Articles published 2/2018
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As robos try to crash Envestnet's platform party, CEO Jud Bergman explains pivot to 'wellness' and tells where FolioDynamix and Yodlee stand
February 28, 2018 at 12:49 AMRic Edelman is an early Envestnet 'wellness' pilot and Yodlee's expanding margins are -- maybe -- a good sign for that unit as it moves toward break-even
OLD - Longtime Fidelity exec jumps ship to lead fintech firm set on serving the 99%
February 27, 2018 at 5:26 PMNew Moves: HighTower exec defects to a hyper-active-investing 'fiduciary' roll-up, BlackRock alums launch American Century ETF line, Alfred Bros. go crypto, millennials found Bay Area UHNW firm and more...
February 26, 2018 at 8:55 PM'New Moves in the Biz' -- winter edition -- charts high-profiles hires to low-profile firms and vice-versa in the greater RIA galaxy
AssetMark records 'off the charts' year and SEI is 'right on track' after staggering $1-billion platform overhaul
February 23, 2018 at 4:39 PMConcord, Calif.-based TAMP added $10 billion of AUM, 900 advisors after hiring TD Ameritrade's Veo API fintech star
Vanguard Group gets under RIAs' skin by launching ETFs supposedly aimed at helping them
February 22, 2018 at 3:55 AMJoe Duran says debut of up-priced, factor-based ETFs paves the way for fatter Vanguard RIA margins and broader U.S. wealth-management market share
LPL Financial pushes toward full-service-on-tap model with its 'virtual' play -- running some real risks in the process
February 20, 2018 at 8:58 PMWith virtual, digital and OSJ firms making headway, CEO Dan Arnold's move may amend LPL business model or, one recruiter says, be a sop to Wall Street analysts hungering for a new angle
Mile-High 361 Capital poaches two sales chiefs from big-foot portfolio-providers
February 16, 2018 at 8:32 AMCitigroup downgrades Charles Schwab Corp. on fears that vise grip of lavish staff expense and slashed prices will overwhelm banking windfall
February 16, 2018 at 12:02 AMVaunted analyst William Katz sees Schwab's expanding reliance on pushing cash to its bank to earn spread revenue as too risky to recommend a 'buy'
Advisor to carriage trade returns to Fifth Avenue as executive director of HighTower firm
February 15, 2018 at 1:42 PMDetermined to out-Joe-Duran Duran's United Capital, Dave Welling moves his $12B roll-up's HQ to Denver
February 14, 2018 at 6:18 PMAs Mercer's torrid growth accelerates, its new CEO will hyper-unify investments and operations, make deals, pit software vendors against each other and hire like crazy
Ascensus homes in on indie 401(k) advisors with adds of Commonwealth, Morgan Stanley vets
February 13, 2018 at 12:43 PMAt T3 eMoney and MoneyGuidePro redraw the lines of battle and post-API-era blockchain discussion begins
February 12, 2018 at 10:29 PMFinancial planning software giants zig to each other's zags, Ric Edelman rips the robos and Joel Bruckenstein bobbles
HighTower closes $450-million deal that ups advisor stake, inks deal with Elliot Weissbluth
February 10, 2018 at 12:40 AMThe Chicago-based roll-up sold '50-60%' stake -- for $350 million plus $100 million
Why exactly Fidelity chose 2018 to levy visible .05% 401(k) surcharge on Vanguard funds
February 9, 2018 at 6:10 PMAfter an abrupt business model shift from recordkeeper to advisor, the Boston-based 401(k) king may be a leader in fee 'levelization' that encourages other fund firms to act
Unknown San Francisco 401(k) robo with famous backers gets $11 million more in VC funding -- and an interesting brand
February 8, 2018 at 12:10 AMWith Y Combinator start, Human Interest, formerly Captain401, is only in its third year but 10,000 customers convinced Adam Nash, Joe Montana and Sequoia-, Accel-derived VC
Riskalyze tromps onto Envestnet turf by signing $20-billion, 975-advisor account with its robo-manager
February 6, 2018 at 10:26 PMAaron Klein's Autopilot takes aim at 65% of advisors who find TAMPs are both expensive and too much abdication of portfolio management customization
TD Ameritrade brings tears and cheers to RIAs in Orlando
February 5, 2018 at 6:13 AMA little girl blindsided attendees with heart and TD's Veo Village took on a life of its own
Third Seven taps ex-HighTower managing director to jump-start roll-up initiative
February 2, 2018 at 6:36 PMTieu-Bich Nguyen joins Sun Life Investment Management as head of Asia credit research
February 2, 2018 at 6:30 PMTim Hockey goes to Florida with an RIA 'problem' that's not RIAs
February 1, 2018 at 11:17 PMThe TD Ameritrade CEO relies on 6,000 registered investment advisors for 80% of growth -- skewed by big, big 'bus drivers' like Ric Edelman and Ron Carson
