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In RIA custody milieu, Charlie Scharf's BNY Mellon exit for Wells Fargo is latest unforeseen vapor trail after Lisa Dolly, Tim Hockey, Terri Kallsen, Andy Gill and others fade into the firmament

The CEO-for-rent will face a monumental challenge turning around Wells Fargo, but perhaps not as bleak a landscape for profit margins; Is the RIA free ride coming to an end?

Author Brooke Southall October 1, 2019 at 1:06 AM
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Todd Gibbons was as 'surprised' as everyone else to find himself suddenly in the BNY CEO chair

Jeff Spears

Jeff Spears

October 1, 2019 — 1:24 PM
Feels like we need a business model overhaul. I agree with Tim. Custody fees would be a good place to start. Free sells but doesn't work long term. This reality has helped the RIA industry but now we need to pay the shareholders.

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Pershing poaches a chief operating officer from Goldman Sachs, citing her experience doing client-onboarding revamps as a key

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The great Mark Tibergien is set to step down from CEO of Pershing Advisor Services to make way for heir apparent Ben Harrison

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