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Rob Francais: Stanford is already in its second generation of management ...
December 29, 2016 at 4:09 PM

Michael Glowacki: You say, 'this is my succession plan' and they say, 'you sold me!'

How Rob Francais is convincing RIAs to sign on the dotted line with Aspiriant -- no money down

The CEO of the $9 billion RIA grabbed nearly $1 billion of AUM from Hokanson and Glowacki with stock swaps

February 19, 2016 at 8:35 PM

Rajeev Sharan: I function as a market ‘shock absorber’ for clients.

Two 'super RIAs' -- Aspiriant and Salient -- hire risk officers in a sign of what clients value post-2008-'09, post-Madoff

In the post-Madoff era, explicit downside is becoming more important -- and lets Aspiriant justify its $7,500 planning fee better

November 24, 2013 at 8:45 PM

Departed Schwab retail advisors protested the firm's termination policies on the first day of IMPACT.

Schwab IMPACT 2013 is another great bash but picketers and Fidelity siphoned off some precious RIA attention

Attendees were greeted by disgruntled ex-Schwab advisors chanting 'Find out how Schwab terminates' and Fidelity's RIA campaign jumped out at you on every sidewalk

November 14, 2013 at 6:32 AM

Rob Francais: It gets a little easier each time. We learn how to do it more effectively.

Aspiriant sets the stage for its next big buy -- and only RIAs with more than $1 billion in assets need apply

Now that the $7-billion Los Angeles firm has digested Deloitte, its executive M&A team ponders its next move

March 5, 2013 at 5:11 PM

Tim Kochis: I winced when I detected a slight tone of condescension in the presentation.

Ex-RIA chief: 'How I learned more in a month as a client than in 20 years as CEO'

Aspiriant's Tim Kochis and his wife experienced firsthand the upsides and downsides of being paying clients

July 25, 2012 at 3:14 AM

Tim Kochis: No one should be CEO for life.

Tim Kochis retires, months earlier than scheduled, but also years later than planned

The Aspiriant founder sent an e-mail to fellow employees on April 27th saying he's bolting a little early because of projects he wants to pursue.

May 11, 2012 at 5:20 AM

Rob Francais: You can look at our growth in the last three-and-a-half or four years and say it's off the charts, but it's all been part of a very patient well thought-out process.

How Rob Francais combined two giant RIAs and then added the assets of Deloitte Investment Advisors

Kochis Fitz, Quintile Wealth Management and Deloitte are now $7.2 billion Aspiriant and there are more plans to grow -- carefully

October 3, 2011 at 4:30 AM

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