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Research Releases - 2012
Tiburon makes an effort to widely share its research with members of the financial services community, including industry executives, media representatives, conference planners, and individual advisors. A key part of this sharing process is the series of free weekly research releases Tiburon emails each Friday; over 80,000 industry participants have signed up to receive these releases. If you would like to join the recipients list, please visit the Sign Up to Receive Tiburon's Research Releases page. Please click on the links below for summaries and links to full copies of prior or recent Tiburon research releases.
FEBRUARY 24, 2012 - TIBURON RESEARCH RELEASE - FINANCIAL ADVISOR TECHNOLOGY, NEWS CORPORATION, & TIBURON CEO SUMMIT XXII AWARD RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCEMENT
Tiburon is pleased to announce the release of its research on Financial Advisor Technology. The purpose of this research is to provide readers with an initial understanding of financial advisor technology & outsourcing strategies, including sales enabling technology, financial planning
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technology, asset allocation technology, trade order management systems, data & research services, data download technology, portfolio management technology, account aggregation technology, contact management systems, & financial advisor workstations. The research begins by addressing the four phases of financial advisor technology. This historical account is followed by a category-by-category description of current financial advisor technologies and their related issues. The research concludes with Tiburon's predictions for the future evolution of financial advisor technology. This research addresses ten financial advisor technology segments, including sales enabling technology, financial planning software, asset allocation software, portfolio management systems, data & research services, data download software, trade order management systems, account aggregation, contact management software, & financial advisor workstations.
Tiburon is pleased to announce the release of its research on News Corporation. News Corporation was founded in 1923 and is based in New York, NY. News Corporation generates $30 billion revenues, and is led by its CEO Rupert Murdoch & President Chase Carey. News Corporation's
comprehensive Power Point deck below includes a synopsis of its history, including its early, middle, Dow Jones & Company acquisition & restructuring, & hacking scandal phases. Its profile includes the key statistics of the firm, including its number employees, revenues, & net profits. Its profile includes detailed outlines of its seven businesses, including filmed entertainment, television, cable network programming, direct broadcast satellite, integrated marketing services, newspapers & information services, & other assets. And its profile concludes with the highlights of its organizational structure & ownership.
Tiburon Strategic Advisors is pleased to announce the recipients of its Tiburon CEO Summit Awards.
David Booth (CEO, Dimensional Fund Advisors), Bob Reynolds (CEO, Putnam Investments), & Al West (CEO, SEI Investments) will be recognized as Tiburon CEO Summit award winners at Tiburon CEO Summit XXII on April 17-18, 2012 because they exemplify three central themes: Focusing on Consumer (and Other Client) Needs, Challenging Conventional Industry Wisdom (Innovation), & Taking Responsibility. The award recipients are chosen by a running tally of the votes of thousands of prior Tiburon CEO Summit attendees.
FEBRUARY 17, 2012 - TIBURON RESEARCH RELEASE - WINE INVESTMENTS, JEFFERSON NATIONAL FINANCIAL, & TIBURON CEO SUMMIT XXII OPENING KEYNOTE SPEAKER PRESENTATION - CHIP ROAME
Tiburon is pleased to announce the release of its research on Wine Investments. The purpose of this research is to provide readers with a
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comprehensive understanding of opportunities for investing in the wine market, including collections, futures, vineyards, & wineries. In the market for alternative investments, none can be much more fun than investing in the wine industry. As a passion of Tiburon's managing partner, Tiburon is able to address the history of wine making, grape varietals, wine growing regions & appellations, leading wineries, and methods of investing in this booming market. This research addresses the five historical phases of the wine industry, including its early development, Phylloxera, US prohibition & WW II challenges, maturation, and business & consolidation phases. And this research defines four distinct markets segments, including California, other US & Canada wineries, France, Italy, & other Europe wineries, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, & other new world wineries, and Chile, Argentina, & other South America Wineries.
Tiburon is pleased to announce the release of its research on Jefferson National Financial. Jefferson National Financial was founded as Inviva by
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by David Smilow in 1989 and is based in Louisville, KY. The firm is licensed in 49 states, has 73 employees, & serves 1,600 financial advisor clients. Jefferson National Financial has 50,000 variable annuity contracts in force with $2.3 billion assets, $280 million variable annuity sales, variable annuity inflows of $171 million, $234 million variable annuity surrenders, & $48 million revenues. The company is led by its Chairman Eric Schwartz, CEO Mitch Caplan, & President Larry Greenberg. Jeffersonal National Financial's comprehensive Power Point deck below includes a synopsis of its history, including its key phases. Its profile includes the key statistics of the firm, including its number of state licenses, employees, financial advisor clients, variable annuity contracts in force, variable annuity assets, variable annuity sales, variable annuity renewals, variable annuity inflows, variable annuity surrenders, & variable annuity net flows.
Tiburon Strategic Advisors is pleased to announce the expected content of its Tiburon CEO Summit XXII opening keynote speaker presentation. Chip Roame (Managing Partner, Tiburon Strategic Advisors) will kick off Tiburon CEO Summit XXII with a presentation broadly addressing the state of the financial services industry. Tiburon CEO Summit XXII will be held April 17 - 18, 2012 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in New York, NY. Charles
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Charles ("Chip") Roame is the Managing Partner of Tiburon Strategic Advisors and a leading strategic consultant to CEOs, other senior executives, & boards of directors in the brokerage, investments, banking, & insurance markets. Prior to forming Tiburon in 1998, Mr. Roame served in similar capacities, first as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company, and later as a business strategist at The Charles Schwab Corporation. Mr. Roame is quoted daily throughout the media and, due to Tiburon's widely shared research; he may be the most frequently demanded board advisor and conference speaker. His particular expertise is that of corporate strategy for larger financial services firms, designing broad multi-faceted strategies and making trade-offs between alternative businesses, products, & markets.
FEBRUARY 10, 2012 - TIBURON RESEARCH RELEASE - FEE-ACCOUNTS, DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS, & TIBURON CEO SUMMIT XXII PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT
Tiburon is pleased to announce the release of its research on Separately Managed Accounts & Other Packaged Fee-Account Programs.
The purpose of this research is to provide readers with a comprehensive understanding of the packaged fee-account programs market, including both separately managed account programs and other fee-account programs. No individual trend across the financial advisor channels is as profound as the shift away from commission brokerage towards the eight types of fee-account programs: fee-based brokerage accounts, broker wrap accounts, mutual fund wrap accounts, annuity wrap accounts, ETF wrap accounts, multiple style portfolios, separately managed accounts, & unified managed accounts. This comprehensive research includes statistics on the leading players, details of each market segment, highlights of innovations in the four components of fee-account programs, & predictions for the future.
Tiburon is pleased to announce the release of its research on Dimensional Fund Advisors. Dimensional Fund Advisors was founded
by David Booth & Rex Sinquefield in 1981 and is based in Santa Monica, CA. Dimensional Fund Advisors $123 billion assets under management and 54 mutual funds. The company is led by its CEO David Booth. Dimensional Fund Advisors' comprehensive Power Point deck below includes a synopsis of its history, including its key small cap fund introduction, fixed income fund introduction, value fund introduction, & tax-managed fund introduction phases. Its profile includes the key statistics of the firm, including its number of offices, employees, institutional clients, revenues, & net profits.
Tiburon Strategic Advisors and its Managing Partner Chip Roame are pleased to announce the upcoming Tiburon CEO Summit XXII to be held April 17 - 18, 2012 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in New York, NY. Tiburon's CEO Summits provide a unique opportunity for a select cross-industry group of senior executives to discuss a broad swath of issues regarding the future of the banking, brokerage, investments, insurance, advice, & wealth management businesses. Tiburon's CEO Summits likely provide one of the only true forums where financial services industry CEOs from across
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traditional industry silos gather to discuss business opportunities. The list of business relationships resulting from prior Tiburon CEO Summits is impressive. Tiburon CEO Summits last two-to-three days and focus on in-depth discussions of Tiburon research and leading-edge business models through guest presentations, panel discussions, and break-out sessions. Guest speakers often address industry mergers & acquisitions, venture capital & private equity trends, corporate governance, & public policy issues. Panel discussions are structured to solicit opinions from various industry players, including consumers, financial advisors, gatekeepers, journalists, stock analysts, & others. Break-out sessions allow for more in-depth discussions on timely topics as chosen by attendees.
FEBRUARY 3, 2012 - TIBURON RESEARCH RELEASE - THE FUTURE OF FINANCIAL SERVICES, TD BANK FINANCIAL GROUP, & TIBURON CEO SUMMIT XXI GUEST SPEAKER HIGHLIGHTS
Tiburon is pleased to announce the release of its research on The Future of Financial Services. The purpose of this research is to provide readers
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with a comprehensive understanding of the future of the brokerage, investments, private banking, & family office markets. In short, this research defines the future of wealth management. The research begins by addressing the key driving factors of the economy & markets, corporate scandals, financial services industry stumbles, consumer & institutional wealth, the legislative & regulatory environment, natural disasters, & world affairs. The research then outlines the four types of financial products & services, including investable assets, lending services, insurance products, & wealth management, with a focus on four key growth areas - fee-accounts, ETFs & indexing, alternative investments, & wealth management services. The research continues with an overview of the four core markets & distribution channels, including direct distribution, financial advisor channels, institutional markets, & international markets, with a focus on the likely winning markets & distribution channels (namely discount brokers and fee-based financial advisors). The research also addresses five financial services industry winning tactics, including defining target markets, developing sales & marketing strategies, developing appropriate staffing & compensation models, developing winning firm cultures, & leveraging technology. And the research concludes by defining the most exciting financial services industry investment opportunities, including those in venture capital, private equity, and mergers & acquisitions, and profiling key strategic advisors.
Tiburon is pleased to announce the release of its research on TD Bank Financial Group. TD Bank Financial Group was founded as Toronto Dominion Bank in 1955 and is based in Toronto, Ontario.
The firm has 65,930 employees, $575 billion assets, generates $17.9 billion revenues, & earns $3.8 billion. TD Bank Financial Group is a public company traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TD and is led by its CEO Ed Clark. TD Bank Financial Group's comprehensive Power Point deck includes a synopsis of its history, including its Canadian banking, maturaton, & US acquisitions phases. TD Bank Financial Group's profile includes the key statistics of the firm, including its number of employees, client accounts, assets under administration, daily average trades, net revenues, & net profits.
Tiburon Strategic Advisors is pleased to share highlights of its Tiburon CEO Summit XXI guest speaker presentations.
CEO Summit XXI was held October 12-13, 2011 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in San Francisco, CA. Tiburon Strategic Advisors had an impressive group of guest speakers at Tiburon CEO Summit XXI. Along with Tiburon's Managing Partner Chip Roame and Tiburon CEO Summit award recipients Rob Arnott (CEO, Research Affiliates) & Bill Sharpe (Professor Emeritus, Stanford University), guest speakers included Pete Kight (Managing Partner, The ComVest Group), Michael Sapir (CEO, ProShares), & Paul Steiger (CEO, Pro Publica).
JANUARY 27, 2012 - TIBURON RESEARCH RELEASE - FINANCIAL ADVISOR MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS, THE CHARLES SCHWAB CORPORATION, & TIBURON CEO SUMMIT XXI AWARD RECIPIENT HIGHLIGHTS
Tiburon is pleased to announce the release of its research on Financial Advisor Mergers & Acquisitions. The purpose of this research is to provide readers
with an initial understanding of the issues surrounding succession planning, firm valuations, & the growing acquisition market for financial advisory businesses. While this topic has become quite popular throughout the industry, little reliable and consistent market data exists because many transactions take place between related parties and acquirers do not disclose the terms of their transactions. As a result, Tiburon's primary objective is to summarize a common set of facts for all market participants. If your firm is for sale or if you are seeking to acquire a financial advisory firm, this research is a great reference.
Tiburon is pleased to announce the release of its research on The Charles Schwab Corporation. The Charles Schwab Corporation was founded as Charles Schwab & Company by Chuck Schwab in 1971 and is based in San Francisco, CA. The firm has 13,300 employees, 7.1 million client accounts, $1.4 trillion
assets under administration, processes 290,000 daily average trades, $5.0 billion net revenues, & earns $2.4 billion. The company is publicly owned, traded on the NASDAQ under the symbol SCHW, and is led by its Chairman Chuck Schwab & CEO Walt Bettinger. The Charles Schwab Corporation's profile includes the key statistics of the firm, including its number of employees, client accounts, assets under administration, daily average trades, net revenues, & net profits.
Tiburon Strategic Advisors is pleased to announce the most recent recipients of its Tiburon CEO Summit Awards. Rob Arnott
(CEO, Research Affiliates) & Bill Sharpe (Professor Emeritus, Stanford University) were recognized as Tiburon CEO Summit award winners at Tiburon CEO Summit XXI on October 12-13, 2011 because they exemplify three central themes; Focusing on Consumer (and Other Client) Needs, Challenging Conventional Industry Wisdom (Innovation), & Taking Responsibility. The award recipients are chosen by a running tally of the votes of tho-usands of prior Tiburon CEO Summit attendees.
JANUARY 20, 2012 - TIBURON RESEARCH RELEASE - THE COLLEGE SAVINGS MARKET, JP MORGAN CHASE, & TIBURON CEO SUMMIT XXI OPENING KEYNOTE PRESENTATION HIGHLIGHTS
Tiburon is pleased to announce the release of its research on the College Savings Market (529 Plans). The purpose of this research is to provide readers with
an initial understanding of the growing college savings market, with a specific focus on the 529 plans market, as well as related markets, including custodial accounts and Coverdell educational savings accounts. 529 plans have the potential to become to college savings what 401K plans have become to retirement savings. This research topic seeks to summarize the leading plan sponsors and managers, as well as make predictions for the market at large. This research addresses a variety of key driving factors, including the number of college students rising, state funding shrinking, tuition rates rising, the complications of college savings methods, the complications of financial aid, economy altering college plans, & the role for financial advisors increasing.
Tiburon is pleased to announce the release of its research on JP Morgan Chase. JP Morgan Chase was founded as the Bank of Manhattan Company in 1799 and is based in New York, NY. The company has 250,095 employees, 8.0 million client accounts, $2.1 trillion assets, generates $102.7 billion revenues, & earns $17.4 billion. JP Morgan Chase is a public company trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol JPM and is led by its CEO Jamie
Dimon. JP Morgan Chase's comprehensive Power Point deck below includes a synopsis of its history, including its key phases including its establishment phase, key mergers phase, & JP Morgan Chase phase. Its profile includes the key statistics of the firm, including offices, employees, clients, assets under administration, revenues, & net profits. Its profile includes detailed outlines of its core businesses including retail financial services, commercial banking, investment banking, card services, treasury and securities services, and asset management & private banking. And its profile concludes with the highlights of its organizational structure & ownership.
Tiburon Strategic Advisors is pleased to provide a summary of the content of its Tiburon CEO Summit XXI opening keynote presentation. Chip Roame (Managing Partner, Tiburon Strategic Advisors) kicked off Tiburon CEO Summit XXI with his presentation broadly addressing the state of the financial services industry. Though Mr. Roame is included on lists of key industry voices and influencers regularly, he commented that given
Tiburon's unique mission, he sees himself as, "an observer of the industry, not in the industry". Tiburon Strategic Advisors focuses on corporate level strategy consulting and research across all of the channel, product, & strategic areas, within the financial services industry. Charles ("Chip") Roame is the Managing Partner of Tiburon Strategic Advisors and a leading strategic consultant to CEOs, other senior executives, & boards of directors in the brokerage, investments, banking, & insurance markets. Prior to forming Tiburon in 1998, Mr. Roame served in similar capacities, first as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company, and later as a business strategist at The Charles Schwab Corporation. Mr. Roame is quoted daily throughout the media and, due to Tiburon's widely shared research; he may be the most frequently demanded board advisor and conference speaker. His particular expertise is that of corporate strategy for larger financial services firms, designing broad multi-faceted strategies and making trade-offs between alternative businesses, products, & markets.
JANUARY 13, 2012 - TIBURON RESEARCH RELEASE - FEE-ACCOUNTS, NEW YORK LIFE, & TIBURON CEO SUMMIT XXII GUEST SPEAKER & GENERAL SESSION PANELISTS
Tiburon is pleased to announce the release of its research on Separately Managed Accounts & Other Packaged Fee-Account Programs. The purpose of this
research is to provide readers with a comprehensive understanding of the packaged fee-account programs market, including both separately managed account programs and other fee-account programs. No individual trend across the financial advisor channels is as profound as the shift away from commission brokerage towards the eight types of fee-account programs: fee-based brokerage accounts, broker wrap accounts, mutual fund wrap accounts, annuity wrap accounts, ETF wrap accounts, multiple style portfolios, separately managed accounts, & unified managed accounts. This comprehensive research includes statistics on the leading players, details of each market segment, highlights of innovations in the four components of fee-account programs, & predictions for the future.
Tiburon is pleased to announce the release of its research on New York Life. New York Life was founded as Nautilus Insurance Company in 1841
and is based in New York, NY. The firm has 16,835 employees, $316 billion assets under management, generates $24.1 billion revenues, & earns $1.7 billion. The company is led by its CEO Ted Mathas. New York Life's comprehensive Power Point deck below includes a synopsis of its history, including its key phases. Its profile includes the key statistics of the firm, including offices, employees, clients, assets under management, revenues, & net profits.
Tiburon Strategic Advisors is pleased to announce the Tiburon CEO Summit guest speakers & general session panelists. Along
with Tiburon's Managing PartnerChip Roame and Tiburon CEO Summit award recipients David Booth (CEO, Dimensional Fund Advisors) and Al West (CEO, SEI Investments), general session guest panelists will include Mike Alfred (CEO, Brightscope), Tony Batman (CEO, 1st Global Capital Corporation), Chris Blunt (Executive Vice President, New York Life), Tom Bradley (President, TD Ameritrade Institutional Services), Mitch Caplan (CEO, Jefferson National Financial), & others to be announced.
JANUARY 6, 2012 - TIBURON RESEARCH RELEASE - THE FUTURE OF FINANCIAL SERVICES, REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION, & TIBURON CEO SUMMIT XXII AWARD RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCEMENT
Tiburon is pleased to announce the release of its research on The Future of Financial Services. The purpose of this research is to provide readers with a comprehensive understanding of the future of the brokerage, investments, private banking, & wealth management markets. In short, this research defines the future of advice. The research begins by addressing the key driving factors of the economy & markets, corporate scandals, financial services industry stumbles, consumer & institutional wealth, the legislative & regulatory environment, natural disasters, & world affairs. The research then outlines the four types of financial products & services, including investable assets, lending services, insurance products, & wealth management, with a focus on four key growth areas - fee-accounts,
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ETFs & indexing, alternative investments, & wealth management services. The research continues with an overview of the four core markets & distribution channels, including direct distribution, financial advisor channels, institutional markets, & international markets, with a focus on the likely winning markets & distribution channels (namely discount brokers and fee-based financial advisors). The research also addresses five financial services industry winning tactics, including defining target markets, developing sales & marketing strategies, developing appropriate staffing & compensation models, developing winning firm cultures, & leveraging technology. And the research concludes by defining the most exciting financial services industry investment opportunities, including those in venture capital, private equity, and mergers & acquisitions, and profiling key strategic advisors.
Tiburon is pleased to announce the release of its research on Regions Financial Corporation. Regions Financial Corporation was
founded in 1969 andis based in Birmingham, AL. The company operates in sixteen states, has 27,829 employees, $132 billion assets, generates $9.0 billion revenues, and earns ($539) million. Regions Financial Corporation is publicly owned and traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol RF. Regions Financial Corporation is led by its CEO Grayson Hall. Its web sites can be found at www.regions.com, www.amsouth.com; www.oakbrookinvest.com, & www.morgankeegan.com.
Tiburon Strategic Advisors is pleased to announce the recipients of its Tiburon CEO Summit Awards. David Booth (CEO, Dimensional Fund Advisors)& Al West (CEO, SEI Investments) will be recognized as Tiburon CEO Summit award recipients as they exemplify three central themes, including Focusing on Consumer (and Other Client) Needs, Challenging Conventional Industry Wisdom (Innovation), & Taking Responsibility. These awards will be presented at Tiburon CEO Summit XXII April 17-18, 2012.
Please click on the links below for summaries and links to full copies of prior or recent Tiburon research releases.
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