NextCapital has deals with Barron's, Dow Jones and Russell Investments as part of a brick-by-brick history in a put-up-your-robo-shingle world

Carrie Gallaway and partner Andrew Stern got no signing bonus but the Lebenthal brand, and what Frank Campanale is building with Fortigent, Envestnet and BNY Mellon, attracted them

With Great West and Putnam joining 401(k) units, there may be a dividend of critical mass and synergy

Consultants like to believe we were born to write elevator speeches, define our niche and write a succession plan on demand

Eric Clarke makes Total Rebalance Expert one with his portfolio accounting software to assuage CPAs and other tax-minded advisors

There was the usual fertile atmosphere for advisor-on-advisor chats and some impatience with RIA custodial heads' bloviations

Mike Paulus was company president during its formative time and exemplified its faith in youth

The set-and-forget products have enormous potential for good but may also be a fiduciary nightmare

Boston 401(k) giant is able to reverse prior judgement related to fees in landmark Tussey v. ABB

New CEO David Barry is concentrating on making fast-growing TAMPs-to-IARs grow even faster

Joe Duran's company is belatedly paying fully vested firms for up to 25% of their stock after the 2008 crash threw off the promised liquidity schedule

The Chicago-based giant will use standards, critical mass, manager relations, folio technology and a special MMI blessing to cut costs and hassles in a way that shift the cost paradigm

The roll-up has added franchise- and outsource-type channels in the wake of a capital raise that failed to materialize

After months of searching on behalf of Aquiline, Jack L. Rivkin decided to nominate himself

The idea is to have a de facto big red arrow pointing to key disclosures on revenue sharing but it'll add to the verbiage surplus

Long an RIA researcher at Cerulli and LPL, McGinness makes a big leap to turn the company's internal corporate RIA into an outward-facing TAMP

You don't need Scorcese-level skills to make your first video -- just a smart phone or the webcam in your laptop and the willingness to try

The new head of training breaks stereotypes and may break new ground for the industry -- or not

The projections from the most optimistic set of bankers predicts sub-5% growth annually, even on steep part of growth curve

The broker-dealer's record first time sign-ups show the European haven strikes a chord with Orlando-weary advisors

A case study illustrates how charitable impact and tax relief for family members are not mutually exclusive -- and may point the way to keep heirs on the true altruistic path

The three advisors found they had less and less in common with other Merrill advisors in the Portland, Ore. office

The Wilton, Conn. white-shoe software firm wants to underscore its ultra-coddling that won private banks