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Peter Mallouk: Advisors can use GSAM like they work there -- at a very in-house price.
February 16, 2024 at 2:40 AM

David Solomon: With our clear and simplified strategy, we have a much stronger platform for 2024.

Goldman Sachs salvages $349-million 'gain' from its United Capital misadventure that may also be a $400-million haircut

The New York City investment bank managed a sale and jailbreak of its in-house mass-affluent RIA but was able to get enough assets transitioned to Peter Mallouk's Creative Planning for the accounting win

January 19, 2024 at 1:45 AM

Peter Mallouk: [We're] considerably ahead of schedule, even excluding United Capital.

Peter Mallouk ends up losing the majority of Goldman-United Capital advisors in headline-intensive deal but keeps the lion's share of the managed assets

The Creative Planning CEO's acquisition hemmorhaged 175 advisors but leaked just $9 billion of AUM, softened by snapping up $13 billion AUA Mesirow 401(k) business and retaining $20 billion from United Capital, post deal close.

November 11, 2023 at 1:56 AM

Jim Rivers has his work cut out for him at Goldman Sachs' 'United Capital 2.0.'

Goldman Sachs-Creative Planning deal is bleeding defectors -- 16 more last week, report says -- auguring a 'potential disaster,' analysts warn

Dozens of former 'United Capital' advisors are fleeing at once, but Peter Mallouk is still battling to keep them, and Goldman Sachs may play legal hardball, sources say.

October 4, 2023 at 2:16 AM

Goldman Sachs Headquarters: GS is helping Peter Mallouk to rapidly wire the 'United Capital' deal. [Photo from Google Commons.]

Peter Mallouk told heads at Goldman Sachs' 'United Capital' today on group Zoom that he'll name new president within 14 days -- and whether 'United Capital' brand survives within 20 days

The Creative Planning CEO talked 'next steps' after vast majority of teams sign on that include a companywide summit within 30 days

September 22, 2023 at 2:59 AM

Peter Mallouk: 'I think, historically, this is a group that has been burned a bit.'

Peter Mallouk has now signed on 30 Goldman Sachs advisory offices, he says, by improvising a fourth option after advisers gave the side-eye to three others

The Creative Planning CEO says he is developing 'United Capital 2.0' on the fly to combat distrust and his Zoom ofensive is netting results

September 12, 2023 at 9:27 PM

Jill Pivato: There is more to the story.

California judge is siding with $210-billion Kansas RIA over $16 billion California RIA in poaching case, despite seeming hard evidence and damning admissions -- but new twists are possible

Jill Pivato hopped to Creative Planning, took documents and emailed herself client lists but won a legal Mulligan and no restraining order by offering a plausible explanation -- she 'burned' docs and returned lists to Allworth.

June 16, 2023 at 10:15 PM

Peter Mallouk: 'If we were buying everything our debt capabilities would allow us to acquire, we would be a $500 billion dollar firm.'

Clobbered by 'flood' of opportunity, Peter Mallouk is now the unlikely RIA M&A king, which took root in rich organic growth -- now adding a $5-billion RIA with a 'nightmare' that the deal excludes

His $235-billion Creative Planning RIA closed 15 deals in eight months, grew $135 billion in that time, helped by organic growth higher than ever, too.

August 20, 2022 at 12:48 AM

Stephen Greco is taking on the RIA superpowers using mafia law to attempt to level the playing field.

Stephen Greco's six-year quest to prove Creative Planning, Schwab, Fidelity and TD Ameritrade engaged in a 'conspiracy' against his RIA has even the experts baffled

In his latest move, the Spotlight Asset Group founder files a 'RICO' civil suit in federal court that one defendant calls 'ludicrous.'

June 7, 2022 at 4:27 AM

Peter Mallouk: "This has the potential to be transformational."

Creative Planning goes 'transformational,' buying $110 billion in retirement assets and crashing the elite Edelman Financial Engines, CAPTRUST party of business model ambidexterity

Peter Mallouk's acquisition of Lockton and its big-company 401(k) business will double his Overland Park, Kan, staff and solidify its business model's rear flank

November 20, 2021 at 4:07 AM

Peter Mallouk: Our inability to ever get our space right is proof that what's happening has been unexpected.

Peter Mallouk's two-year $50-billion AUM surge at his Kansas RIA exceeded even his expectations, causing him to hit the ceiling--literally--at his shiny office complex

Creative Planning jumped from $50 billion AUM to $100 billion of AUM and the CEO and owner says the firm added 350 people and is nearly out of space at its giant headquarters

November 8, 2021 at 11:24 PM

Ajay Gupta and Tony Robbins are both gone from Creative Planning. Each enjoyed a windfall from Robbins' first book but ultimately

The new 'Tony Robbins' book debut coincides with Ajay Gupta revealing plan to retire, which leaves Creative Planning to keep the referral spoils with Robbins down to a 'with' credit on the cover

Peter Mallouk's and Robbins' book, 'The Path: Accelerating Your Journey to Financial Freedom,' was released this week through a new publisher and word got out that 50 year-old Gupta was departing with little explanation

October 16, 2020 at 7:49 PM

Rob Foregger: Moving beyond the target date fund ... that’s the vision ... they're now antiquated.

New class of robos lay siege to 'antiquated' target-date-funds (TDF) market; even defender of the 401(k) citadel, Vanguard, sees handwriting on the wall

Fidelity, Ascensus, and Morningstar are all making 401(k) moves that could see automated advice replace the Vanguard-dominated TDF market but maybe Vanguard just woke up in time to cannibalize the market itself.

October 8, 2019 at 3:02 AM

Peter Mallouk: 'They have better onboarding software, communication software and reporting.'

Jilted once, Creative Planning gets Personal Capital's former 401(k) company, simplifies its ADV and cuts a remaining Tony Robbins thread in the bargain

CEO Peter Mallouk now has the onboarding software he coveted and the chance to make his $43-billion RIA hum in the micro-plan market

September 27, 2019 at 1:17 AM

Peter Mallouk: I have the option to release the book with or without Tony’s chapters with any publisher I wish.

Peter Mallouk gets control of latest book he co-wrote with Tony Robbins. He can chop the two-chapters written by Robbins and choose a different publisher

Creative Planning CEO says he postponed publication and choice of publisher; BuzzFeed reports Simon & Schuster dropped book from Web site; publication date in doubt

May 30, 2019 at 11:18 PM

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