Articles tagged "Orion"
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Eric Clarke's startup is taking on a giant unseen RIA problem -- bifurcation of wealth and investments, but will asset managers pick up the tab?
The Orion founder has his old Omaha cohorts, plus Michael Wilson, all-in with Hamachi on solving the onslaught of model portfolios replacing in-house investment management -- and the communication gap it created between outsourcer and end investor.
October 29, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Advyzon's new financial planning software runs headlong into a 'saturated market,' but CEO Hailin Li says two key hires will lead 'go-to-market' strategy
MoneyGuidePro veterans Kevin Hughes and Tony Leal have joined the firm as it shoots for a share of 2,300 advisors leaving Morningstar Office in early 2026.
October 16, 2025 at 10:36 PM
In mad scramble for Morningstar lame ducks, Black Diamond claims 400 RIA wins, including 100 up-and-running, but Advyzon is also on a roll, reporting 90% close rate on pitches
Black Diamond also boasts winning 'majority' of larger 'Office' clients with data and discount deals, yet the battle rages for hundreds of other firms.
August 26, 2025 at 2:15 AM
RIAs are starting to embrace 'model' portfolios, pressuring the status quo proprietary model of giants like BlackRock, Vanguard and Capital Group and making TAMPs emphasize back office support
Wirehouse brokers and IBD reps have already driven trillions in assets to 'models' but if RIAs -- and specialized 'RIA' model suppliers jump in, a $13 trillion market is projected by 2029
August 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Orion's prideful 'cementing' release and its '$5-trillion' milestone prompts rivals -- Black Diamond, Tamarac, Addepar, Advyzon -- to counter with performance data and stories of triumph and momentum of their own
The top four performance software makers have grown their administered assets by an average of 177.6% in the last five years, but it's still a horse race when it comes to 2030 and beyond
August 9, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Mike Durbin set to take CEO reins at Cetera to further Genstar's bold mission, with $1 trillion looming on the horizon and his eyes on the prize
Adam Antonaides, 59, is exiting the CEO role as the No. 2 IBD shifts into higher gear to compete with LPL and take on a more RIA future
November 7, 2024 at 11:11 PM
Natalie Wolfsen will restore Orion's 'standalone' RIA software strategy but also create a simpler bundle for smaller RIAs, and evolve the super-bundle
Eight months into her reign as CEO at the Omaha-based RIA software and investments powerhouse, Wolfsen is unleashing standalone rebalancing and risk software and tailoring pricing and service levels to match customer needs
July 2, 2024 at 1:14 AM
Orion surprises RIAs with 8.9% price jump, effective April 1 (no joke!); blames 'extreme inflation' -- a possible boon for upstart competitors
Orion President Brian McLaughlin used snail mail to break the news and explain necessity; Omaha, Neb., firm is sharing in the pain of data price increases.
March 2, 2024 at 12:28 AM
Familiar faces -- Bill, Eric, Oleg and Joel -- dominate Day One at T3 but Syntax Data and SoraFinance get their moment -- and Oleg brandishes app marvel
The big companies like Orion, Envestnet and Invent cement the 20th anniversary of the Joel Bruckenstein event with bundle-ism, but green sprouts of new firms are everywhere; the kids get AI
January 24, 2024 at 6:27 AM
Orion rescinds RTO order after its staff rebels by hijacking company email list, distributing petition and tipping off RIA media
CEO Natalie Wolfsen suffers first setback and rescinds a return-to-office (RTO) policy after week of protest to work on a more collaborative agreement on a post-COVID new normal
November 23, 2023 at 12:20 AM
A week after he became chairman of Eric Clarke's board, Charles Goldman is heading the search to replace Clarke as Orion CEO-- at Eric's direction
Eric Clarke founded Orion in 1999 and built it to a $3.6 trillion AUA juggernaut, but he believes both he and the company are ready for a big change
May 22, 2023 at 5:13 PM
Cetera hiring Mike Durbin as CEO -- overseeing its existing 'CEO' -- completes Genstar's stellar HR week after it put Charles Goldman atop Orion's board -- with 'exponential' growth in mind for the 'middle market' companies
The Los Angeles broker-dealer nabbed the Fidelity legend to take its $118-billion AUM and 8,000 advisors higher, just as Orion -- also majority owned by Genstar -- makes a similar move.
May 18, 2023 at 1:46 AM
Briefs: Focus Financial misses on earnings and debt ratio, but white knight makes stumble moot; Bill Winterberg is out at AdvicePay; Ric Edelman promotes RIA self-custody -- of crypto; Redtail employs GPTChat -with a kill button for people it annoys
The New York rollup's market cap is pegged at $4 billion, hence a free pass on bad news; Alan Moore updates hiring; Brian McLaughlin make rote texting more optional; Blockchain might rewrite custody?
May 11, 2023 at 1:22 AM
Charles Goldman takes seat on Orion board sparking thoughts about RIA custody comeback in Omaha and just what it can do with the Redtail, Brinker and TownSquare acquisitions
The ex-Schwab/Fidelity RIA custody chief was a turnaround CEO at AssetMark where he ushered in a custody offering and an IPO.
October 1, 2022 at 12:45 AM
Eric Clarke hands 'Orion' reins to Brian McLaughlin in big reorganization that frees him to begin high-level hacking of 'One Orion' with newest hire Michael Wilson
The Orion CEO is yielding day-to-day power in the software sphere to the Redtail founder so he can think about integration from 30,000 feet with an unusual LPL entrepreneurial talent in Wilson.
