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News Stories Archives - Since 1998
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Morgan Stanley Brings on an ETF Marketer
The new hire previously hailed from Columbia Threadneedle...
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Friday, November 25, 2022
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An Ex-Pimco EVP Co-Founds an RIA
He's teaming up with a former partner at a longtime Pimco ally...
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Wednesday, November 02, 2022
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Reader Rating: 5
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A New Prez Takes Over a $13B-AUM Fund Fam
A 16-year company veteran is passing the reins and leaving the firm...
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Thursday, October 20, 2022
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$504MM In 21 Months
A $121.1B-AUM fund firm's team is celebrating a big milestone for an interval fund...
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Thursday, September 15, 2022
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Reader Rating: 1
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Coming Soon For a Quant Startup: Hiring, Subadvising, and More ETFs
The active manager's first three funds launched last month. One of the three co-founders talks about what's next...
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Wednesday, September 14, 2022
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Fundsters Golf to Support DEI
90 golfers participated in the charity fundraiser, and additional industry insiders attended the associated dinner...
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Tuesday, September 13, 2022
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Reader Rating: 5
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What an $81B-AUM Firm's New Chief Is Hunting
Watch for this multiboutique to continue taking majority stakes in asset managers with differentiated capabilities...
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Tuesday, August 09, 2022
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A $322B-AUM Firm Will Buy In CT
The deal is expected to close next quarter, and pricing and terms have not been publicly disclosed...
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Tuesday, August 09, 2022
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A Distro Leader Retires From a $65B-AUM Firm
His duties will be handled by other members of the asset manager's management team...
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Tuesday, June 28, 2022
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Reader Rating: 5
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Will a $4.1B-AUM Fund Firm Sell?
Two hedge funds offer to snap up a publicly traded mutual fund and ETF shop...
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Tuesday, June 28, 2022
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Week In Preview, May 31 - June 5
This week, the teams at AB, Deutsche Bank, Informa, and Irish Funds are hosting events...
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Tuesday, May 31, 2022
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Reader Rating: 5
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A 58-Year-Old Shop Enters the ETF Biz
A wealth management RIA with about $20 billion in AUM (mostly from high net worth investors) is rolling out an actively-managed, high-conviction, translucent ETF...
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Tuesday, April 26, 2022
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Barclays Teams Up With a $134B-AUM Fund Firm
The British bank will help its new ally with that ally's new ETF business...
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Tuesday, April 12, 2022
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A $160B-AUM Firm Adds Two Bond Funds
The pair of launches are the first from an investment team that joined the fund firm last year...
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Friday, April 08, 2022
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April Fools For Fundsters
A veteran asset management industry consultant and his team offer up some laughs with their annual "news" roundup for April Fools' Day...
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Friday, April 01, 2022
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Reader Rating: 5
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Ned Johnson Dies
The former Fidelity chief was 91 years old...
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Thursday, March 24, 2022
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Reader Rating: 5
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A $3B-AUM Fixed Income Shop Leads In Feb
The M* team updates U.S. flows data for February 2022 for ETFs and long-term, open-end mutual funds...
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Friday, March 18, 2022
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Fidelity Leads As 97 Fund Firms Win Big
An industry research organization's team reveals the winners of their 2022 fund awards...
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Thursday, March 10, 2022
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A New RIA Sails Into the ETF Biz
The startup's first fund is an active strategy focused on the U.S. residential real estate market...
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Wednesday, March 09, 2022
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An Ally to Nearly 50 Asset Managers Rebrands
The two-year-old TPM's network of firms has more than $235 billion in combined AUM...
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Tuesday, March 08, 2022
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Reader Rating: 5
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Three Years In, a $29MM Pair Transforms
Updated | An institutitonal Midwestern asset manager's team converts their mutual funds into ETFs...
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Monday, March 07, 2022
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ETFs: Not Your Grandfather's Mutual Fund
Two readers contemplate generational challenges and opportunities in fund marketing...
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Tuesday, March 01, 2022
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Harbor Gains SVPs on Opposite Coasts
The new hires both join the Chi-Town fund firm's distribution team...
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Friday, February 11, 2022
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A $78B-AUM Multi-Boutique's M&A Strat Targets Four Areas
The five-boutique group is poised to add a sixth, which is expected to boost its AUM to about $90 billion...
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Thursday, February 10, 2022
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A Product Strat SVP Joins a $102B-AUM Firm
The executive most recently spent nearly 11 years with Allianz Global Investors...
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Wednesday, February 09, 2022
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The Current State of Martech Stacks at Asset Managers
Two readers weigh in with an update on the industry's changing use of marketing technology...
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Monday, January 24, 2022
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Two Fund Firms Invest In a PowerShares Vet's Direct Indexer
The Bay Area startup started in 2020, and their mission is to democratize access to custom index SMAs through FAs...
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Wednesday, January 12, 2022
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Where Will Allspring Expand Under Sullivan?
The freshly independent asset manager's chief talks about what's next for the $587-billion-AUM firm now that it doesn't have "multiple masters."..
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Tuesday, December 28, 2021
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A 21-Year-Old RIA Enters the ETF Biz
The $400-million-AUM firm's debut fund combines a pair of tactical strategies...
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Friday, December 10, 2021
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A Texas Fund Firm Seals a $65MM Deal
The acquisition brings the multiboutique its 11th boutique..
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Tuesday, November 02, 2021
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500 Fundster Volunteers, 35 Committees
A 59-year-old industry trade group kicks off its virtual annual conference...
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Wednesday, October 06, 2021
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Reader Rating: 5
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A $4.1T-AUM Titan Is Hiring Thousands, But ...
Most of the new roles will not be investment ones...
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Wednesday, September 01, 2021
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A $9B-AUMA Tactical Fixed Income Trio Gains a Chief
The new hire will be the first-ever CEO for the group, which includes a mutual fund shop, plus a model portfolio shop and a retail WM RIA...
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Wednesday, August 25, 2021
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A $100B-AUM AM's Wealth Channel Chief Passes the Reins
The exec is retiring after 35 years in the industry. A 20-year industry and NFL alum is taking his place...
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Thursday, August 12, 2021
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Embracing the Hybrid — Digital Engagement For a Post-Covid World
A readers discusses the new, hybrid WFH work environment as many folks mix home and office time...
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Tuesday, August 10, 2021
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iM Global Invests In a $14.6B-AUM Shop
The deal is the European firm's second U.S. deal of 2021. They now back seven boutiques, including six on this side of the pond...
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Monday, August 02, 2021
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So You Want to Launch an ETF
Several allies to fundsters offer tips to those looking to enter the exchange-traded side of the business...
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Wednesday, July 21, 2021
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Vanguard and BlackRock Bet On a Pair of Startups
The world's largest fund firm is buying a five-year-old firm, while the world's largest asset manager is investing in a different...
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Wednesday, July 14, 2021
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After 34 Years With Franklin, a Senior Exec Joins a Faith-Based Shop
The new hire serves as the religiously managed mutual fund firm's director of strategic planning...
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Tuesday, July 13, 2021
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Will a $345B-AUM AM Chief Find Simple Excellence In More M&A?
A publicly traded, multinational asset manager's chief talks about industry consolidation, active management's prospects, and more...
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Wednesday, June 23, 2021
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A $1.7B-AUM Fund Family Merges Into a Sibling
The deal, which will include fund mergers and a close, is expected to close in Q4...
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Friday, May 07, 2021
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Two Years In, a Five-Fund Shop Reaches Out
An RIA is expanding the distribution scope of his subadvised mutual fund family...
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Thursday, April 15, 2021
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Reader Rating: 5
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What a Two-Year-Old Acquirer Is Hunting For
So far, the fund firm has bought 12 funds, and it now has about $700 million in AUM...
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Friday, April 09, 2021
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Reader Rating: 5
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A $47B-AUMA Firm's Board Grows to Seven
This mutual fund firm's board now includes four independent directors...
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Tuesday, April 06, 2021
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April Fools For Fundsters
A veteran asset management industry consultant and his team offer up some laughs with their annual "news" roundup for April Fools' Day...
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Thursday, April 01, 2021
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An Acquirer Finds Its Foundational U.S. Centerpiece
Watch for the firm to take minority stakes in more boutiques, too...
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Wednesday, March 24, 2021
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A European AM Network Buys a $4B-AUM U.S. Fund Firm
The deal is expected to close in Q2 2021...
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Tuesday, March 09, 2021
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At a $146B-AUM Shop, a New Channel Chief Taps a Service Leader
The new hire at the Lone Star State firm hails from the Denver area...
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Monday, March 08, 2021
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A Kudu-Backed Multiboutique Builds an AM Incubator
A veteran asset management chief will lead the new venture...
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Friday, March 05, 2021
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Reader Rating: 4
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From Platform Chief, to Fund Marketer: A Multi-Channel Vet Takes Over a TAMP
The exec first joined the firm nearly seven years ago...
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Friday, February 26, 2021
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Sullivan Resurfaces As PE Agrees to a $2.1B Acquisition
A pair of private equity firms will spin out a $603-billion-AUM asset manager while keeping a key alliance...
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Tuesday, February 23, 2021
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A Midwestern FA Hunts For RIAs to Power ETFs
A new ally launched its first ever ETF last month...
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Thursday, February 11, 2021
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Reader Rating: 5
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Post-Transition, a Tactical PM Seeks a Strategic Partner
A veteran liquid alts entrepreneur is looking for a distribution ally...
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Thursday, February 04, 2021
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Reader Rating: 3
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An Alts Giant Circles an $809MM Fund Firm
The deal is expected to close later in Q1 2021...
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Friday, January 29, 2021
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A 27-Year-Old Firm's New CEO Picks a Distro Chief
The freshly promoted exec has 17 years at the mutual fund firm and its parent...
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Tuesday, January 26, 2021
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A $23.1B-AUMA Shop Sells
A publicly traded acquirer north of the border buys a Midwestern asset and wealth management shop...
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Tuesday, January 26, 2021
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Reader Rating: 5
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Two PE Firms May Buy a $607B-AUM Asset Manager
The rumored bidding partners are not strangers to the asset management business...
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Friday, January 15, 2021
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A $157B-AUM Multinational Debuts Its 2nd U.S. MF
Watch for the firm to build out its distribution and private infrastructure investing teams on this side of the pond...
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Thursday, January 14, 2021
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Provencher Hires a MSIM Alum For a Key Role
The new hire hire will lead BNY Mellon Investment Management's financial institutions group...
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Wednesday, January 13, 2021
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A Distro Trio Focuses On Helping Boutiques
Three veterans of an Empire State mutual fund firm launch their own partner shop...
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Tuesday, January 12, 2021
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MMI Upgrades Its Training
The wealth management channel trade group relaunches its CLC...
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Thursday, January 07, 2021
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A $143B-AUM AM Adds a Channel Chief
A publicly traded asset manager now has a chief for its direct investor business...
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Tuesday, December 22, 2020
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Reader Rating: 5
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An ETF Startup Pushes For the Energy Horizon
A Philly firm rolls out its first fund, with help from ETC...
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Friday, December 11, 2020
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Szilagyi Hires an Insti Sales Exec
The new addition to the Catalyst team will focus on the large RIA, private bank, TAMP, and trust channels...
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Tuesday, December 08, 2020
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FLX Adds Four AMs and a Vault
The TPM to asset managers expands its client base and offerings...
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Monday, December 07, 2020
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A Six-Year Legg Vet Joins DWS
The new hire is based in Baltimore...
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Friday, December 04, 2020
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Reader Rating: 5
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A Gotham ETF Startup Helps Others Market
The two-year-old firm has a new venture...
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Monday, November 16, 2020
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Wilczewski Brings Back a BlackRock Alum
The new hire joins his leadership team here in the U.S. at DWS...
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Tuesday, November 03, 2020
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15 Years In, a Franklin Leader Shifts
The exec now leads product and specialty sales for the publicly traded asset management giant...
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Monday, October 26, 2020
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A New England Boutique Launches Its Third ETF
They launched their second earlier this year. Yet their first also shuttered this year...
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Monday, October 19, 2020
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Reader Rating: 5
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FLX Expands a Team By Four and Adds a Sage
The team at a Basking Ridge, NJ-based firm welcomes new hires and a new advisory board member...
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Monday, October 12, 2020
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Two Discount Brokerage Deals Near Their Finish Lines
Both have now cleared final regulatory approvals. Expect both to wrap up in less than week...
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Thursday, October 01, 2020
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An Arkansas SMA Shop Makes an ETF Push
The firm is partnering with ETC on the new suite...
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Friday, September 25, 2020
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Week In Preview, September 14-20
This week, the teams at FRA, FT, ICI, Innovator, MFDF, MMI, M*, and Wells Fargo are hosting online events...
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Monday, September 14, 2020
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Spina Builds a Portfolio Service Team
An asset management-focused TPM in New Jersey hires four people to launch a team to further build out the firm's distribution model...
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Thursday, August 27, 2020
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Reader Rating: 5
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Wilczewski Aims to Bring Eight DWS Segments Closer Together
The multinational's new client coverage chief in the Americas talks institutionalization, branding, and more...
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Tuesday, August 25, 2020
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After a Retirement, a 17-Year Victory Leader Rises
A key distribution leader passed the reins at the end of last month...
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Tuesday, August 11, 2020
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A Holding Co Buys Into a 12-Fund Shop and Keeps Hunting
The deal offers the holding company, traditionally a backer of institutional asset managers, an advisor-sold distribution platform...
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Friday, August 07, 2020
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Prepping ETFs, a Giant Declares "No Interest" In Direct Retail
Advisors reflect on a longtime ally's history and on its coming shift...
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Wednesday, August 05, 2020
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A 50-Year-Old Fund Firm's Chief Succeeds Its Co-Founder
The publicly traded firm also now has its first lead independent director...
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Friday, July 31, 2020
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A 24-Year-Old Fund Family Rebrands
The subadvised fund firm's team is also about to launch another mutual fund...
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Thursday, July 30, 2020
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An Advisor Distro Chief In Gotham Passes the Reins
A 10-year company veteran is taking over intermediary distribution at this mutual fund firm...
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Thursday, July 16, 2020
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How Will This Fund Firm Play Its New Campaign?
A Midwestern asset manager's campaign launch came with a sports tournament...
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Tuesday, July 14, 2020
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Shaffer Brings an Intel Chief to Voya IM
The new hire will be in charge of distribution enablement and intelligence at the fund firm...
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Wednesday, July 01, 2020
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Nine Years In, a Series Trust Shop Debuts Another
A back-office ally to fundsters rolls out its second mutual fund series trust...
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Tuesday, June 30, 2020
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Moss Hires Ops and Distro Chiefs For Polen
The new hires both hail from the retirement plan industry...
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Wednesday, June 17, 2020
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A Multi-Boutique's Ex-CEO Dies At 59
The executive was a founding principal at the publicly traded, acquisitive asset manager...
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Thursday, May 28, 2020
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An Arizona Startup Enters the MF Biz
The team is now trumpeting their first mutual fund, which debuted at the end of 2019...
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Thursday, May 21, 2020
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From Crisis Comes Long-Term Opportunity
A reader argues for "leveraging digital engagement to build more profitable relationships in asset management" in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2020
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Reader Rating: 5
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Moran Hires a Top Russell Alum
The distro veteran brings on a right hand at his new TPM shop...
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Thursday, May 14, 2020
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An ETF Strategy Chief Co-Founds an NYC Shop
A exec returns from the Midwest to Gotham and teams up on a startup...
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Friday, May 01, 2020
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Reader Rating: 5
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A Decade In, a Key Pimco Sales Chief Rises
The exec is one of three new managing directors at the fixed income mutual fund titan...
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Wednesday, April 15, 2020
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Three More Industry Conferences Feel the Crisis' Sting
One goes online, one gets postponed, and one gets cancelled outright, in light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic...
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Thursday, April 09, 2020
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An MF Vet Exits to Cut a New Path
After 14 years, a fundster distribution veteran is leading a different kind of business...
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Tuesday, March 10, 2020
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Reader Rating: 5
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The Boston Behemoth's Net Inflows Nearly Double
Last year, Fidelity's AUM jumped 26 percent, and operating income jumped 9.5 percent...
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Wednesday, March 04, 2020
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Schwab Bets On a $10.5B-AUM SMA Shop
The deal is expected to close in the middle of the year, perhaps before the previously announced TD deal...
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Thursday, February 27, 2020
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Reader Rating: 5
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Franklin Buys an $806B-AUM Rival
The $4.5-billion, all-cash deal is expected to close next quarter...
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Tuesday, February 18, 2020
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100,000-Plus FAs, 500-Plus AMs, 15 Employees
A giant TAMP has a new ally to fundsters and other asset managers. Who will fill her old shoes?..
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Monday, February 03, 2020
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Meet Envestnet's New Chief Fundster Ally
The promotion comes after a top exec left and took over another firm's investment business...
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Wednesday, January 29, 2020
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An Ex-Goldman Vet Takes Over an NYC ETF Boutique
The new chief co-founded a tactical global macro manager...
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Thursday, January 09, 2020
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