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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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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

The Westlake, Texas RIA custody giant is leery of infringement on its cash management turf, but Save, a niche player that ...
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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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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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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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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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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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LPL finally stops (largely) Anthropic-fueled stock price skid by confirming 'something big' -- with Anthropic -- a new Morningstar report pounding the table to buy LPL shares ...

LPL Financial shares stabilized after Anthropic executives confirmed an expanded partnership focused on wealth management AI. Anthropic's new agentic AI tools aim to automate complex, regulated tasks ...
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Will Trout

State Street's newly launched Apex-powered RIA custody unit has sizzle and 'wedge' power, especially after Pershing's Wove 'fell flat;' but to avoid fizzling, the power duo needs to steer past ...
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Goldman Sachs

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 ...
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Michael Kitces

Alan Moore and Michael Kitces are setting up solo XYPN shops at a booming, nearly two-a-day rate, and absolutely believe little RIAs have a 'scale' advantage, with nimble beating brute force as much ...