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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'
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.
September 11, 2024 at 4:12 AM
SMArtX is loading up on Envestnet talent as re-peopling rolls on -- post Morningstar disruption -- with two hires from the Berwyn, Pa., TAMP
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.
July 4, 2024 at 2:09 AM
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
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.
June 24, 2024 at 11:48 PM
Plague of failed hires at strapped RIA firms 'come back to bite them,' making the process of closing bandwidth deficits falter, two new studies show
Turnover rates hover near 50%, Cerulli and Ensemble report, and may be worsening as hires in market of talent scarcity has inevitable backlash.
February 28, 2024 at 3:36 AM
The classic RIA era is sputtering and firms must 'decentralize,' hiring non-advisors to specialize, new Cerulli report shows, or RIAs will 'limp along,' a second consultant says
RIA principals have killed Wall Street with semi-solo shops -- only 35% have 'specialized staff' -- but the comfort zone must evolve for growth
January 13, 2024 at 2:24 AM
RIAs need to race to zap COLAs, install incentives ahead of December performance reviews or face ramifications magnified by spiraling inflation and low morale
Paying staff too little, or too much, is always a risk, but 8% inflation and 20% dip in asset-based revenues from markets magnifies the downside potential of a cost-of-living default alienating talent or killing profits
