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Envestnet quietly cleans up a mess behind take-private veil • Michael Kim is now a two-TAMP CEO • Bill Ackman scolds Trump, Lutnick for tariff overkill, alleged conflicts •

Apr 8, 2025

Kim is now head of 'RIA' TAMP • In broad daylight, AssetMark edges closer to swallowing Adhesion • Ackman irked over ‘massive, disproportionate’ tariffs • Fisher sees market upside, if and when tariffs fail.


Under new owner, AssetMark names new CEO, but Michael Kim is keeping his CEO job, too -- as post-TAMP era draws near, and company gears up for 'aggressive growth'

Sep 11, 2024

The Concord, Calif., TAMP is adding the second CEO to jack up leadership bandwidth to grow organically and inorganically -- and evolve into a more generalized outsourcer.


Orion headhunts Yi-Ching Wu from AssetMark -- its second attempt in 14 months to fill a crucial role -- 'to put a phone book onto a postage stamp' and weave together its tech and investment businesses

May 14, 2026

Orion has $185 billion, but its AssetMark derived leadership team may be eyeing the $5-trillion in wealthtech assets it administers for RIAs.


SMArtX is loading up on Envestnet talent as re-peopling rolls on -- post Morningstar disruption -- with two hires from the Berwyn, Pa., TAMP

Jul 4, 2024

The West Palm Beach, Fla., TAMP is getting Courtney Robertiello and Jacqueline Burke, and their staggering 29 years of experience for 'growth and innovation,' the company says.


Morningstar's sale of TAMP's $12-billion book-of-business to AssetMark ends two-year run that fell short on growth; whether RIAs stick or flee will determine fate of deal

Jun 24, 2024

Morningstar nets a cash windfall, a better distribution deal, and it reduces conflicts with its clients, but SMArtX is the likely loser, which will no longer administer Morningstar's TAMP assets.


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