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Delta Data Research InstituteTempus: Delta Data’s 6th Annual 2021 Roundtable Recap – Part II

October 6, 20210

Tate Rupprecht, PGIM Investments, and Brad Smith, American Funds discuss Share Class Portability Recently Delta Data conducted its sixth annual customer roundtable, bringing in over 40 pundits and experts from the financial industry for a series of conversations covering various subjects from regulations of managing COVID. Participants include representatives from the top 10 US banks,...

Delta Data Research InstituteCongressional Proposal to Tax “In-Kind” Exchanges Inside ETFs – A Bad Idea

September 28, 20210

If the word out of Washington is any indication of the weather, we’re in for a stormy time, with a one-eyed skipper looking for the horizon. Recently Congress proposed taxing of in-kind exchanges inside of ETFs to help fund their 3.5T budget package. Online publication Ignites recently ran an article on the proposal and cited...

Mutual MinuteDelta Data’s Mutual Minute with Nasdaq: Transparency in Collective Investment Trusts

September 7, 20210

Bi-weekly conversations on important issues for the pooled investment industry.

Delta Data Research InstituteTempus: Delta Data’s 6th Annual 2021 Roundtable Recap

August 30, 20210

John Randall, ICI update Recently Delta Data conducted its sixth annual customer roundtable, bringing in more than 40 pundits and experts from the financial industry for a series of conversations covering a range of subjects, from regulations to managing COVID-19. Participants included representatives from the top 10 US banks, top five US retirement recordkeepers, and...

Delta Data Research InstituteIt’s Time to Rethink ETFs Over Mutual Fund Investments for Tax Reasons

August 10, 20210

Recently FT Wealth ran an article titled “America’s Rich Have Another Reason to Quit Mutual Funds,” which got me to rethink the whole “revolutionary” concept of selecting ETFs over Mutual Funds for a myriad of reasons, with most roads leading to the IRS. The thesis of the article was based on the fact that mutual...

Delta Data Research InstituteDelta Data’s Annual CIT Industry Study

August 5, 20210

Delta Data has hosted a CIT forum for several years and charted the growth of the industry as it has accelerated in relation to mutual funds, most recently at our annual event, Activate 2020. We selected the name because we felt it was time to formally identify and have a concerted industry dialogue concerning the...

Delta Data Research InstituteThe CIT to Recordkeeper/Custodian Account Reconciliation Issue

June 1, 20210

Collective Investment Trusts may seem similar to mutual funds, but they are inherently different in many important respects. While mutual funds allow a broad spectrum of account holders to trade in their funds; (retail, qualified, and non-qualified retirement plans, charitable organizations, trusts, etc.), CITs are only open to qualified retirement plans. While CITs are giving...

Delta Data Research InstituteDelta Data CEO Whitfield Athey Addresses Account Transfers at 2021 ABA WMTC

February 26, 20210

Whitfield Athey joined Gauri Sharma, VP Professional Certifications – ABA, in an exclusive podcast to discuss account transfers. In this video, you will learn the answers to the following questions: What have been the barriers to adopting automated processes in the past? What are the forces which are driving this need for transparency? If the...

Delta Data Research InstituteDelta Data CEO Whitfield Athey Addresses Standardizing your International Oversight Program at NICSA SLF

February 25, 20210

Whitfield Athey, CEO and technology architect for Delta Data, joined NICSA during a pop-up session to discuss International Dealer Oversight. In this video, you will learn the following: Not only can you run your domestic oversight program in our platform, but now standardize your International Oversight program as well. Create your questionnaire Send out to...

Delta Data Research InstituteThe Reality and Practice of Macroeconomic Forecasting for the Pooled Investment Industry

November 24, 20200

Steve Levitt Ph.D. (Freakonomics) and Whitfield Athey, CEO, Delta Data, discuss the changing role of the economist in financial forecasting during times of social, economic, and cultural turmoil.

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