Articles published 2/2018

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Chris Curtis: Yodlee’s revenue has grown 44%.

As robos try to crash Envestnet's platform party, CEO Jud Bergman explains pivot to 'wellness' and tells where FolioDynamix and Yodlee stand

Ric Edelman is an early Envestnet 'wellness' pilot and Yodlee's expanding margins are -- maybe -- a good sign for that unit as it moves toward break-even

February 28, 2018 – 12:49 AM

In Denver, national REIT wins over Fidelity ETF exec as new CMO

February 27, 2018 – 6:52 PM

OLD - Longtime Fidelity exec jumps ship to lead fintech firm set on serving the 99%

February 27, 2018 – 5:26 PM

Amit Dogra left HighTower to found his own roll-up based largely on direct investments as differentiator.

New Moves: HighTower exec defects to a hyper-active-investing 'fiduciary' roll-up, BlackRock alums launch American Century ETF line, Alfred Bros. go crypto, millennials found Bay Area UHNW firm and more...

'New Moves in the Biz' -- winter edition -- charts high-profiles hires to low-profile firms and vice-versa in the greater RIA galaxy

February 26, 2018 – 8:55 PM

Charles Goldman: We had a phenomenal year.

AssetMark records 'off the charts' year and SEI is 'right on track' after staggering $1-billion platform overhaul

Concord, Calif.-based TAMP added $10 billion of AUM, 900 advisors after hiring TD Ameritrade's Veo API fintech star

February 23, 2018 – 4:39 PM

Joe Duran: It allows them to be expensive and to expand. They’ll be able to take PAS and more aggressively market it.

Vanguard Group gets under RIAs' skin by launching ETFs supposedly aimed at helping them

Joe Duran says debut of up-priced, factor-based ETFs paves the way for fatter Vanguard RIA margins and broader U.S. wealth-management market share

February 22, 2018 – 3:55 AM

Advicent kicks off hiring spree tapping CTO from healthcare sector

February 21, 2018 – 7:25 PM

Dan Arnold: This will allow our advisors to spend more time with their clients and grow their business.

LPL Financial pushes toward full-service-on-tap model with its 'virtual' play -- running some real risks in the process

With virtual, digital and OSJ firms making headway, CEO Dan Arnold's move may amend LPL business model or, one recruiter says, be a sop to Wall Street analysts hungering for a new angle

February 20, 2018 – 8:58 PM

Millennial joins leadership team of just-opened Bay Area UHNW advisor

February 16, 2018 – 8:46 AM

Mile-High 361 Capital poaches two sales chiefs from big-foot portfolio-providers

February 16, 2018 – 8:32 AM

Walt Bettinger (on-screen at IMPACT): In the fourth quarter, we streamlined share classes and decreased operating expense ratios on our money market funds, enhancing the net yields available to our clients.

Citigroup downgrades Charles Schwab Corp. on fears that vise grip of lavish staff expense and slashed prices will overwhelm banking windfall

Vaunted analyst William Katz sees Schwab's expanding reliance on pushing cash to its bank to earn spread revenue as too risky to recommend a 'buy'

February 16, 2018 – 12:02 AM

Advisor to carriage trade returns to Fifth Avenue as executive director of HighTower firm

February 15, 2018 – 1:42 PM

Dave Welling: Joe [Duran] does a reasonable job but we're further out on the spectrum of integration.

Determined to out-Joe-Duran Duran's United Capital, Dave Welling moves his $12B roll-up's HQ to Denver

As Mercer's torrid growth accelerates, its new CEO will hyper-unify investments and operations, make deals, pit software vendors against each other and hire like crazy