California judge is siding with $210-billion Kansas RIA over $16 billion California RIA in poaching case, despite seeming hard evidence and damning admissions -- but new twists are possible
Jill Pivato hopped to Creative Planning, took documents and emailed herself client lists but won a legal Mulligan and no restraining order by offering a plausible explanation -- she 'burned' docs and returned lists to Allworth.
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Goldman Sachs-Creative Planning deal is bleeding defectors -- 16 more last week, report says -- auguring a 'potential disaster,' analysts warn
Dozens of former 'United Capital' advisors are fleeing at once, but Peter Mallouk is still battling to keep them, and Goldman Sachs may play legal hardball, sources say.
October 4, 2023 at 2:16 AM
The new 'Tony Robbins' book debut coincides with Ajay Gupta revealing plan to retire, which leaves Creative Planning to keep the referral spoils with Robbins down to a 'with' credit on the cover
Peter Mallouk's and Robbins' book, 'The Path: Accelerating Your Journey to Financial Freedom,' was released this week through a new publisher and word got out that 50 year-old Gupta was departing with little explanation
October 16, 2020 at 7:49 PM
Allworth gets its man in John Bunch, who takes over as CEO 'with bases loaded and nobody out' but faces a high bar
Co-founders Scott Hanson and Pat McClain of the $18-billion RIA got the former TD Ameritrade retail chief on his way home from a stint in the UK
October 13, 2023 at 2:06 AM
Seven 'RIA' chief executives are stepping aside for CEO 'operators' as PE backers get 'trigger' happy in adverse market; here are their stories
Whether it's Edelman Financial Engines, SMArtX, Allworth or InvestCloud, the re-CEO-ing process follows a fat 2020 capital raise and thinner results in stormy financial markets.
September 7, 2023 at 9:46 PM
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