Portfolio

The firm has added 42 advisors this year with a combined $3.8 billion in AUM.

Alterations include higher hurdles for cash pay, a grid stretch for deferred compensation and new bonuses.

The firm’s new business highlights the beginnings of a shift in the custody marketplace due to a series of consolidations.

Funding is getting tighter as advisors look towards marketing automation as an engine for growth.

Net flows have slowed in 2020 at the fund giant as rivals continue to roll out similar products amid the rise of robo advisors and almost-free trading.

The one-two punch of major tax laws passed within four months of each other creates some interesting puzzles for advisors to solve.

The top 20 outpaced the broader industry and had an average net expense ratio far below the 0.45% investors paid last year.

Jon Stein was a pioneer of the robo advice industry, building a $25 billion firm over the past decade.

Brian Truscott oversaw more than $330 million in client assets.

The firm also added a new unit to accommodate its dramatic advisor growth — from one to 140 in seven years.