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The Empire State Building is caught up in a legal battle over Adam Bold's Hollywood agency.

Adam Bold fires back at Hollywood talent agency partners with blistering allegations that mirror claims against him in raucous legal battle

The Mutual Fund Store founder says his partners engaged in 'betrayal, manipulation, and greed,' causing his talent agency to implode.

February 16, 2024 at 11:52 PM

Adam Bold was a showman as an RIA who had started out as a Smith Barney broker.

Adam Bold, the RIA who went Hollywood -- literally -- after his Mutual Fund Store cash out, is accused of 'general chaos' at his Tinseltown talent agency

Business partners made the lurid allegations in a lawsuit that's scandalous even by Hollywood standards, charging Bold's aberrant behavior has driven the agency to the brink of bankruptcy; Bold calls it a 'shakedown.'

February 14, 2024 at 3:58 AM

Peter Mallouk: I basically said: I've got a bit of a monster here and what am I going to do?

What to make of Peter Mallouk's sweeping deal with Tony Robbins -- and where the unlikely pairing goes from here

After deliberately relinquishing his cherished anonymity, the CEO of $18-billion AUM is using the Robbins deals as part of a larger charge from the bulrushes

April 5, 2016 at 3:58 AM

Adam Bold: Putting money into a 401(k) isn't enough.

Hitting a robo wall, Financial Engines buys The Mutual Fund Store for $560 million to bust out of 401(k) confines

The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based robo colossus needed human advisors, and the radio RIA liked having a non-radio source of new clients

November 5, 2015 at 11:15 PM

Adam Bold: What if the casual observer isn't able to discern what one franchisee does versus another.

Alleging gambling habits, SEC concerns and steady AUM declines, The Mutual Fund Store is offering $5.5 million to Jeff Roper to sell and walk away

What Adam Bold wants, he says, is to force a settlement to keep the reputational fire from spreading out of control

November 14, 2013 at 8:39 PM

Jeff Roper: It's hundreds of pages for millions of dollars.

The Mutual Fund Store sues its own mega-franchisee to force sale of three stores

Franchisee Jeff Roper says he's good on the price and terms but still not comfortable about the 'hundreds of pages' accompanying the term sheet

November 5, 2013 at 12:14 AM

Christopher Dean: Our view is that more assets are going to move out of the traditional brokerage channel.

The 19 ways private equity has juiced up the RIA business and how it's working out

RIAs, rollups, technology companies, RIA-friendly IBDs are among the firms soaking up the high-ROI capital

January 2, 2013 at 5:40 PM

Mitchell Reiner: It's advisors that created this, [it's] not a 1-800 number.

How a $1 billion Atlanta RIA is getting fellow RIAs to funnel it their small-ticket clients

Wela nabbed $40 million right off the bat from its parent, Capital Investment Advisors LLC, and has Schwab veteran Paul Scudellari to ensure that assets are soon measured in billions

October 4, 2012 at 4:23 AM

Anthony Rochte will bring his State Street ETF smarts to bear at Fidelity's new division, SelectCo.

Fidelity launches major division in Denver with an 'ETF quarterback' calling the shots

The new venture appears to be the Boston giant's long-awaited foray into exchange traded funds but some details are still being carefully guarded

September 17, 2012 at 4:56 AM

Ric Edelman: We are very actively seeking a buyer who will provide a better offer than Lee.

Ric Edelman strikes a private-equity deal that subtracts $2 million in expenses -- now let the after-bidding begin

Edelman Financial prepares to marry Lee Equity, but it's also open to a better offer

April 17, 2012 at 3:49 AM

CEO Asheesh Advani aspires to partner Covestor with broker-dealers and institutional investors, and to expand the firm's content.

Unfazed by declining assets, VC-backed Covestor has another go with a new CEO and some concessions to the old-fashioned machinery of investment advice

The good news is that it has 400 clients -- up from 150 a year ago -- but can the company still be seen as primarily web-based?

March 23, 2012 at 4:25 AM

Shirl Penney and Todd Thomson: The reason to [go independent] is that you want to build equity in something that's yours."

The top 10 people to watch in the RIA business in 2012, Part 2

Keeping an eye on those gaining the most ground in the fleet-footed RIA industry

March 13, 2012 at 4:18 AM

John Bunch: I felt like I can go out on top and do something different.

A few words with John Bunch as he steps into the CEO spot at The Mutual Fund Store

Getting recruited away from TD Ameritrade was a shock but ultimately one that captured his heart

February 14, 2012 at 6:04 AM

John Bunch's decision to join The Mutual Fund Store sets up a major expansion.

John Bunch is hired as the new CEO of The Mutual Fund Store

The TD Ameritrade and Schwab veteran is charged with dotting the country with MFS company outlets as Adam Bold moves over

February 8, 2012 at 9:04 PM

Gene Goldman: I had butterflies in my stomach because I was so excited about the opportunity to work here.

Commonwealth, Cetera and The ETF Store take notable actions

Commonwealth replaces Fidelity technology; Cetera snags Gene Goldman; an LPL vet, and upstart ETF Store takes another page out of Adam Bold's book

August 22, 2011 at 2:48 AM

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