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Frank Quattrone's magic did not produce an opportunity for Advent better than what it had in-house.

After 'anxiety' rises, Advent Software calls off plans to seek a buyer

The gorilla provider of portfolio accounting to RIAs will go it alone after casting about for white knight

March 18, 2013 at 8:04 PM

Peter Hess has been putting Advent through a crash course of reinvention but now he may be seeking a buyer.

Advent Software is for sale, with Frank Quattrone as the sales agent, reports say

The owner of Black Diamond is well along in the process of seeking someone to take it private, according to a Reuters report and anonymous RIABiz sources

March 13, 2013 at 9:12 PM

Peter Hess: They don't feel the same urgency.

How Black Diamond is working out -- or not -- as Advent's agent of deliberate cannibalization

The great migration from Axys to Blue Sky is still not a torrent -- and has actually slowed from pre-merger days -- thanks to an unforeseen psychological freeze from Axys clients

March 6, 2013 at 3:42 AM

Mike Paulus: If we took all the business we could this quarter, we would fail as a company.

Addepar slashes prices, opens up its architecture and shows RIA custodians some love as it confronts market realities

Though these moves show the dynamo is not impervious to competition, Mike Paulus says that the growth is still nosebleed-threatening

February 25, 2013 at 4:52 AM

All roads led to Silicon Valley as technology firms serving the financial advisory industry found their groove.

Top 12 crucial technology happenings affecting RIAs in 2012, Part 2

Silicon Valley woke up to the potential RIA business, a phenomenon perhaps best embodied by the meteoric rise of one youth-fueled venture -- and our No. 1 pick on this list

January 22, 2013 at 4:15 AM

Mike Paulus: We're not just a Black Diamond replacement for RIAs.

Addepar hits $50 billion of assets and turns its eyes to Advent-Black Diamond's plump RIA market

With close to $12 million in revenue, a hotshot tech startup is looking to move into second phase of development: Attracting RIAs despite naysayers

November 26, 2012 at 5:42 PM

The IMPACT production team went all-out to craft a dramatic backdrop for Bernie Clark's opening remarks.

The 2012 Schwab IMPACT conference comes off with a theatrical flair

Bernie Clark all but donned top hat and tails for a dramatic presentation of upcoming initiatives, and a last-minute celeb subbed for a famed basketball coach

November 15, 2012 at 8:49 PM

Neesha Hathi: We think we can bite this off.

Schwab bids to become the 'Zagat' of RIA technology and to nix ink signatures from RIA life

Neesha Hathi presents the dueling intiatives as next steps in her custodian's march toward serving 7,000 advisory firms

November 14, 2012 at 5:23 PM

Keith McWilliams: It feels like we're going full circle back to where Scudder was.

Former U.S. Trust CEO leads his RIA to the $4.5 billion mark -- and gains a Left Coast presence -- acquiring $645 million Mt. Eden

Evercore Wealth Management is buying a firm that was on the prowl to gain scale through a purchase, then went the other way

November 9, 2012 at 3:17 AM

Neesha Hathi: This is where the attorneys go to the side and the project managers take over.

Schwab and Advent Software forge historic agreement -- mostly for the good of Black Diamond users for now

Aided perhaps by the ex-Schwab employees moving to Jacksonville, the two giant RIA forces, both San Francisco-based, are looking happily engaged

October 31, 2012 at 6:54 PM

Will Clemens started his career as a Morgan Stanley analyst covering Advent Software and he veered toward RIA technology.

Zephyr gets sold again, this time to a subsidiary of a Swiss giant

Leading the way is Will Clemens, an ex-Advent Software executive, who will continue to run the unit from the shores of Lake Tahoe

October 12, 2012 at 3:06 AM

Suresh Kumar's name was synonymous with NetX360 and now he's watching from a loftier BNY perch.

Suresh Kumar moves on to BNY Mellon and Pershing and NetX360 adjust to life without the maestro

The Jersey City-based clearing and custody company is filling the big shoes of its former chief information officer with two of his former underlings

October 9, 2012 at 4:22 PM

Advisors converged at the Bellagio this week to witness the ongoing integration of Advent and Black Diamond.

Advent envisions a cloud-based world under stormy Las Vegas skies at the software giant's annual confab

With more than 100 breakout sessions -- not counting Black Diamond's dozen -- the conference provided deep dives into the joined firms' bag of wares

September 13, 2012 at 4:44 AM

Peter Hess: We are happy where we are right now and won't be participating in any more acquisitions.

12 questions for Peter Hess

The freshly minted CEO talks about playing catch-up with cloud technology, Advent's acquisition plans and his continuing partnership with Reed Colley

September 13, 2012 at 4:41 AM

When the fog lifts, San Francisco has a case to make.

Why the San Francisco Bay area is almost certainly the capitol of the RIA business

Companies like Schwab, Advent-Black Diamond and Salesforce are based here for starters -- but big wealth managers and lots of open-minded rich people clinch the matter

July 23, 2012 at 3:31 AM

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