Articles published 2/2016
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With Envestnet shares deeply depressed, analysts cut Jud Bergman little slack on 4Q earnings call
WIth a not-yet-integrated Yodlee, trouble with a big client, Lori Hardwick's departure and a recent history of muddy communication, CEO Jud Bergman worked hard to reassure
February 29, 2016 – 6:09 PM
The unbelievable series of missteps that sent Aequitas, its RIA clients and their investors, reeling
Firms as disparate as CONCERT Wealth and CliftonLarsenAllen seem to have gotten caught up in the implosion of Oregon-based Aequitas Capital Partners and plaintiffs' attorneys are yelling 'Ponzi'
February 26, 2016 – 6:47 PM
Valerie Brown re-poaches Cetera's Susan Theder cueing up AIG female trifecta
The Advisor Group executive chairman grabs her old chief marketing officer who had managed the unmanageable 'Cetera' brand and connected with advisors
February 25, 2016 – 8:46 PM
In rebuke of Wall Street, Raymond James, William Blair and Stifel help form non-wirehouse advocacy group to 'shed baggage' but not without a suitcase of SIFMA ideals
American Securities Association proclaims a fresh 'voice' but for now seems to be a rebel with a cryptic cause
February 24, 2016 – 10:44 PM
As Pershing struggles to get a robo firmly fixed in the RIA frame, NextCapital rushes in to blur the picture
The Chicago 401(k) robo will use Pershing custody to go after the retail market and Pershing has hopes it'll work with its mega-RIAs
February 23, 2016 – 9:25 PM
Why Schwab execs are 'proud' of holding at $1-trillion custody mark first achieved in 2013 -- and what makes them pleased with its existing 25% RIA custody market share
Candidly canvassing 2015 dings -- including a $12 billion RIA defection -- Walt Bettinger seems at peace with vigilantly guarding Schwab's mighty quarter of the RIA asset pie
February 22, 2016 – 6:43 PM
How Rob Francais is convincing RIAs to sign on the dotted line with Aspiriant -- no money down
The CEO of the $9 billion RIA grabbed nearly $1 billion of AUM from Hokanson and Glowacki with stock swaps
February 19, 2016 – 8:35 PM
What exactly to make of Fidelity's WealthScape and whether it's the bull in the third-party-equilibrium China shop
Calling it multicustody may be a stretch but the firm is determined to compete head-on with its own performance reporting software
February 17, 2016 – 10:34 PM
Schwab's grand plan to alleviate its 300-to-1 customer-to-advisor crunch gets indefinitely shelved
The San Francisco-based broker has also toned down its talk of branch expansion -- even as Fidelity, at 190 centers, gains on Schwab
February 16, 2016 – 8:45 PM
How tech vendors pierced the glare generated by Fidelity's uni-bundle to get their message in edgewise to 650 advisors at T3
Apt metaphors for the state of the RIA business included a giant alarm clock and an actual drone delivering financial advice in the time of robo
February 16, 2016 – 7:19 PM
In her words: A former Goldman Sachs star gets into the depths of winning UHNW clients, without being in that tax bracket
Amy Parvaneh channels love, permeable walls of personal and business and 'Rocky' stories' as a fuel for a no-excuses mindset
February 15, 2016 – 7:47 PM
Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo analysts ask unobsequious questions as LPL shares fall below 2005 private equity levels and Mark Casady pleads the 'Spanish Inquisition' defense
LPL Financial's CFO Matthew Audette promises to put brakes on buybacks after decision to spend $250 million on them in December proves ill-conceived
February 12, 2016 – 10:05 PM
Completing matriarchal coup, Pershing raids Envestnet's top drawer to grab Lori Hardwick, whom many thought unpoachable
Pershing's top two executives are now women with Lisa Dolly being replaced as COO by another dynamo
February 11, 2016 – 7:45 PM
What about the 49ers, Palo Alto experiment and China led a $2.7 billion RIA to sell out, brand and all, to BNY Mellon
BNY Mellon ends up buying RIA -- and paying an extraction fee to Schwab -- after building nearby Palo Alto 6,800-square-ft. branch
February 10, 2016 – 7:40 PM
Why Pershing's CEO pick looks uninspired, and why that look may be deceiving
LIsa Dolly is a rare 'lifer' in a transient industry but those who know the clearing giant's first woman leader say her entrepreneurial spirit and decades at Pershing make her an inspired choice