Articles tagged "Doug Fritz"
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Fidelity is 'planning over the horizon' as its eMoney unit packages API accesses for sale to RIAs to private label their own planning 'experience'
The Boston giant jumpstarts a monumental opportunity to a post-application system, say analysts, even if it might hurt sales of the 'whole enchilada' eMoney product short-term.
August 31, 2024 at 2:53 AM
John Wise is back, this time to crack the RIA front-end with AI, after his old firm, InvestCloud, tackled the RIA back-end with the cloud
The InvestCloud founder just landed a big building block for his vison -- an S&P Global spinoff with data for AI to turn into sweet wealth management reports.
August 16, 2024 at 1:40 AM
After three years -- and $2.5 billion -- trying to make an Envestnet killer out of InvestCloud, Motive Partners goes owner-operator when CEO search comes up empty
Motive hopes Jeff Yabuki, 66, can restore magic after old InvestCloud management put the 'icing before the cake' in the eyes of one analyst.
January 23, 2024 at 2:07 AM
Schwab's agonizingly long, methodical process to absorb near 8,000 TD Ameritrade RIA custody accounts into its own system is odds-on to yield a sweet result over Labor Day
Schwab Advisor Services still faces the stiff challenge of cultural assimilation but would-be detractors (like trade publications and even competitors) see little possibility it'll bungle Labor Day's switchover and its worst-case scenario on RIA attrition of 5% seems like a 'major win'
September 1, 2023 at 2:23 AM
F2 Strategy's urgent purchase of much larger Oakbrook Solutions has an RIA twist --it adds reach to equip big RIAs with the chops to compete against trust banks for trust fund kids
The wildly hiring Santa Cruz OCTO still needed capacity, people to implement its ideas and weaponry to help RIAs manufacture trust fund kids
June 19, 2023 at 8:56 PM
InvestCloud CEO John Wise and management team ousted after VC investors grow impatient for long-promised deliverables that always seemed just over the rainbow
Dubbed an 'Envestnet killer,' the LA company has yet to deliver disruption from its $1 billion VC investment combined with roughly $1.5 billion of other motley gems.
April 26, 2023 at 11:25 PM
With AUM growth stalled since Bain bought $290-million stake in 2021, Carson Wealth is seeking greener 401(k) pastures by choosing Vestwell's 'dirt cheap' fees
The Omaha, Neb., RIA slid below $19 billion by end of 2022 but has a deal with Vestwell to encourage its RIAs to seek 401(k) plans
January 18, 2023 at 3:33 AM
Tuning its 'machine' business model, Hightower Advisors just hired an ex-Carlyle due-diligence maven for alts investing to offer an alternative to the CAIS and iCapital standard inventory
The $141-billion AUA Chicago aggregator sees a big future of $50-million-and-up UHNW clients, and it want to maximize RIA access to premier alts managers.
August 2, 2022 at 2:24 AM
Oleg Tishkevich makes two familiar, key ex-TD Ameritrade hires as INVENT hits 20,000 users and shifts into high gear to serve RIAs
The INVENT CEO and founder gets Craig Uhlenkott and James Byers to hone RIA product fit for a more turnkey developer package to go with pre-existing app store.
June 16, 2022 at 2:16 AM
Doug Fritz's startup in Santa Cruz is a surfing safari that is beginning to make waves by providing billion-plus RIAs with software shock troops
The former Wells Fargo and First Republic wealth tech guy now has an F2 team of 20-plus scattered nationally for his outsourced chief technology officer business.
November 23, 2021 at 2:07 AM
Addepar finally makes friends with Fidelity and reboots its RIA service, again -- helped by a key ex-Tamarac hire
The $1.3-trillion performance software maker hired Samuel King, former Tamarac service chief and wins -- for keeps -- big RIA users as it puts its science project reputation aside to prosper
April 24, 2019 at 7:44 PM
Mindful of 'Snapchat' dynamic, BlackRock takes big Acorns stake after the micro-robo wins 2.2 million investors in 12 months
The $6.3-trillion asset manager led the $50-million round to ensure a foothold at LA-based firm with an app that onboards 6,000 investors daily
May 24, 2018 at 3:28 AM
Greg Friedman rallies RIAs at Junxure conference -- then news of Envestnet-FolioDynamix deal turns up the heat
The $2-trillion platform consolidation stunned open architecture-minded CRM-users who suspect bundling's advantages may quickly turn to diminishing returns
October 2, 2017 at 9:00 PM
Hitting home run, Envestnet buys FolioDynamix creating '$2-trillion' super-platform
The Chicago-based giant outsourcer buys its closest competitor for $195 million -- less than what hastily liquidating Actua paid years ago
September 25, 2017 at 11:27 PM
As Goldman Sachs' badly kept secret about branding an advice robot leaks out, Goldman-watchers see contours of Lloyd Blankfein's grand if 'scattergun' virtual advice strategy take shape
The NYC investment bank's CEO may be saving the Goldman brand for last after smart beta ETFs, Honest Dollar, Motif and 'Marcus by Goldman Sachs' are up and running
