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Fisher Investments is facing a swarm of M&A-minded national RIAs, but it's obsessively self-contained after growing by nearly $300 billion since a 2019 PR mish…

The Plano, Texas RIA sat at $112 billion when its owner made headlines for unfortunate remarks, but the firm has grown ...
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Schwab and Fidelity beat Goldman Sachs to the punch on long/short fund sorcery for RIAs, but the vampire squid is back with its own offer -- a possible one-up

Late' but potentially more exotic, and more profitable, the New York City fledgling custodian will impose limitations on ...
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XY Planning Network 'Sapphire' hits $1 billion and gets smacked with fee criticism, but Michael Kitces says the fees 'make sense' with context -- not least that RIAs payi…

Moore RIA network is rolling in advisors where 'lifestyle' is critical and is unlikely to attract many wirehouse breakaways.
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Russell Investments' sale to CalPERS expands existing ties and paves way for Vanguard-like reputational boost -- not to mention a reprieve from debt albatross, i…

The Seattle money manager says a 'mutual familiarity and a shared understanding' undergird its relationship with the ...
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Vanguard hires ex-Barron's, ex-Fido 'thought leader' and CFP for mission impossible -- to better speak to RIAs after years of viewing third parties (and their fees) suspici…

The $12-trillion asset manager stealthily brought Beverly Goodman aboard to cultivate advisors that Jack Bogle was leery of, ...
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Morningstar's sale of ByAllAccounts to Pello won't close -- the latest mishap in the 'aggregation' category as Plaid seeks IPO and CFPB mulls plan to permanently allo…

The Chicago fund tracker reassures RIAs the account aggregation service levels won't drop off -- not least because in-house ...
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Hightower One

Hightower loses newly hired president but it brims with 'Signature' talent -- Penny Phillips, Randy Bullard and Gurinder Ahluwahlia -- and it promises a 'near-future,' replacement Roberto Stewart is ...
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Patrick Newcomb

Vestmark strikes 'standalone-RIA' black gold as (TAMP) AUM leaps past $50-billion -- a five-fold increase -- after critical upgrade triggers T. Rowe Price, BlackRock, Capital Group, and VanEck ...
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Freedom Dumlao

Vestmark strikes 'standalone-RIA' black gold as (TAMP) AUM leaps past $50-billion -- a five-fold increase -- after critical upgrade triggers T. Rowe Price, BlackRock, Capital Group, and VanEck ...
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Rob Battista

Vestmark strikes 'standalone-RIA' black gold as (TAMP) AUM leaps past $50-billion -- a five-fold increase -- after critical upgrade triggers T. Rowe Price, BlackRock, Capital Group, and VanEck ...
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Justin Mikhalevsky

Salesforce tries to catch up on AI -- and halt precipitous stock slide -- with launch of 'Agentic Advisor' for RIAs, but experts are raising a litany of concerns from costs, to benefits and the hassle ...
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Eran Agrios

Salesforce tries to catch up on AI -- and halt precipitous stock slide -- with launch of 'Agentic Advisor' for RIAs, but experts are raising a litany of concerns from costs, to benefits and the hassle ...