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Cogent rates the top fund wholesalers to RIAs, and all advisors, and the 'sales' units at DFA, PIMCO, BlackRock and Franklin Templeton stand out

Dimensional Fund Advisors and PIMCO deliver some inside scoop without the sales dance to lead the sales-to-RIA pack in gaining netry to inner sanctums

Author Lisa Shidler May 30, 2014 at 4:32 PM
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David Butler: We don't talk much about the performance of funds. We talk a lot more about the theory of the investment process.


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