Articles published 10/2016
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Andy Rachleff takes back CEO spot at Wealthfront at critical juncture
Oct 31, 2016Adam Nash bows out after overseeing growth to $4.5 billion of AUM
Buyer scoops up BrightScope using Genstar's bucks
Oct 31, 2016The once-brash Alfred brothers sought out Strategic Insight as DOL rule came thundering toward their 401(k) herd
Chatting with David Amster as he joins a compliance risk firm in 'crowded' industry just as the DOL storm makes shore
Oct 31, 2016Cutting his teeth at Salomon Bros., as a FINRA examiner and then UBS fixed-income compliance guy, Amster brings a portfolio of perspectives to the roiling sector -- but don't call him a consultant
As Bernie Clark and Walt Bettinger go on offense, LPL and Wells Fargo names get named and a B2C robo dry-up gets foretold at Schwab IMPACT in San Diego
Oct 28, 2016The Schwab CEO, buoyed by his robo, robust quarterly results and DOL fallout at competitors is on offense -- a state of being RIAs can relate to
eMoney form inspires Fidelity function in NYC that serves up a familiar menu with fine garnish
Oct 27, 2016Philip Palaveev, not for the first time, kept Fidelity’s Inside Track conference as sparkly as its ballroom
How Fidelity's robo for RIAs 'leapfrogged' rivals -- and why the landing might not stick
Oct 26, 2016Fidelity weaves in eMoney wizardry to its super-bot but Geode's presence as de facto CIO stops some RIAs in their tracks
Commonwealth Financial to dump commission business for IRA and 401(k) accounts
Oct 24, 2016Overcoming a 'challenging decision culturally,' Wayne Bloom pulls the trigger ahead of IBD rivals for his Waltham, Mass.-based broker-dealer
Advent's parent buys Salentica to bolster Black Diamond CRM
Oct 24, 2016SS&C promised to buy David Welling lots of M&A toys to sweeten his firm's Black Diamond offering and now the big Salesforce-Microsoft reseller begins to fulfill that promise
Coming RIA custody fees and a new recruiting war catch the attention of deal hounds in Manhattan
Oct 21, 2016At ECHELON event at NYAC, action items aplenty assaulted attendees -- especially with Apr. 30 looming
LPL Financial share price tumbles to pre-hostile bid levels in atmosphere of eerie calm
Oct 21, 2016LPL reps shrug their shoulders over a possible sale and investors seem in no hurry to buy but experts say the B-D has what PE loves -- lousy growth but terrific cash flow
Orion lands $27-billion AUM account as BAM Alliance phases out its homemade system built on Schwab PortfolioCenter
Oct 20, 2016The choice of the Omaha-based, open-source system by the giant DFA TAMP reflects the diverse needs of 140 RIAs -- and the need to up-robo client experience
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
Oct 18, 2016The 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
Why love has everything to do with the next frontier in financial planning and our relationship to money
Oct 17, 2016Swiss philosopher Ashley Curtis validates grandma's folk wisdom about money by way of Harvard, Yale and Kitces
After Fidelity Investments and its owners get blasted by Reuters for alleged high-level conflicts of interest, Morningstar accepts the Boston-based giant's explanation
Oct 14, 2016Fidelity says it was misrepresented, Reuters stands by its story and a Fidelity forever RIA urges the venerable Boston firm to apply a quick coat of Scotch Guard to its white hat
Tiburon CEO Summit goes high as talk turns to FANG factor on days one and two
Oct 12, 2016The once-dismissed prospect that Facebook, Amazon and Google could enter wealth management was back on the front burner as advice business chiefs gathered and Google contributed to a panel
LPL is for sale -- in whole or part -- and Wells Fargo at least makes the list of potential buyers
Oct 11, 2016Goldman Sachs, which led the IPO, is now shopping its baby even as hedge funds swarm, Reuters says
BlackRock solicits more regulator scrutiny of robo-advisors, eliciting jeers and a cheer
Oct 11, 2016The near $5-trillion asset manager makes its case for why the robo game is best left to the big boys as critics suggest FutureAdvisor's owner is proposing a solution in search of a problem
Brian Hamburger plays the heavy on DOL rules at Ray Jay's national RIA event in St. Petersburg and goes light on fear-mongering
Oct 10, 2016The MarketCounsel CEO had good news as RJ's Bill Van Law let RIAs know that the Alex. Brown deal brings alternative investment choices, services for the UHNW market, new lending offerings and multicurrency capabilities
Why robo-advisors meet the lofty fiduciary standard when so few humans can, according to an opinion written by Betterment's outside counsel
Oct 7, 2016Automated advisors only know you so well -- but it's enough and you know exactly what you're getting, says a paper written by Morgan Lewis attorneys
With $9 million in second-round VC bucks from Venus and friends on the books, Ellevest's AUM remains ground bound
Oct 6, 2016Sallie Krawcheck has yet to bring her infectious hold on fellow UHNW women to mass affluent women and their expensively long life spans
How Brent Brodeski 'cut the middleman out' to get a no-strings $50 million for succession nirvana
Oct 5, 2016Needing to cash out retiring partners, Savant Capital's CEO thought he needed to sell his $4.7B RIA -- 70 'conversations' later he met the potential moneymen
Two years after the $199 million FolioDynamix sale, Aaron Schumm jumps back in the B2B RIA game but not to compete -- yet
Oct 4, 2016Staked to $4.5M of F-Prime and FinTech Collective cash, Vestwell will stay in 401(k) for now but roll its business model over soon enough to IRAs
Non-competed out of starting another RIA (for now), Peter Raimondi becomes an M&A guy 18 months after the giant Banyan merger
Oct 3, 2016Raimondi, a maverick who is now a staffer at Gladstone Associates, gives his side about a rumored culture clash after his roll-up was rolled up by another