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Karl Heckenberg: Mark has done a good job building the business. As [EB's] gotten more educated on the business over the last year, the thinking has changed and evolved and at some point you ask yourself, at what cost?

After 'thinking changed' Emigrant Bank hires new CEO to either take Mark Hurley's spot at Fiduciary Network or to head new unit that will compete head-on

With Hurley now characterized as expendable, the New York bank makes Karl Heckenberg chief-in-waiting and Harold Evensky expresses 'reservations' about Emigrant Bank power play

November 15, 2017 at 9:38 PM

Ren Riley: There's a transaction happening and we're not dead.

Robertson Stephens seeks revival under new CEO after departures that included the old one

Founder Joe Piazza is still a director and his new chief, Ren Riley, says a pending deal means the San Francisco-based RIA is 'not dead' yet

August 23, 2017 at 7:06 PM

John Copeland's strategy is to take a backseat to RIA principals by letting them own a majority of their firms.

A year after John Copeland came to AMG with blue-ocean RIA growth plan, the publicly owned asset management giant spins him into new venture

Instead of sitting out frothy M&A market for $4-billion-plus RIAs as AMG exec, the now former president of the RIA unit is hustling, with more diverse backers, to crack the chronically stagnant M&A market for small firms

July 12, 2017 at 6:11 PM

Rudy Adolf: A key reason for our partnership is the vision we share for continued growth.

Stone Point and KKR buy Focus Financial for $2 billion by employing massive leverage

PE giants with loans of about $1 billion -- psyched that the roll-up's roll flow is snowballing in 2017 -- cash out Centerbridge, Polaris, Summit, several advisors and employees

April 19, 2017 at 4:39 AM

Andy Sieg could preside over commission elimination for brokers handling non-retirement investments.

Using DOL as cover, Bank of America cuts the Merrill Lynch bull as it adds a robo, stops paying brokers to stick around and kicks John Thiel upstairs

The Charlotte, N.C.-based lending giant bagged the Wall Street beast in 2009 when the price was right -- now it's cutting off its traditional food supply

October 18, 2016 at 10:41 PM

Adam Birenbaum: Each and every partner firm that has joined Focus has gone in with eyes wide open.

Why Focus Financial is risking it all -- including the advantages of privacy and private stock -- for a successful IPO

RIAs are perhaps being held in place by just those two elements, but with $1-billion valuation on the line, the liquidity event is taking on a life of its own

August 30, 2016 at 6:57 PM

Brodie Cobb: I saw a lot of similar-sized very successful firms begin to sell in San Francisco like Constellation, Luminous and Bakers Street and the question is: why?

How Tiedemann and Presidio did a no-cash merger of their $4.9 billion and $4 billion RIAs -- and their disarming honesty about jitters

A restructuring by Presidio's stricken CEO's deputy paved the way for a 'non-threatening' union in which all principals keep their equity

August 16, 2016 at 9:05 PM

Seth Waugh is neither a real Alex. Brown guy nor somebody who has walked in a broker's shoes, but his Wall Street bona fides are platinum grade.

As Raymond James seeks to wire its Alex. Brown upbranding deal, it hires past Deutsche CEO Seth Waugh with bona fides and baggage

In adding execuive chair, Raymond James is looking to complete the orchid botanist's task of providing just the right Wall Street water and Baltimore sunlight

April 27, 2016 at 7:49 PM

Tarek El Gammal-Ortiz:

Why a Miami breakaway trio sees no vice in leaving half-a-billion of client assets on JP Morgan's table

Element Pointe Advisors seek to ease HNW and UHNW client angst by watching their held-away assets

April 5, 2016 at 8:05 PM

Paul Reilly: Deutsche Bank is to continue providing the Alex. Brown advisors continued access to syndicates from Deutsche Bank's equity research and a high array of high-net-worth services for many years.

What to make of Raymond James putting 'Alex. Brown' back into business and what to make of the $420 million it's spending to make it happen

Raymond James could get the hallowed brand and 200 advisors with $50 billion in advised assets for a nominal price but it'll also be pumping Deutsche products through the AB unit

December 4, 2015 at 8:28 PM

Joe Piazza: Many advisors will not wait around for the deal to close.

Credit Suisse punts its private banking business to Wells Fargo

The take-my-brokers-please deal has skeptics but shows forethought, too

October 21, 2015 at 12:06 AM

Jamie Dimon: We are completely comfortable with partnering [with startups] where it makes sense.

JP Morgan gets a 39-page blasting of its corroded culture and ground lost to Silicon Valley robos -- authored by its CEO Jamie Dimon

The letter to shareholders by Wall Street's sultan shows uncharacteristic humility but some analysts question the missive's sincerity

May 28, 2015 at 6:41 PM

Jeff Colin built his RIA to $5 billion in 10 years with DFA, Goldman Sachs and myCFO all part of the recipe.

AMG is suddenly among the RIA roll-up elite after the Baker Street deal pushes it past $25-billion of AUM

After adding the $5.2-billion San Francisco firm, John Copeland's Florida-based skunkworks is smelling sweet

February 5, 2015 at 7:07 PM

Joe Piazza: I prefer to let my actions and the success of our firm speak to the doubters.

Swatting aside 'doubters,' Joe Piazza uses an improbable hook to nab Wells Fargo private bankers -- pent-up Addepar lust

Robertson Stephens chief learns it's easier to court advisors winning Silicon Valley wealth using Made-in-Mountain-View software

April 30, 2014 at 5:26 PM

Lauren Schadle: Nothing has changed to accommodate MetLife.

The FPA is now brought to you by MetLife, for better or worse

The insurer's cash is the good news but some see it as tainted money

April 23, 2014 at 5:42 AM

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