Articles published 2/2018
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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
February 27, 2018 – 5:26 PM
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
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
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
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
February 16, 2018 – 8:32 AM
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
February 15, 2018 – 1:42 PM
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
February 14, 2018 – 6:18 PM
February 13, 2018 – 12:43 PM
At T3 eMoney and MoneyGuidePro redraw the lines of battle and post-API-era blockchain discussion begins
Financial planning software giants zig to each other's zags, Ric Edelman rips the robos and Joel Bruckenstein bobbles