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Chris Curtis: Yodlee’s revenue has grown 44%.

As robos try to crash Envestnet's platform party, CEO Jud Bergman explains pivot to 'wellness' and tells where FolioDynamix and Yodlee stand

Ric 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

February 28, 2018 at 12:49 AM



Amit Dogra left HighTower to found his own roll-up based largely on direct investments as differentiator.
February 26, 2018 at 8:55 PM

Charles Goldman: We had a phenomenal year.

AssetMark records 'off the charts' year and SEI is 'right on track' after staggering $1-billion platform overhaul

Concord, Calif.-based TAMP added $10 billion of AUM, 900 advisors after hiring TD Ameritrade's Veo API fintech star

February 23, 2018 at 4:39 PM

Joe Duran:  It allows them to be expensive and to expand. They’ll be able to take PAS and more aggressively market it.

Vanguard Group gets under RIAs' skin by launching ETFs supposedly aimed at helping them

Joe 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

February 22, 2018 at 3:55 AM


Dan Arnold: This will allow our advisors to spend more time with their clients and grow their business.

LPL Financial pushes toward full-service-on-tap model with its 'virtual' play -- running some real risks in the process

With 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

February 20, 2018 at 8:58 PM



Walt Bettinger (on-screen at IMPACT): In the fourth quarter, we streamlined share classes and decreased operating expense ratios on our money market funds, enhancing the net yields available to our clients.

Citigroup downgrades Charles Schwab Corp. on fears that vise grip of lavish staff expense and slashed prices will overwhelm banking windfall

Vaunted 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'

February 16, 2018 at 12:02 AM


Dave Welling: Joe [Duran] does a reasonable job but we're further out on the spectrum of integration.

Determined to out-Joe-Duran Duran's United Capital, Dave Welling moves his $12B roll-up's HQ to Denver

As 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

February 14, 2018 at 6:18 PM


Joel Bruckenstein: MoneyGuidePro is looking to grow into the more complicated planning space with larger RIAs and family offices, where eMoney has been the tool of choice.

At T3 eMoney and MoneyGuidePro redraw the lines of battle and post-API-era blockchain discussion begins

Financial planning software giants zig to each other's zags, Ric Edelman rips the robos and Joel Bruckenstein bobbles

February 12, 2018 at 10:29 PM

HighTower deal includes long-term contract for Elliot Weissbluth.

HighTower closes $450-million deal that ups advisor stake, inks deal with Elliot Weissbluth

The Chicago-based roll-up sold '50-60%' stake -- for $350 million plus $100 million

February 10, 2018 at 12:40 AM

Jason Roberts: What caught me off guard is that Fidelity says it is going to give advice to plans and participants.

Why exactly Fidelity chose 2018 to levy visible .05% 401(k) surcharge on Vanguard funds

After 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

February 9, 2018 at 6:10 PM

Roger Lee (r. w/Paul Sawaya): Rather than just sit on top of Fidelity, we took on a challenge that was a little bit bigger.

Unknown San Francisco 401(k) robo with famous backers gets $11 million more in VC funding -- and an interesting brand

With 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

February 8, 2018 at 12:10 AM

Aaron Klein: We're shifting from scale to surgeon.

Riskalyze tromps onto Envestnet turf by signing $20-billion, 975-advisor account with its robo-manager

Aaron Klein's Autopilot takes aim at 65% of advisors who find TAMPs are both expensive and too much abdication of portfolio management customization

February 6, 2018 at 10:26 PM

Not a dry eye after "Fearless Girl" spoke.

TD Ameritrade brings tears and cheers to RIAs in Orlando

A little girl blindsided attendees with heart and TD's Veo Village took on a life of its own

February 5, 2018 at 6:13 AM



Tim Hockey: In the industry, retail has a higher return on client assets on a higher revenue base. But both businesses have a strong operating margin.

Tim Hockey goes to Florida with an RIA 'problem' that's not RIAs

The 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

February 1, 2018 at 11:17 PM

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