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SS&C overlords culturally shock Black Diamond RIAs in Chicago with heaviness and wow them with well-funded competency

'Intense' SS&C CEO Bill Stone let 1,000-strong attendees know they are part of $500-million cash cow not afraid to make strategic purchases

Author Guest Columnist Tim Welsh September 15, 2017 at 7:10 PM
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Bill Stone: We are investing $150 million cash in R&D every year.

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Stephen Winks

Stephen Winks

September 16, 2017 — 12:08 AM
We are getting close to the point where the major wire-houses cannot rationalize their cost structure, value proposition and expert advisory services rendered relative to the capabilities of the individual RIA. Wall Street and the roll-ups need to wake up in their support of advisory services or risk becoming irrelevant. It used to be the major firms were market leaders in advisory services, but culture and insularity seem to increasingly make innovation not possible. SCW

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