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Monday links: a cult of personality

Abnormal Returns

bloomberg.com) You need a strategy to survive the commoditization of the asset management industry. imports from China have been declining since 2016. (institutionalinvestor.com) Interest in forex trading has been in decline for awhile now. philbak.substack.com) China The percentage of U.S.

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Seeking Best Execution: Understanding The SEC’s Expectations For Advisors To Deliver Best Outcomes For Clients

Nerd's Eye View

the types of investment products or strategies that a custodial broker-dealer can handle in an accurate and timely fashion), and commission rates (which can include asset-based pricing, platform fees, account activity fees, and more), among others.

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Tales from the Dark Side

The Big Picture

Our previous discussions (debates really) were over the traditional model of brokerage I push back against versus the fee-based fiduciary asset management I embrace. This made me chuckle, as we had discussed this level of unsuitable and inappropriate asset management for years, with me offering an endless parade of examples.

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Mariner Hires M&A Lead Rob Sandrew to Oversee $40B Independent Channel

Wealth Management

Mariner is seeking to bolster its independent registered investment advisor channel by hiring Rob Sandrew to oversee the division, which includes more than 1,100 advisors and about $40 billion in client assets. Sandrew joined the RIA in 2016 and helped it grow from about $3 billion in client assets to more than $21 billion.

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Bluespring Merges Two Texas-Based Firms to Create $1.4B RIA

Wealth Management

LifeBridge was started in 2016 and later grew when Jim Morrison joined Rudelson to create a combined firm with Bluespring in 2021 with offices in Houston and Waco. SilverStar was started by Hudson in 1994 and became a Kestra affiliate in 2019, according to BrokerCheck. Bluespring made a similar move in March 2024 to merge two firms into a $1.4

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From Unprofitable To $115M AUM: Reinventing A 2nd Generation Advisory Business By Finding The Right Niche

Nerd's Eye View

But as market trends changed (with the performance of this asset class falling behind large-cap stocks during the 2010s) and clients entered retirement (often consolidating their investment management with 1 advisor), Eliot Rose started losing clients, eventually becoming unprofitable in 2016, the year Jason became president of the firm.

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MiB: Bill Browder on Finance, Murder and Justice

The Big Picture

He discovered an immense amount of corruption, with the oligarchs who were running these still partly state-owned companies helping themselves to assets and capital on an immense scale. The Global Magnitsky Act of 2016 authorizes the U.S. A transcript of our conversation is available here Tuesday.