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Frank Noto saw no sun in San Diego as the FPA conference warmed to its task.
September 18, 2011 at 1:19 AM

Peter Hess: It's so much better (collaborating) than if we're at opposite sides of the country wondering what the other side is doing.

Advent and Black Diamond are looking like soul mates but the Axys-to-BlueSky 'Easy Button' is still on the to-do list

The merged companies still maintain a vision of converting Axys users to BlueSky in a few clicks of the mouse

September 15, 2011 at 4:41 AM

Ted Rich will consider switching from RedBlack's rebalancing software to the new Black Diamond offering.

AdventConnect Report: Black Diamond will sell rebalancing software and better reporting on alternative investments

The Advent Software division will still collaborate with RedBlack and iRebal but some RIAs will switch to the new Black Diamond offering

September 13, 2011 at 3:19 AM

Peter Hess: We are continuing to aggressively reinvest Black Diamond’s profits back into the business to accelerate our ability to expand [its] feature set and serve even more clients.

How Advent plans to make money with purchase of 'break-even' Black Diamond

Company execs tell Wall Street analysts that in-house Axys migrations will be more likely and more profitable

September 1, 2011 at 12:04 PM

Frank Germack: We wanted to show performance and we also wanted the ability to aggregate accounts as part of it.

Orion snags $2 billion Rehmann Financial account from Black Diamond

The mega-Michigan-based RIA had hyper-specialized needs

August 23, 2011 at 5:55 AM

Margaret Towle: I'm really excited about the partnership structure.

Former Northern Trust CIO brings a cool billion and lofty credentials to HighTower

The RIA-to-RIA spin-away advisor will hold down offices in Seattle and Minneapolis and build support teams from scratch

August 22, 2011 at 2:57 PM

Many of Paul Pagnato and David Karp's clientele have security concerns so they keep a low profile - including no photos.

Fearless Merrill Lynch team breaks away with $1 billion in broad daylight

Paul Pagnato and David Karp started their day in Washington DC and ended up in Reston, Va.

August 2, 2011 at 5:58 AM

David Welling: We are being careful not to tackle too many 'integration' projects out of the gate.

Update on Black Diamond-Advent merger

The sales teams are staying separate but sharing training this week

July 20, 2011 at 3:07 PM

Rob Fiore: We're finding there's a tremendous amount of activity right now in the RIA space compared to family office and private banks.

Private Client Resources is a software darling of private banks but can it conquer RIAs?

The Connecticut firm has experience and technology and a new CEO sees a swelling pipeline of RIAs

July 15, 2011 at 3:02 PM

Jeff Grinspoon faced one interesting breakaway challenge relating to his 100 year-old grandmother.

Big Morgan Stanley team on the Beltway hightails it to HighTower on second thought

The learning curve required for complete independence looked unpalatable when it came to decision time

July 13, 2011 at 2:12 PM

Sunit Bhalla: I can log into my bank in seven keystrokes.

How one RIA is running his practice on a Mac and finding it totally doable

Sunit Bhalla is taking full advantage of Apple to make sure he stays a one-man shop

June 29, 2011 at 3:06 PM

Dave Welling may play a pivotal role in whether Advent's Black Diamond acquisition makes the combined entity more like the Google or Microsoft of portfolio management systems.

Five recent articles that show the RIA business just keeps hitting milestones

Advent buys Black Diamond, Carson goes RIA, Duran champions consolidation, Schwab goes full-out into franchises, Brightscope grades RIAs

June 21, 2011 at 2:44 PM

Benjamin Baldwin: I did my August monthly statements for my clients, had them up on the website by the first week of the month, and they were already completely out of date!

One RIA's unvarnished views on Advent, Black Diamond, Tamarac, IAS, Orion and Schwab PortfolioCenter after an odyssey of test drives

Benjamin Baldwin is making the jump from PortfolioCenter to Orion after a brief affair, and lingering love, for Black Diamond

June 6, 2011 at 2:57 PM

Charles Goldman made sure that Advent had its talking points ready.

A blessing from Charles Goldman helped seal the Advent-Black Diamond deal

Executives were ready to pull the trigger but wanted reassurances about how elements of the RIA market would react

May 16, 2011 at 2:19 PM

Peter Hess: Black Diamond had emerged as the pre-eminent player in [the RIA] space.

Why Advent and Black Diamond are merging and how advisors look at the deal

The rival software makers hit it off after their top execs had a February phone call

May 13, 2011 at 2:27 PM

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