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Reddit and weep; Fidelity soars 68% in social ...

Reddit and weep; Fidelity soars 68% in social ...

August 27, 2024 - Daily Newsletter for RIABiz subscribers

PLAY-TO-PLAY
Emily Binder: They are playing on... TikTok, Reddit and Discord.
The Boston giant' is getting past the old LinkedIn, Facebook paradigm, adopting a more casual tone and using third-party media for 'service.'
43 minutes ago Lisa Shidler

Fidelity Investments is letting its hair down and upping its hipster quotient on social media – radically brightening its prospects for winning Gen Y, Gen Z and Millennial clients as Boomers age out.

NO EXHALE NEEDED
Peter Mallouk: We are wide open [to bigger deals] there’s no upper limit.
The Creative Planning CEO put Goldman's PFIM under contract one year ago, and merger experts say the firm's exceptional buying power -- low debt and high cash flow -- puts any RIA into play for him.
Saturday 8.24.24 Oisin Breen

Brooke's Note: Keep your friends close and your vampire squids closer. Peter Mallouk seems to have the upper hand in near-future wealth management consolidation as he takes his biggest-in-class RIA, undiluted and un-indebted, and teams up with Goldman Sachs across …

ROLL MODEL
Gaurav Sharma: Working with RIAs is a big priority to us post-raise.
The New York City 401(k)-rollover startup is using 'Plaid' style APIs startups to unlock $1.65 trillion in all-but-forgotten401(k) assets
Friday 8.23.24 Lisa Shidler

Brooke's Note: We talk so much about 401k) balances and fiduciary standards, but it's all for naught if investors can't get to the assets – or think it's too futile to try. That's why I have always liked Capitalize and …

LISTING TO PORT
Michael Kitces: The conflation has come, because the reality is that the actual…
First published by the Dow Jones weekly in 2018 with about $200 billion, the robo-advisor assets in the rankings soared 400% by 2024, swelled by a fungible definition that capture giant human RIAs.
Thursday 8.22.24 Oisin Breen

Brooke's Note: The RIA business is awash in ranking lists by editorial publications, and it can be a critical revenue source for those firms – many of whom can be considered RIABiz competitors. Full disclosure: we do not engage in …

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