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From MF RIA Channel Chief to Family Office Services
A Lone Star State fundster moved to the Boston Behemoth a few months ago...
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Thursday, December 05, 2019
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Schwab Gobbles a Rival Supermarket. Now What, Fundsters?
The revelation of the deal comes less than two months after both firms eliminated trading commissions on ETFs, options, and stocks...
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Tuesday, November 26, 2019
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From $64.1B to $145.8B In One Quarter
An asset manager's leaders share numbers on the post-deal firm...
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Thursday, November 07, 2019
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Aylward Trumpets Virtus' SMA Growth
The Connecticut asset manager's team releases their Q3 2019 earnings results...
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Wednesday, November 06, 2019
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A $68.72B-AUM AM Is "Positioned to Execute" On Deals
Leadership at a fund firm's publicly traded parent talks about their Q3 earnings results...
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Wednesday, October 30, 2019
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T. Rowe's AUM Rises, Despite Mister Market
The Baltimore-based global asset management firm now has $1.126 trillion in AUM...
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Friday, October 25, 2019
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Five Strategies for Getting Salespeople to Adopt New Tech
An industry insider offers asset management marketers ideas for getting sale teams on board with new technology...
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Thursday, October 24, 2019
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Larry Stands By Abby
The chief of the world's biggest asset manager and ETF shop says that a key alliance "is as strong as ever," despite big changes in the ETF world...
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Wednesday, October 16, 2019
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Shelton's Clark Hires As a Sales Vet Retires
As a director of advisor services retires, an RBC alum fills their shoes. ..
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Thursday, October 10, 2019
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Envestnet's Founder Dies
Jud Bergman and his wife were killed in a car accident yesterday...
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Friday, October 04, 2019
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Another Online Brokerage Goes NTF For All ETFs, But ...
The move is part of a broader commission elimination at the firm and echoes recent changes at Interactive Brokers, Schwab, and TD...
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Thursday, October 03, 2019
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Two Big NTF Platforms Expand to All U.S. ETFs
The moves were part of broader commission eliminations at both firms, in the U.S. and Canada...
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Wednesday, October 02, 2019
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328 Models, 35 Managers, and Now Two Tiers
An RIA custodian expands a young platform on multiple fronts. But don't call it a TAMP...
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Wednesday, September 11, 2019
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Eikenberg Adds Two Industry Vets to RBC GAM
The new hires will work with RIAs, bank trusts, and multi-family offices...
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Monday, September 09, 2019
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Steers Adds a Global Distro Chief
The new hire reports directly to Steers' right hand...
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Friday, September 06, 2019
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The Fundster 401k Roundup, August 9-30
Catch up on the latest news in the defined contribution industry...
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Friday, August 30, 2019
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An RIA's MF Startup Keeps the Lead
The M* team updates flows data for July 2019 for ETFs and long-term, open-end mutual funds...
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Thursday, August 15, 2019
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Schwab's Brokerage Deal Victory Comes With an MF Ally
A fundster chief assures analysts that Schwab's pending acquisition doesn't throw a wrench in an asset management deal that closed last month...
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Thursday, August 15, 2019
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The Fundster 401k Roundup, June 14-August 9
The summer is flying by, and it's been too long since our last defined contribution industry update for fundsters!..
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Friday, August 09, 2019
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An Employee-Owned Shop Revamps Its Second MF
Stay tuned for more launches from the firm's six-group investment management arm...
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Thursday, August 08, 2019
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ICON Layoffs Leave a VP Job Hunting
A sales exec is moving on from the Denver fund firm...
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Monday, August 05, 2019
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An Ex-Senior Director at Principal Switches Sides
This exec is becoming a financial advisor...
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Monday, July 29, 2019
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An Ex-Fundster Chief May Not Leave After all
The multinational he vice-chairs is pushing back on rumors of his impending departure...
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Thursday, July 25, 2019
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An NYC Boutique Hires a Chief
An ex-Alpine New Yorker takes over a wealth management RIA with its own MF...
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Friday, July 19, 2019
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Reader Rating: 5
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Ashton Kutcher and the Boston Behemoth Bet Together
The Hollywood star's VC fund and Fidelity are two backers of an ESG investing startup that aims to offer "a personalized ETF for everyone."..
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Friday, July 19, 2019
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A Tactical Startup Launches and Leads
The M* team updates flows data for June 2019 for ETFs and long-term, open-end mutual funds...
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Thursday, July 18, 2019
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Two Eaton Vance Arms Team Up
Under a new strategic initiative, two distribution teams will be integrated, some strategies will be rebranded, and some SMA offerings will be combined...
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Wednesday, July 17, 2019
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A Director Leaves Legg After Six Years
The exec is based in Stamford, Connecticut...
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Tuesday, July 09, 2019
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Reader Rating: 4
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An Analytics and Sales Exec Leaves Allianz
The head of sales enablement and analytics has departed from Allianz...
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Friday, June 21, 2019
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The Fundster 401k Roundup, May 17-June 14
Catch up on the latest news in the defined contribution industry...
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Friday, June 14, 2019
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An Eight-Year OpFunds Vet Leaves Invesco
The move comes as OpFunds merges into Invesco...
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Tuesday, June 11, 2019
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McDonough Picks Invesco's Next Third-Party NSM
An OpFunds exec takes over a team focused on the 529 and insurance channels...
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Friday, May 31, 2019
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An OpFunds RIA Exec Rises As an Invesco Vet Departs
The moves come after Invesco's purchase of OppenheimerFunds closed last Friday...
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Wednesday, May 29, 2019
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Three Years In, an MF Entrepreneur Targets Institutional
As the startup approached a key milestone, the chief further expanded his team in two areas. He aims to broaden their distribution and add a new product structure...
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Thursday, May 23, 2019
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Fiserv Welcomes a DST and Wells Vet
The new hire now serves as SVP and general manager of digital channels...
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Wednesday, May 22, 2019
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Will Pioneer's Parent Take Control of Another Multinational?
The publicly traded French firm is reportedly looking at buying a majority stake in a financial services giant's asset management arm. Yet the deal might run afoul of a familiar problem...
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Tuesday, May 21, 2019
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The Fundster 401k Roundup, May 3-17
Check out the latest news from the defined contribution side of the business...
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Friday, May 17, 2019
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Victory Squeezes More Out of the USAA Deal
The CEO and CFO talk to analysts on the multi-boutique's Q1 2019 earnings call...
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Thursday, May 16, 2019
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Weil Hires an Insti Vet to Lead All Distro
The new Janus Henderson hire hails most recently from BlackRock...
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Friday, May 10, 2019
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An Ex-TD MD Joins Vanguard
After 10 years at TD Ameritrade a MD moves over to Vanguard as head of digital, products and partnerships...
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Thursday, May 09, 2019
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A 10-Year RIA Specialist Leaves Allianz GI
A director of business development in the southeast departs...
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Wednesday, April 10, 2019
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A $26B Fund Administrator Will Bring ETF Support In-House
The chief is also hiring fund accountants and for transfer agency...
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Thursday, April 04, 2019
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Reader Rating: 5
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The Fundster 401k Roundup, March 23-29
Our sister publication offers a glimpse of the hot news in the DC I-O channel...
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Friday, March 29, 2019
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Reader Rating: 1
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After Tweaks and a Retirement, a Distro Chief Focuses On Execution
"The industry's going through a lot of change. We are as a company pretty right-sized to take advantage."..
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Tuesday, March 26, 2019
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Why a Michigan RIA Teamed Up With a Fund Firm
The full-service firm will handle distribution for the fund, which merged into another fund...
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Thursday, March 21, 2019
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A CT Research Shop Enters the ETF Biz
The firm specializes in real estate investing and is a subsidiary of a wealth management RIA...
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Wednesday, March 20, 2019
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Reader Rating: 1
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The Fundster 401k Roundup, March 9-15
A private equity-backed RKer buys again...
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Friday, March 15, 2019
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The Fundster 401k Roundup, March 2-8
A big bank merger will also combine two RKing businesses...
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Friday, March 08, 2019
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Eyeing Two Channels, This Gotham Fundster Chief Is Hiring
Also stay tuned for more product launches at the niche mutual fund and ETF shop...
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Thursday, March 07, 2019
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The Fundster 401k Roundup, February 23-March 1
A big bank is rebranding its retirement plan business, too...
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Friday, March 01, 2019
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Fidelity Institutional Holds Steady
Abby Johnson and her team shed light on the Boston Behemoth's interesting, and record-breaking, 2018...
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Friday, February 22, 2019
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The Fundster 401k Roundup, February 16-22
One deal in particular dominated defined contribution industry headlines this week...
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Friday, February 22, 2019
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A Chi-Town Team Crowns Their First Fund Merger
The deal boosts one of their funds to $122.5 million and adds another PM to the team...
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Wednesday, February 20, 2019
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From AI Engine to Mutual Fund
A boutique division of a $50B-AUM British asset manager rolls out an MF on this side of the pond...
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Tuesday, February 19, 2019
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Reader Rating: 5
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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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Reader Rating: 5
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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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Reader Rating: 5
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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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