Investview, Inc. Announces the Acquisition of a Majority Interest in Vickery Brown Investments, LLC
Red Bank, NJ (PRWEB) August 12, 2014 -- Investview, Inc. (OTCQB: INVU) ("Investview") announced today the acquisition of a majority interest in Vickrey Brown (VB) Investments, LLC, a Southern California company that specializes in investment strategies which combine quantitative strategies, forensic accounting and volatility controls. The acquisition adds a full range of quantitative investment strategies and analytical tools to Investview’s current financial platform. Equally important, the acquisition could potentially increase Investview’s revenue significantly.
VB Investments is founded by industry veterans Scott Brown and Donn Vickrey, PhD, CPA, CFE. Prior to forming VB Investments, Scott Brown was President and CEO of Sabrient Systems, LLC where he led the company to nearly $3 Billion in Assets Under Management (AUM) and orchestrated the acquisition of Gradient Analytics. Revenues grew 4 fold during Brown’s tenure at Sabrient as the company focused more on ETF and UIT creation. Dr. Donn Vickrey previously served as Director of Research at Gradient Analytics, an independent research provider he co-founded (with Dr. Carr Bettis) in 1996. During his tenure at Gradient Analytics, Dr. Vickrey was integral to the development of the firm’s suite of quantitative investment models, including the first commercially available, quantitative model for assessing quality of earnings. He was also the primary architect behind the firm’s signature Earnings Quality Analytics research service.
“The acquisition of VB investments is an important component to our Financial Services platform and will contribute significantly to increase revenues and assets under management in our RIA division.” said Dr. Joseph Louro, Chief Executive Officer of Investview. “Our goal is to utilize our market proven analytics and technology to grow revenue in our Financial Services division” Louro continued,
“The majority stake by Investview provides us with the capability to further expand our product offerings as well as provide the necessary resources to significantly increase AUM for both firms,” said Scott Brown, President and CEO of VB Investments.
About Investview, Inc.:
Investview, Inc. provides and delivers a comprehensive online program of investor education, offers proprietary investor search tools and trading indicators, distributes weekly newsletters and offers access to live weekly Trading Rooms. Recently Investview , under the direction of CEO Dr. Joseph Louro, has added a Financial Services Division which includes a Broker-Dealer, and a Registered Investment Advisory firm designed to utilize the firms technology to generate reoccurring fees and commissions from potential Investview customers. For more information on any of the Investview products please visit: http://www.investview.com and http://www.vickreybrown.com ;
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