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Bob Curtis finally sold out to corporate interests after years of holding the line -- but financial planning's shift to a data game may have left little choice.

It took years to woo Bob Curtis to sell MoneyGuidePro but what Envestnet gets for its patience seem plenty worth it -- for both

The Fidelity-eMoney combination was a big success but a Yodlee-MGP pairing could turn the tide in the battle for the advisor desktop. Just don't call it 'competition'

March 16, 2019 at 2:04 AM

Jud Bergman: 'We need to own it rather than rent it. We need the code base.'

A perfect storm of factors -- including 'code' and 'annuities' -- made Jud Bergman pay Bob Curtis $500 million for MoneyGuidePro, plus $30 million to keep the MGP crew around a few more years

MoneyGuidePro's growth rate is declining, it's only '5% accretive' and Envestnet is already fully integrated, but unless the price got paid, the broader network was out in the cold

March 15, 2019 at 12:55 AM

Edmond Walters: For me it's like being a fox in the hen house.

eMoney Founder Edmond Walters musters every resource in launching 'Apprise Labs' and makes no bones that it's aimed at disrupting the market leader -- eMoney

Walters gets MoneyGuidePro and Envestnet to each takes 33% stakes and bring their talents, data and market reach to reinventing financial planning to include a future beyond death and taxes

February 1, 2019 at 5:06 PM

Kevin Knull: Despite frigid temperatures, an old sports injury, and fluid in my lungs from acute mountain sickness, we made it to the summit in 6 hours and 9 minutes.

Talent exodus at MoneyGuidePro revealed by posting from Mount Kilimanjaro includes two Knulls

The big execu-shuffle may reflect influx of power players into the business of financial planning software -- perhaps hottest of RIA technology categories

April 7, 2017 at 8:03 PM

Edmond Walters left eMoney and pops up as buyer agent of MoneyGuidePro on behalf of Cetera.

Cetera's giant software buy shows how eMoney's founder could prove a thorn in the Fidelity side $250 million later

MoneyGuidePro's Kevin Knull credits Edmond Walters for helping sell Cetera on doubling down on MGP planning software

November 11, 2016 at 12:20 AM

Bob Curtis: No one is buying us, so you VC people, don't even bother to call.

In bed with giants, T3 software entrepreneurs go to Florida to swear they are still more independent than thou

MoneyGuidePro's Bob Curtis flipped the bird at potential VC cash-bearers as Fidelity-owned eMoney vowed it was still a scrapper

November 5, 2015 at 7:26 PM

David Loeper: We're not a litigious firm.

MoneyGuidePro back on a roll after the "blip" of being sued by Wealthcare, PIEtech's CEO says as settlement is signed

David Loeper says he's "extraordinarily pleased" but Bob Curtis echoes that sentiment and says his company's work with UBS is stronger than ever

November 9, 2012 at 5:56 PM

 Leonard Reinhart: What really intrigues me about what he's doing is he's bringing Wall Street back to Main Street.

Why exactly Dave Loeper and a Smith Barney/E.F Hutton legend are teaming up

Leonard Reinhart has ideas about how to market the Richmond, Va.-based firm's patented technology - and alleviate strain

October 26, 2011 at 4:55 AM

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