hire is a veteran of both of the other two biggest ETF shops...
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Monday, May 07, 2018
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Week In Preview, April 16-22
The teams at ALFI, InvestmentNews, MFDF, and MFEA are all hosting events this week...
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Monday, April 16, 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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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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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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Macquarie IM Keeps M&A Hunting Amid Thoughtful Expansion in the U.S.
Shawn Lytle talks about what's next after the multinational asset manager's latest acquisition...
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Thursday, March 15, 2018
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Fidelity Institutional AUA Rises 18.5 Percent
Within FI, the Boston Behemoth's broker-dealer- and RIA-support unit saw $120 billion in net client inflows. Meanwhile, Fido's asset management biz more than doubled its net inflows, despite net outflows in active equity funds.
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Thursday, March 01, 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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Quill Takes Over as UMBFS Shifts
The 22-year company veteran takes the reins of UMB Fund Services from Tony Fischer...
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Thursday, February 15, 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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The SEC Starts a Four-Month, Share-Class-Disclosure Countdown
Avakian and Peikin make an offer to RIAs who haven't disclosed their use of higher-fee share classes...
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Tuesday, February 13, 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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Are Wholesalers Giving Advisors Enough Attention?
In a new survey, advisors hint at wanting more meetings with wholesalers. ..
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Tuesday, January 23, 2018
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TD's Fava Hunts For More Model Managers
Eight managers already offer models through the new TD Ameritrade Institutional Platform..
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Friday, January 19, 2018
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Is It Worth Nurturing A Long Term Relationship With Advisors?
New research suggests that asset managers looking to win new business should look to invest in long-term relationships with advisors. ..
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Friday, January 19, 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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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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With a $7.3B-AUM Deal, a Chi-Town Shop's Team Doubles
After absorbing a Denver-based asset manager, the combined firm's new AUM will increase to nearly $20 billion. ..
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Friday, January 12, 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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Reader Rating: 5
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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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This MF Startup Aims For 50 People By the End of 2018
A year and a half in, they now work with $10 billion in AUM, including about $1 billion in mutual fund AUM...
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Monday, December 18, 2017
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Yes, RIAs Are Fueling the Discount Broker Boom
The WSJ ponders the importance of independent RIAs to the growth of Schwab and TD, yet largely ignores their two biggest competitors...
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Friday, December 15, 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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Thompson Continues Building Out Allianz's RIA Channel
She's on the hunt for two more external wholesalers...
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Tuesday, December 12, 2017
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RIAs Dodge the Boston Behemoth's Web Woes
Fidelity suffered an online and app outage yesterday, yet systems are back online and the advisors it custodies for were reportedly unaffected...
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Thursday, November 30, 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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Schwab's Hanson Shifts
The RIA custody giant's mutual fund OneSource supermarket is in new but familiar hands...
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Monday, November 20, 2017
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Impact 2017 Recap
Last week more than 2,000 advisors and their allies gathered in Chitown for Schwab's 27th annual RIA conference...
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Monday, November 20, 2017
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Impact, Day 3 — Awards, Leon Bridges, and More
The 12th annual Impact Awards, a former prime minister, and the final night party are on the agenda today for the giant, RIA-focused conference...
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Thursday, November 16, 2017
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A Ten-Year Neuberger Vet Takes Over Biz Dev For an Alts Shop
An alternative asset manager, based in the Midwest and with $13 billion in AUM, just hired a top key accounts exec...
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Friday, November 03, 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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Lytle Shares Macquarie's Potential Acquisition Dreams
The Australian multinational is on the hunt for deals, both in the U.S. and abroad...
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Tuesday, October 31, 2017
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Reader Rating: 5
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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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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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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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OpFunds Teams Up With a PE Giant
The MassMutual-backed mutual fund giant in Gotham is creating a joint venture to give high net worth investors access to a growing, but less-liquid investment space...
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Monday, October 16, 2017
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A 28-Year-Old Administrator Is Now On Base With ETFs
A fund administrator, accountant, and transfer agent launches an advisory shop and debuts its first ETFs...
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Tuesday, October 10, 2017
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Roberge Consolidates MFS Distro Under a Single Chief
Meanwhile, a 30-year company veteran is stepping back at the Beantown mutual fund shop owned by SunLife...
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Friday, October 06, 2017
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For $1.2B, Marty Flanagan Does It Again
As long rumored, Invesco is buying another ETF business, this time in the U.S...
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Thursday, September 28, 2017
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An Oregon Fund Firm Expands Its Tech Team
A mutual fund entrepreneur in the Pacific Northwest is leaning on technology more than traditional wholesalers...
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Monday, September 25, 2017
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Week In Preview, September 25-October 1
eMoney Advisor, FIASI, Fund Intelligence, the ICI, informa, LPL, NAGDCA, the PSCA, and WiPN are all hosting events this week...
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Monday, September 25, 2017
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Follow the Fundsters - September 18, 2017
Hires, fires and the like!..
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Monday, September 18, 2017
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Week In Preview, September 18-24
The fall event season is in full swing...
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Monday, September 18, 2017
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What Advisors Want - Jeff Fishman
An FA to the behind-the-camera folks in Hollywood talks about how asset managers can best work with his firm...
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Friday, September 15, 2017
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Follow the Fundsters - September 12, 2017
Hires, fires and the like!..
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Tuesday, September 12, 2017
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Moninger Brings a Top RidgeWorth Alum to Eaton Vance
The new hire will focus on the independent broker-dealer channel for the Beantown mutual fund shop...
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Monday, September 11, 2017
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Reader Rating: 5
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Week In Preview, September 11-17
A 401(k) conference gets delayed as Irma batters Florida and Houston recovers from Harvey...
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Monday, September 11, 2017
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Sorry, Fundsters: Fees and Wholesalers Don't Sway RIAs
New research sheds light into what matters, and what doesn't, when it comes to winning advisors over to your asset managers' wares...
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Thursday, September 07, 2017
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