Franklin Templeton, SEI and Fenway Summer place $7-million wager on Hussain Zaidi, a former Ameriprise broker who cites his 'unfair advantage' in starting from scratch against a software category that got going decades ago

Reunited with former partners at newly founded RIA Procyon Partners, and despite a last-minute UBS lawsuit seeking a restraining order, the wirehouse veteran appears to be back in the driver's seat

Six RIA companies are driving a mini-renaissance after the 2008-'09 crisis exposed the brokerage industry's dearth of creativity, never mind integrity

The 'D-round' VC raise led by Valor is a 100%-plus jump from the $65.8 million invested to date

Amid 'uptick' nationally in Goldman Sachs teams bolting, David Darby and Melissa Gray reunite with big help from the New York umbrella firm and Black Diamond software

The United Capital CEO only had to fire back once to shut down the voluble Forbes publisher

The hyper-explicit fiduciary promises at Obama-era rule's heart survived multiple rounds of edits but quantity and specificity of language surrounding suspension of warranties suggests they'll eventually come back full force

Labor Secretary explains that flouting administrative rule is counterproductive but his comments to Wall Street Journal 'parrot' the brokerage lobby line, reassuring them that larger effort to kill the regulation is on track

With no job, no Trump appointment and a 'rabbit hole' factor, he got backhanded support from the hedge fund community in Las Vegas, according to Reuters and The New York Times

The Mountain View, Calif. software firm bought AltX to help back-end operations catch up with front-end display

With Stone Point CEO Charles Davis now calling the shots, the RIA roll-up tacks to UHNW-directed RIAs, perhaps for their positioning in selling insurance

Matson Money had RIA assets with Trust Company of America as far back as 1996 but its plan to go national made the $7.6 billion RIA see the deeper beauty in the smaller player

The Redwood City-based robo-advisor says in its blog that its software advance enables new destiny in "personal banking"

With 'reset' mindset, Matson Money trains his advisors to meet with investors en masse following a Weight Watchers script

As the idea of a fund shelf diminishes, the Malvern, Pa.-based firm's refusal to pay such fees earns cold shoulder from the top New York wirehouse