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Larry Restieri is buying big RIAs to build out 'inorganic' engine.

Jun 11, 2026

Thomas H. Lee puts Hightower rollup back on the market, with 'Goldman Sachs' as sherpa, after building in a softer, more organic side but two voracious RIA giant buyers are giving it a hard pass -- for now

CEOs of Creative Planning and Mariner, with near $1.4 trillion of AUA combined, are both (theoretically) hungry for its $353 billion of AUA scale to move the needle but even with Hightower CEO's giant push to create a plug-and-play landing with Signature, there remain issues in their minds

Adele Taylor: The market is coming towards us.

Jun 8, 2026

Rick Wurster puts Fidelity's $5-trillion-plus of 'workplace' assets in play with a new 'total asset capture' strategy that promises a recordkeeping revamp and service edge to take on the king

The Schwab CEO has thrown down the gauntlet at his peril, analysts say – noting that his vision involves using typically siloed Schwab assets in a more integrated fashion.

Phil Waxelbaum: What started as an ‘opiate pain analgesic’ has in some cases turned into an unpredictable addiction.

May 21, 2026

Fidelity and Schwab embraced long-short SMAs, until surging RIA demand proved too much of a good thing, now they're trying to curb a 'sugar high' among advisors with fee hikes and restrictions that could backfire

Fidelity and Schwab are working to suppress demand for long-short SMAs, but employing different tactics; analysts say they are right to do so, but one custodian isn't playing the game.

Scott Smith: If you want to play on those platforms, that's the ante.

May 7, 2026

Schwab is joining Fidelity in 'law-of-the-jungle' shakedown of ETFs (with Vanguard not immune) to claim up to 15% of fee-revenues, and charge investors $100-per-trade for using non-compliant ETF managers

Schwab has set a year-end 2026 deadline to roll-out ETF platform fees, and Fidelity has raised to 143 the number of funds with per-investor trading tolls, if firms refuse to pay up – even Vanguard has cut a deal.

Greg O'Gara: At that leverage, this is not passive custody.

May 1, 2026

Charles Schwab Corp. touted long-short RIA accounts to Wall Street as a hot new 'win-win' revenue source until geopolitics made it question whether it was 'growing responsibly'

The $5 trillion custodian wooed Fidelity clients with long-short SMA accounts after its rival paused similar allocations, but now it's placed limits on its own RIAs to reduce exposure to the risky investments.

Mar 31, 2026

Thanks to RIAs (in large part), Schwab CEO Rick Wurster's pay leaped 49%, and may have soared higher -- much higher -- but company stopped considering Fidelity in its calculations, according to SEC disclosure

The Westlake, Texas, company 'will continue to review Fidelity,' and make Abby Johnson et al's pay a data point, but only in the event that Fidelity goes public.

Abby Johnson: CEO is charging ahead on all fronts.

Mar 21, 2026

Fidelity Investments smashes past 80,000 staff, new report shows, doubling headcount and 'threading needle' on hiring -- as Schwab, Morgan Stanley added barely at all over same six years

The Boston giant hired hungrily at opposite poles -- client-facing service staff and technology staff to cut human labor -- the goal: 'revenue-enabling rather than cost-neutral.'

Joanna Rotenberg: Has extensive experience running large self-directed businesses.

Jan 12, 2026

Vanguard names Joanna Rotenberg to replace Matt Benchener as retail chief, after he takes CEO role at Hargreaves Lansdown, the UK's largest DIY online broker

CEO Salim Ramji makes quick secession move as he reshapes Vanguard's executive team in a move to make more DYI investors into advised clients and react to Schwab and Fidelity.

Joseph Alonso: Merrill offers no credible, admissible evidence.

Dec 31, 2025

RIABiz's five top articles of 2025: Schwab goes 'discretionary' on wealth • Schwab plans to keep or self-refer all sub-$2-million accounts • Fidelity flexes its 401(k) edge • Vanguard sheds nice-guy culture with internal pitting • RIA's lawyer kills Merrill's TRO attempt on $129-billion breakaway

RIAs quickly grasp when a move by Fidelity, Schwab or Vanguard could have an impact that shifts the ecosystem for better or worse.

Corey Frayer: 'Pontera is following the crypto model of fly-in, get everything you can and fight loudly.'

Dec 2, 2025

Pontera's last-bid gambit to turn Fidelity credential-sharing ban into an 'investor rights issue,' falls flat, and now Schwab and others are turning a deaf ear as bans spread

The New York City fintech appealed to 33 million plan participants in a 3,000 word post, but mowed over concerns of 24,300-plus plan sponsors who hold Fidelity's fate as recordkeeper in their hands, analysts say.

Fidelity headquarters issued red alert in legal action from Summer Street headquarters.

Nov 18, 2025

Fidelity unit warns of 'massive outages across major Fidelity platforms,' in new lawsuit, unless Broadcom walks backs threat to terminate software subscription without price spike

Fidelity Technology Group is suing and seeking an injunction against the Palo Alto software maker in a festering contract dispute to prevent dire outcome that would stop most RIA client servicing in its tracks

Drew Pusateri: We’re seeing the free market work here.

Nov 8, 2025

JP Morgan hustles Plaid for a deal in bitter fight over 'free data,' with Wells and PNC encouraged, while Fidelity, Schwab also force fintechs to pay up or pound sand as part of 'deeper battle'

Emboldened by Trump's consumer-protection animus and the sheer value of their data, big banks like Wells Fargo and PNC are making their moves -- with free-enterprise justifications to go along with cyber security concerns many view as legit

Reed Colley: Orion Denali AI is the cornerstone of Orion’s future – a future where every facet of wealth management is powered by intelligence.

Oct 30, 2025

RIAs beta-test Denali, Orion's 'future' • Altruist AI goes upscale • Fidelity revenues soar; weeds out ETF flops • Envestnet nets new CTO • DPL, Robinhood hit milestones • Schwab now inside Advyzon software • Wisz & Fava back start-up • eMoney launches mass affluent 'Plan B' • Trump biz adds betting

Fidelity is in sweet spot, doing it all • Orion is testing its new cornerstone tool, but it won't reveal pricing until 2026 • AUM milestones hit • Advyzon lands Schwab deal • RIA big-hitters back start-up • eMoney is plotting downmarket growth • Trump follows Robinhood's lead • Joe Lonsdale wants pardon policy changed.

Fidelity's executives are 'conservative' on AI, according to an analyst. [Photo by Southall]

Sep 17, 2025

Fidelity touts renewed Wealthscape, but departs from the AI hype with low-key launch; it's 'part of the larger story, not necessarily the story,' company says

Boston $16T giant is using the technology but as a building block, not in promotional headlines -- with a seeming backstory

Adam Spiegelman: Our clients were already custodied [at Fidelity], which certainly helped minimize friction.

Jul 25, 2025

Adam Spiegelman is converting his dad's old Northwestern Mutual practice into a Fidelity RIA -- after growing to $400 million of AUM over seven years at Commonwealth

The Alamo, Calif., advisor is using the LPL purchase of his broker-dealer as a catalyst for his long-held ambition -- made simpler by Commonwealth using Fidelity for clearing

Fidelity Investments

Articles tagged "Fidelity Investments"

Thomas H. Lee puts Hightower rollup back on the market, with 'Goldman Sachs' as sherpa, after building in a softer, more organic side but two voracious RIA giant buyers are giving it a hard pass -- for now

Rick Wurster puts Fidelity's $5-trillion-plus of 'workplace' assets in play with a new 'total asset capture' strategy that promises a recordkeeping revamp and service edge to take on the king

Fidelity and Schwab embraced long-short SMAs, until surging RIA demand proved too much of a good thing, now they're trying to curb a 'sugar high' among advisors with fee hikes and restrictions that could backfire

Schwab is joining Fidelity in 'law-of-the-jungle' shakedown of ETFs (with Vanguard not immune) to claim up to 15% of fee-revenues, and charge investors $100-per-trade for using non-compliant ETF managers

Charles Schwab Corp. touted long-short RIA accounts to Wall Street as a hot new 'win-win' revenue source until geopolitics made it question whether it was 'growing responsibly'

Thanks to RIAs (in large part), Schwab CEO Rick Wurster's pay leaped 49%, and may have soared higher -- much higher -- but company stopped considering Fidelity in its calculations, according to SEC disclosure

Fidelity Investments smashes past 80,000 staff, new report shows, doubling headcount and 'threading needle' on hiring -- as Schwab, Morgan Stanley added barely at all over same six years

Vanguard names Joanna Rotenberg to replace Matt Benchener as retail chief, after he takes CEO role at Hargreaves Lansdown, the UK's largest DIY online broker

Pontera's last-bid gambit to turn Fidelity credential-sharing ban into an 'investor rights issue,' falls flat, and now Schwab and others are turning a deaf ear as bans spread

Fidelity unit warns of 'massive outages across major Fidelity platforms,' in new lawsuit, unless Broadcom walks backs threat to terminate software subscription without price spike

JP Morgan hustles Plaid for a deal in bitter fight over 'free data,' with Wells and PNC encouraged, while Fidelity, Schwab also force fintechs to pay up or pound sand as part of 'deeper battle'

Fidelity touts renewed Wealthscape, but departs from the AI hype with low-key launch; it's 'part of the larger story, not necessarily the story,' company says

Adam Spiegelman is converting his dad's old Northwestern Mutual practice into a Fidelity RIA -- after growing to $400 million of AUM over seven years at Commonwealth

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