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News Stories Archives - Since 1998
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Advisors Still Use More Active Than Passive
MFWire digs into new research from FUSE...
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Friday, August 18, 2017
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A Thematic Startup Sports Its First ETF Launch
The Bay-area shop plans to create more products, too...
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Wednesday, August 02, 2017
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Should Fundsters Sweat Fidelity's Rationalization-Lite?
New MFWire research sheds light on how the industry is reacting to big changes at the RIA custodian and broker-dealer clearing giant...
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Thursday, July 20, 2017
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Nally Expands a TDA Institutional MD's Role
Two other TDA institutional execs are also on the rise.....
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Wednesday, July 19, 2017
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AllianzGI Hires a NSM For Retail Distro
The company has announced the hire of a Nationwide alum.....
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Wednesday, July 19, 2017
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T. Rowe Expands NTF Distro Through a Key Platform
The Baltimore-based mutual fund shop adds its Investor Class shares to a mutual fund supermarket...
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Tuesday, July 18, 2017
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Post-Strategic Review, Beaulieu Brings Three Senior Execs to Altegris
The liquid alts shop expands its leadership team as part of its evolving strategic priorities.....
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Thursday, July 13, 2017
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Broadridge Buys an Institutional Asset Management Data Specialist
Broadridge expands to combine retail and institutional data analytics. ..
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Tuesday, July 11, 2017
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The Myth of Indexing
As Burton Malkiel himself lends his weight to a new smart beta player, it's worth remembering that investors aren't really passive, even when they own index funds...
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Friday, June 30, 2017
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Levinson Brings a Cohen and Steers Alum to Hartford
The new hire will be focused on growing and strengthening Hartford's B-D relationships.....
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Thursday, June 29, 2017
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These 7 ETF Shops Are Teaming Up With Pershing. Here's Why.
MFWire talks to the firms on new NTF ETF Platform. ..
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Friday, June 23, 2017
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McDonough Builds Out a New OpFunds Institute
The Gotham mutual fund shop's distribution and marketing chief is also hiring in several areas and looking at artificial intelligence...
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Monday, June 19, 2017
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What Will Aaron Rodgers Tell FAs and Fundsters?
After the Pershing team and attendees took over a whole San Diego block last night, this NFL star will take the main stage this morning for the final session of Insite 2017...
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Friday, June 16, 2017
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Seven ETF Shops Power a New NTF Platform
A key ally to broker-dealers and RIAs is creating a platform with 120 ETFs out of the gate...
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Thursday, June 15, 2017
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Pershing Insite 2017 Begins!
The broker-dealer and RIA clearing and custody ally is gathering FAs and fundsters for its annual conference, this time in SoCal...
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Wednesday, June 14, 2017
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Broadridge Makes an Asset Management Data Alliance
The partnership will bring together global retail and institutional asset management data...
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Monday, June 12, 2017
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Week In Preview, June 12-18
Fundsters in Berlin and SoCal, 401(k) folks in the Big Apple, and deadlines for applying for two awards...
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Monday, June 12, 2017
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A Third-Party Marketing Firm Launches a Mutual Fund Newsletter
This company focuses on helping the underdogs in the world of mutual fund investing. Now they aim to take a new approach to helping clients...
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Thursday, June 01, 2017
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Four Veteran Sales Execs Join An Alts Distro Startup
S2K Financial hires four financial veterans to join their team. Steven Kantor, the former global head of Credit Suisse Capital Markets and current CEO of S2K, plans to take product distribution by storm with his team's new approach...
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Thursday, June 01, 2017
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A 27-Year-Old Fixed Income Shop Is Looking For Wholesalers
A San Diego-based firm enters the intermediary market...
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Wednesday, May 31, 2017
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Family Offices Bet $25MM on a Cyborg Advisor Alliance
Forget roboadvice! With $25 million in a funding, a Silicon Valley startup teams up with a Midwestern advisory firm to create a hybrid...
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Friday, May 26, 2017
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What Will We See From Putnam in Q3?
The Beantown fund firm teams up with a nearby ally and preps a liquid alts trio.....
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Wednesday, May 24, 2017
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Reader Rating: 4
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Sullivan Anoints Sales and Marketing Chiefs at Legg
One exec shifts, three join the executive committee, one leaves and one no longer shares his role. ..
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Tuesday, May 16, 2017
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Follow the Fundsters - May 16, 2017
Hires, fires, and the like!..
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Tuesday, May 16, 2017
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Brady Hires Thornburg's First Global Distro Chief
An intermediary distribution veteran returns to the mutual fund biz in a top role for the New Mexico-based mutual fund shop...
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Monday, May 15, 2017
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After Adding Two Third-Party Strategists, Pershing Hunts For More
Yet don't expect the BNY Mellon subsidiary to become a supermarket of strategists. ..
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Wednesday, May 10, 2017
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This Week In Preview, May 8-14
Events this week include: an MFEA council in Baltimore; ALFI, MMI, and Sohn events in NYC; and P&I events in Dallas and San Francisco...
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Monday, May 08, 2017
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Betterment's Co-Founder Talks to Fundsters
A Betterment cofounder takes the ICI GMM main stage alongside a private bank chief, a mutual fund chief, and a wirehouse bigwig...
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Friday, May 05, 2017
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Will This Empire State MF Shop Transform Instead of Exiting?
A TBD product launch accompanies a mutual fund close. ..
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Monday, May 01, 2017
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Axa Replaces Kraus and Shakes Up AB's Board
AB's CEO and chairman says goodbye, and a new duo fills his shoes. And the publicly-traded asset manager's board is transforming, too...
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Monday, May 01, 2017
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TD Ameritrade Makes a Strategic Deal With DFA
The RIA custodian dramatically cuts the price of trading shares of one mutual fund shop...
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Thursday, April 27, 2017
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M* Is Creating a New Asset Manager Marketplace
Kunal Kapoor gives advisors and fundster a glimpse of what the investment research giant is working on next...
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Wednesday, April 26, 2017
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A Midwestern Advisory Firm Enters the Retail Fund Biz
Chicago-based Hedeker Wealth Management launched its first mutual fund...
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Wednesday, April 26, 2017
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A Hays Alum Teams Up With an Asset Allocation Specialist
This vet will have a similar role in his new position, and he's looking for move folks to team up with..
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Friday, April 21, 2017
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A 7-Year-Old RIA Launches its First Mutual Fund
This RIA chose to work with Ultimus Solutions to enter the mutual fund business...
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Wednesday, April 19, 2017
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TCA Hunts for More ETF Allies
The independent, Denver-based RIA custodian launched an NTF-like ETF platform...
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Tuesday, April 18, 2017
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Reader Rating: 5
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A Beantown Shop Builds Advisor Distro
LMCG Investments just hired a managing director of national accounts...
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Wednesday, April 12, 2017
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ProShares Makes the First Move Away From This Platform
The ETF shop is the first to voluntarily removed itself from Schwab's NTF platform...
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Friday, April 07, 2017
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Follow the Fundsters - April 4, 2017
Hires, fires, and the like!..
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Tuesday, April 04, 2017
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T. Rowe's Larson Triples Down on National Accounts
The platform services chief expands his team with two new hires...
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Thursday, March 30, 2017
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A New Player Squeezes into the ETF Market
A Connecticut-based firm powers its first ETF...
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Friday, March 24, 2017
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Truscott Shifts Columbia's RIA Distro
The move comes as a 30-year company veteran is preparing to leave the Ameriprise subsidiary...
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Thursday, March 16, 2017
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Follow the Fundsters - March 15, 2017
Hires, fires, and the like!..
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Wednesday, March 15, 2017
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A Year-Old RIA Acquires a $4B Shop
The freshly combined shop may create its own mutual funds...
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Friday, March 10, 2017
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Reader Rating: 5
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Fund Rationalization Fever Spreads Beyond the Wires
Watch for smaller B-Ds to make some tough lineup choices, too, even as fiduciary reg limbo continues...
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Thursday, March 09, 2017
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Who Are the Best Marketers in Asset Management?
As the industry gets more competitive, small firms need to find a marketing focus...
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Wednesday, March 08, 2017
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Steinmetz Does a $2.7B Deal
OpFunds is acquiring a West Coast fixed income shop...
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Monday, March 06, 2017
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A 16-Year Goldman Due Diligence Vet Exits
A Goldman gatekeeper has left the firm...
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Friday, March 03, 2017
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Moran Shifts Two BNY Mellon IM Channels
The asset manager's boutiques take over a piece of distribution while the advisor wholesaling force takes over another...
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Thursday, March 02, 2017
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Four Managers Leave Allianz's Retail Team
The departures from two channels at the multinational asset manager's U.S. arm...
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Wednesday, March 01, 2017
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Follow the Fundsters - February 28, 2017
Hirings, firings and the like!..
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Tuesday, February 28, 2017
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A Midwestern Startup Builds Out Focused, Channel-Agnostic Distro
Watch for this "quantamental" shop to add two more externals. And they'll be expanding their internal force, too...
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Tuesday, February 28, 2017
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Top Low-Cost Educational Resources for Fund Marketers
A veteran asset management industry ally gathers a list of publications, trade groups, and more...
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Tuesday, February 28, 2017
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Reader Rating: 5
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Brooks Shakes Up a Key Deutsche AM Channel
It's not clear how many staff were affected by the changes...
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Tuesday, February 21, 2017
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Institutional Shares Now Utterly Dominate This NTF Platform
Two and a half years into a big push, an RIA custodian has seen flows completely transform...
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Friday, February 17, 2017
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Reader Rating: 5
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Fidelity Dishes Out a Serving of Rationalization-Lite
Fidelity streamlines its third-party fund offerings...
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Thursday, February 16, 2017
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Sloane Expands USAA's Key Account and Investment Resource Teams
The Texas mutual fund shop's third-party distro chief welcomes two more people to his team...
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Thursday, February 16, 2017
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A Deep Dive Into Fidelity's New Platform
MFWire reveals pricing and possible participants for the new "iNTF program". More than 30 firms and 1,100 CUSIPs are already available, and Carolyn Clancy says they're looking to add even more...
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Wednesday, February 15, 2017
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A Niche TAMP Seeks International ETFs
A factor investing-focused model portfolio shop looks to add new funds to its platform...
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Wednesday, February 08, 2017
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Reader Rating: 5
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A Quant Shop Flies Into ETFs
A Colorado firm launches their first suite of ETFs!..
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Monday, February 06, 2017
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An RIA Custodial Giant Creates a "Have Your Cake and Eat It, Too" Fund Platform
Word on the asset management street is that one of the big three RIA custodians has created a new investment platform that combines institutional and NTF properties...
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Thursday, February 02, 2017
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Nally Offers Strategists and Asset Managers a Deeper Way to Connect With TD-Aligned RIAs
The TD Ameritrade Institutional team is creating a new platform that ties in with a flagship, integrated technology offering now used by more than 10,000 individuals from more than 2,500 RIAs...
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Thursday, February 02, 2017
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Though Passive Dominates Advisor Flows, Active's Still Pulling in Ten of Billions
New data shows that active asset management is not down for the count in the retail intermediary channels...
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Tuesday, January 31, 2017
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TD's Nally Gathers a Record Crowd in SoCal
The RIA custodian estimates that more 3,200 RIAs and their allies will converge on San Diego this week for its 21st annual conference...
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Tuesday, January 31, 2017
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A 3,000-Advisor B-D Promotes a Key Fund Ally
The seven-year company veteran now serves as vice president of due diligence and product services...
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Friday, January 27, 2017
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WE Celebrates 3 Years and 2,500 Members
Women in ETFs (WE) held a breakfast celebration at Inside ETFs for its third anniversary...
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Thursday, January 26, 2017
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Follow the Fundsters - January 24, 2017
Hirings, firings and the like!..
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Tuesday, January 24, 2017
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AlphaCore Doubles in Size With Acquisition
In a single acquisition, the La Jolla-based firm doubles its assets and staff...
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Monday, January 23, 2017
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A 27-Year American Century Vet Departs
A top distro exec has left the firm...
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Friday, January 20, 2017
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RIAs Look for Organic Growth in 2017
A survey released today finds that RIAs plan to invest in marketing and technology to fuel growth in the coming year...
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Tuesday, January 10, 2017
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Allianz's Eu Picks Carroll's Successor
The German multinational asset manager's U.S. chief makes some changes in his distribution leadership...
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Friday, January 06, 2017
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Principal Cuts a Fund Channel on NYE
An entire dedicated channel was eliminated at the end of the year, MFWire has learned. ..
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Thursday, January 05, 2017
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From Acquisitive Fund Firm to FinTech Startup
A Tennessee asset manager transforms and exits the mutual fund biz...
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Tuesday, January 03, 2017
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This Institutional Asset Manager Is Now Two-Thirds Intermediary-Sold
In the past eight years, this shop has ramped up its work with advisors and other intermediaries ... yet it still has no wholesalers in the field...
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Friday, December 23, 2016
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FTSE Russell Hires an ETF Distro Vet
The LSE's indexing arm brings on board a mutual fund and ETF industry distribution veteran to work with RIAs and FAs...
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Wednesday, December 14, 2016
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Amundi's Vision for Pioneer
Amundi has big plans for its latest purchase, but integration details remain vague...
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Tuesday, December 13, 2016
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Who is Amundi?
Meet Europe's largest asset manager and the buyer of UniCredit's asset management business...
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Monday, December 12, 2016
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Peter Lee Plans a Mirae Distro Expansion
The Korean multinational asset manager's new U.S. chief talks to MFWire about his plans...
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Wednesday, December 07, 2016
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Pioneer's Jones Finds an Interim Successor for Spina
Laura Palmer is now interim head of U.S. intermediary distribution...
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Tuesday, December 06, 2016
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Turner Strategically Builds Out a Full Menu
Fresh from a merger, the 30-year asset management industry veteran is transforming his eponymous firm from a focused growth equity manager into something much more...
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Friday, December 02, 2016
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Hancock's Cassler Hires a Pair of Specialists
John Hancock Investments' expands its institutional sales team welcomes two new hires to promote ETF and UCITS growth...
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Monday, November 28, 2016
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For Advisors, It's All About Your Brand
Firm image ranks as one of the most important criteria for advisors when selecting an active fund..
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Monday, November 28, 2016
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Abby Succeeds Ned One Last Time
The Fidelity scion is taking yet another hat from her dad...
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Tuesday, November 22, 2016
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Reader Rating: 1
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The Next Gig for the Week of November 21, 2016
Plenty of mutual fund firms are for hiring for sales and product development positions. ..
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Monday, November 21, 2016
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How Social Are Asset Managers?
Though many asset managers are adopting social media as a marketing tool, others are hesitant...
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Friday, November 18, 2016
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Fund Marketers in Manhattan, 401k Folks in Florida, and Entrepreneurs In Texas
Fundsters are gathering for at least three conferences around the country today...
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Monday, November 07, 2016
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A Lone Star RIA Shutters Its Mutual Fund
The large growth fund will liquidate at the end of the week...
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Wednesday, November 02, 2016
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An OpFunds Channel Chief Plans to Hire In These Areas
MFWire sits down with a senior distribution executive from the MassMutual-backed mutual fund shop...
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Thursday, October 27, 2016
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JPMAM Pitches RIAs On Solving For the Long Term
The bank's asset management arm kicks off a multi-pronged branding campaign at Schwab IMPACT 2016...
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Wednesday, October 26, 2016
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Having the Right Conversation With Walt Bettinger
The Schwab chief takes the stage at IMPACT and talks about the DoL reg, RIA industry growth, custodian competition, the independent roboadvisor fad, and more...
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Tuesday, October 25, 2016
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Brace For Schwab's IMPACT 2016
This afternoon Bernie Clark and his team will kick off the brokerage's giant annual conference for its RIA allies...
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Monday, October 24, 2016
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Aberdeen and OpFunds Win Big in Chicago
Fundsters gathered last night in the Windy City for an industry trade group's annual awards bash...
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Wednesday, October 19, 2016
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People on the Move - October 12, 2016
The latest hirings, firings, and the like!..
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Wednesday, October 12, 2016
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For 361's First Deal, Florence Buys a Quant Shop
The liquid alts shop acquires one of its former subadvisors...
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Wednesday, October 05, 2016
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Cap Group's O'Connor Hires a BlackRock Vet For a Key Role
The new hire will take on a top distribution role at the power behind American Funds...
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Thursday, September 22, 2016
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Pru's Devaney Takes Over a Channel
A channel chief says goodbye to Prudential Investments after nine years with the firm...
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Tuesday, September 20, 2016
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A $2.2B Breakaway RIA Plans Its Own Mutual Fund
A Midwestern team recently broke away from a wirehouse, and they plan to launch their own fund in 2017...
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Tuesday, September 20, 2016
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A CO Separate Account Shop Preps Its Own ETFs
A three-year-old ETF strategist is developing ETFs-of-ETFs...
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Tuesday, September 13, 2016
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AQR Says Goodbye to a Channel Chief After Two Years
A distribution channel chief left the $159B asset manager earlier this summer...
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Monday, September 12, 2016
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Virtus Brings a Post-MPT Shop Into the ETF Biz
A Midwestern ETF strategist is powering a new ETF offered by the Northeastern subadvised mutual fund shop...
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Friday, September 09, 2016
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Reader Rating: 5
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