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Ritik Malhotra sells not-for-sale Savvy stake for $100 million after Utah Jazz owner showed up big for his LPL-disruption-by-AI play -- and Mark Casady re-upped at the new ...

Ryan Smith, Ryan Sweeney and Halo invested at a valuation 560% more than Savvy's B round 15 months ago, enticed by some wins, an artificial intelligence tailwind and the former LPL CEO on speed-dial.
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'No rush' Peter Mallouk is doing wild 'gap' deals as he rides out RIA seller's market and his Creative Planning keeps 'billions' of purchasing power 'locked-and-loaded' f…

The $780-billion RIA owner says eye-popping side deals like $4.3-trillion RVK add to the core 'Creative Planning' strategy -- ...
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David Fortunato makes his third pivot after cash management cross-selling fails to yield ample robo investors -- a bolt-on discount brokerage will join its digital home …

The Wealthfront CEO turns Q2 earnings into a confessional, volunteering how the robo-advisor misjudged it's cohort's ...
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Schwab scores exclusive (for now) contract with Anthropic and takes AI 'driver's seat' in RIA custody, analyst says, though others counter that it's generic and late-coming

The Westlake, Texas, broker/custodian is 'the gorilla' with 'first crack' at new AI system, and will have the category-killing, API-supreme-equivalent that RIAs will be compelled to adopt -- or else, ...
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Marty Bicknell commits $175 million to install 700 'AI' bots to revolutionize RIA automation; the gamble isn't AI but whether advisors, clients, staff and leadership will ...

The Mariner CEO is all-in on Humanity Labs' agentic artificial intelligence, a venture he co-owns; the payoff will be faster and smoother integration of RIA acquisitions, he says.
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Amid a flood of warnings about dangers of rogue AI, Hamachi steps in with newly patented system to protect sensitive RIA client data from AI breaches

Anthropic staffer quit among dire warnings Tuesday and the RIA startup today released the news it has a patent to exceed ...
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Bain Capital (mostly) funds Envestnet buy of Vestmark to surpass $10 trillion and define 'adaptive modularity' strategy, leaving Orion a clear RIA lane

The New York City PE powerhouse likely spent $500 million-plus to power up its Envestnet take-private deal by creating a ...
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Schwab Wealth Advisory (SWA) unveils 'corkage' fee on third-party SMAs, typically .35%, as slew of changes add to 'elegant' master plan to convert DIY book to fees

The new Schwab price schedule, much like Fidelity's 'wrap manager,' goes into effect in 2027 and aligns with the aggressive ...
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MassMutual helps Flourish find white knight buyer and regain 'standalone' status just months ahead of Phase II rollout that makes its 1,300 RIA clients more like a giant ...

Max Lane: All of this is accelerated and has a higher probability of coming to market sooner because of this transaction. Key Points Aquiline acquired control of Flourish from MassMutual to establish ...
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SEC seeks to rescind 2010 'pay-to-play' rule, paving the way for investment advisors to again bid for public pension contracts while making political donations to officials ...

SEC proposes rescinding the 2010 'pay-to-play' rule, potentially allowing advisors to resume political donations to pension officials. Chairman Paul Atkins labels the current regulation 'overly ...
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Henry Morris

SEC seeks to rescind 2010 'pay-to-play' rule, paving the way for investment advisors to again bid for public pension contracts while making political donations to officials with influence over pension ...
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Paul Atkins

SEC seeks to rescind 2010 'pay-to-play' rule, paving the way for investment advisors to again bid for public pension contracts while making political donations to officials with influence over pension ...