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An Amazon intern in 2020, Nevis CEO Mark Swan is the unlikely dream weaver for Focus Financial and other big RIA rollups with 'nightmare' integration issues -- with …

With a new Nevis contract, Focus CEO Adam Biernbaum concluded he was buying a process, not a product, because applying ...
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Rick Wurster says Schwab is tackling its forced rationing of long/short SMAs with proprietary 'offering' to stretch balance sheet, but it's more a wallet-share grab, a lo…

The Schwab CEO says 'proprietary' long-short SMA strategies extend balance sheet and operations limitations, but offers no ...
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Bank of America analyst 'double' slams Ameriprise not least because RIA 'structural' advantage triggered proactive in-house retention bonuses that take a bite out of m…

The Minneapolis brokerage giant is paying its own to stay put to slow a breakaway onslaught, but it could expensively raise ...
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Rick Wurster chides Fidelity in wake of Fido's $100-million RIA purge, as Q3 net-new RIA assets -- both Schwab Advisor Services and Schwab Wealth Advisory -- soar 47…

The Schwab CEO underscores that his firm brought in triple the number of third-party RIA firms to the No. 2 custody provider ...
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TD Bank's RIA unit poaches Schwab's 'head of firmwide AI' and makes him its 'head of U.S. Wealth' with an eye on national franchise

After hitting $8-billion plus of AUM and $16 bilion of AUA, the Mt. Laurel, N.J., bank wealth unit nabbed Hardeep Walia to ...
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No sooner does MassMutual sell control of Flourish than it massively buys its cash management services for its 6,000 brokers; odd timing explained by 'plumbing'

MassMutual expanded Flourish Cash access to its entire network of 6,000 financial professionals nationwide. Flourish secured the deal by targeting held-away bank assets rather than competing with ...
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Pershing reveal of 'Wove' kerfuffle during corporate restructuring last June raises questions about the No. 3 RIA custodian's direction; the task now lies with new RIA …

Ainslee Simmonds is out, and 'Wove' with her, as the unit attempts re-set under BNY insert Adam Vos, and Jim Crowley is moved ...
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David Solomon eyeing near-term Goldman Sachs CEO exit, reports say, and his heir apparent looks RIA-friendly • DFA search for M&A partner went quiet, and complex …

The vampire squid may soon appoint a CEO with direct experience handling RIAs • DFA is not nearly in fire sale mode ...
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XY Planning recruiting spikes as RIA M&A refugees flee rollups that dangle downer contracts

Alan Moore (l) and Michael Kitces: An advisor with 75+ million AUM was given 30 days to decide whether to sign new agreements or leave. Key Points XY Planning Network reports record growth as advisors ...
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Schwab is opening its SMA marketplace to a Houston start-up's 'cash' option that lets advisors chase 7.5% yields on FDIC-insured cash -- with a few wrinkles

Michael Nelskyla: Hopefully, the AI bots will latch on. Key Points Schwab approved Save Technologies for its SMA marketplace, offering advisors a high-yield cash management alternative. Save generates ...
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Schwab's Jon Beatty is one custody head offering a port in the storm after Fidelity unmoors its sub-$100M RIAs and Altruist's Jason Wenk , Apex's Bill Capuzzi and TradePMR's R ...

Schwab and competitors are actively recruiting sub-$100 million RIAs following Fidelity's decision to exit that segment. Jon Beatty highlights that Schwab currently serves over 11,000 small firms, ...
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Fidelity's move to kick sub-$100-million RIAs off its platform is 'bizarre,' Kitces says; it’s likely to backfire, Chalekian says; yet, the Fidelity-Savvy deal last week may ...

Fidelity is terminating custody relationships with existing RIAs managing less than $100 million in assets. Industry experts criticize the move as a bizarre decision that potentially abandons the next ...