Nir Kaissar
FounderNir Kaissar covers markets as a columnist for Bloomberg Gadfly. He is the founder of Unison Advisors, an asset management firm. Kaissar has worked as a lawyer at Sullivan & Cromwell and a consultant at Ernst & Young.
Nir Kaissar covers markets as a columnist for Bloomberg Gadfly. He is the founder of Unison Advisors, an asset management firm. Kaissar has worked as a lawyer at Sullivan & Cromwell and a consultant at Ernst & Young.
The first U.S.-listed marijuana ETF already has inflows of $386 million this year.
Investors are increasingly focused on fees, and the problem for Wall Street is that there’s nothing it can do that Vanguard can’t do more cheaply.
Advisors at Fidelity, Schwab and other large discount brokerage firms make more money if they steer clients toward more expensive products.
Record-high stocks, growing geopolitical risk. Is our current market becoming eerily similar to 1972?
Let's have a robust discussion about how to improve outcomes for clients, but let's stop inventing bogus reasons why we shouldn't look after their best interests.
While the firm's conquest of the money-management business may seem inevitable, it’s a mistake to extrapolate its recent success into the future.
The regulation pulled back the curtain on one type of conflict, but there are many others. It's only a matter of time before they come to light, too.
After the fiduciary rule was announced, it wasn’t clear how brokerage firms would adapt. Here's why the wirehouse is a standout on its approach to the new regulation, and why one competitor isn't.
The rule is finally dragging traditional brokers into the modern era.