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Bill Crager (left with Jud Bergman) finally replaces his dear friend as CEO, but filling the chairman spot had its own complexities.

Behind the scenes, Envestnet's board of directors had much to tussle over before finally subtracting the 'interim' from Bill Crager's CEO title

With Jud Bergman gone at a chairman, a power struggle ensued to fill that spot, and the process dragged when taking the company private came under review

April 2, 2020 at 2:34 AM

Bill Crager has another issue on his plate, the possible sale of Envestnet or Yodlee.

Envestnet, caught in speculative web over possible Yodlee spinoff--or sale of company, itself--has Wall Street scrambling to buy on the rumor

'Large private-equity firms, in particular, are said to be interested,' Barron's reports, but who's driving the conversation--the company, news media or speculators?

February 3, 2020 at 8:26 PM

Bill Crager: Broker-dealers and banks will become service providers and solution enablers for a new breed of advisor and with our partnership with Dynasty we will be able to offer support as these models emerge and evolve.

After finally knocking down a wall at LPL, Envestnet takes a minority stake in Dynasty Financial, puts Bill Crager on the board and prepares for future upmarket

The Chicago outsourcer hopes to go deeper with big RIAs and enterprises -- starting with an exchange of B2B loans and other wares from Shirl Penney's firm.

January 10, 2020 at 2:33 AM

Bill Crager: It's very hard to understand what happened. The word shocked breathtaking stunned don't describe it.

Interim CEO Bill Crager no-comments sale rumors but affirms 'leadership clarification' is coming soon as Envestnet quickly converts 100 PortfolioCenter users to Tamarac

In first quarterly meeting since Jud Bergman's death, wingman Crager had good news that includes major deal with Equifax

November 14, 2019 at 11:31 PM

Oleg Tishkevich: I watched and learned with what Jud [Bergman] and Bill [Crager] are doing...They know how to think big.

Oleg Tishkevich signs Envestnet to a contract with a company he started during an Envestnet non-compete -- and four years after selling Finance Logix to it for $32 million

Invent.us hits the ground running with several contracts reflecting friends in high places but critics ask whether he can fly so close to the sun without getting scorched

April 20, 2019 at 2:19 AM

Raj Udeshi took on Bill Crager then Jud Bergman about their use of client data.

Raj Udeshi invokes 'Theranos' fraud in testy exchanges over data collection with Envestnet's Bill Crager and Jud Bergman at Tiburon CEO Summit

HiddenLevers co-founder offended some audience members with his accusations, but others say he raises a valid concern: Where is the line drawn for firms capturing and selling advisor and client data?

April 9, 2019 at 2:29 AM

Bill Crager tightens his grip on power with promotion to CEO of Tamarac-holding unit.

Jud Bergman remakes Envestnet into two units and Bill Crager and Stuart DePina will head them as Anil Arora exits

Anora came three years ago in Yodlee deal and DePina came seven years ago with Tamarac purchase; Crager now oversees all advisors, including RIAs

January 10, 2019 at 11:11 PM

Bill Crager [to InvestmentNews]: Will BlackRock investment products benefit? Probably.

BlackRock buys Envestnet's love for $123 million to crack its 'open-architecture' platform and sets stage for another juicy Envestnet acquisition

The $6-trillion New York mega-manager buys 5% stake in the $2-trillion Chicago clearinghouse to get most-favored-vendor status in 'open architecture' environment

November 29, 2018 at 1:20 AM

Mike Sha (center): We’re not gonna disrupt a crusty industry. Discretion is the better part of valor for start-up people.

Schwab CTO's speech in NYC spotlights an RIA business addicted to innovation – with no fresh fix in sight

Timothy Heier set the lower-morale tone at In|Vest 2017 of a B2B industry waiting for a Mark Zuckerberg to push it forward again -- perhaps with artificial intelligence as the final frontier

July 20, 2017 at 9:37 PM

Jay Hummel: I would put our rep-assisted phone service up against anyone in the business.

After leaving Envestnet, Jay Hummel pops up at American Century with a 21st century plan

The former 'thought leader' is moving three children to Kansas City to more rapidly move the old-line mutual fund company to action

January 4, 2017 at 7:06 PM

Jon Stein: I really don't know about the ... presti-i-i-ige ... of a wirehouse.

The inverted reverence dynamic at The In|Vest event and why Bill Crager is so over it

Tomorrow is here: Wirehouse execs and IBM types play groupies as robo-founders leaned back in their chairs

June 23, 2016 at 6:19 PM

Jud Bergman: The biggest thing was the repricing due to the WMS client. That's the biggest single factor.

With Envestnet shares deeply depressed, analysts cut Jud Bergman little slack on 4Q earnings call

WIth a not-yet-integrated Yodlee, trouble with a big client, Lori Hardwick's departure and a recent history of muddy communication, CEO Jud Bergman worked hard to reassure

February 29, 2016 at 6:09 PM

Steve Dunlap: One of the things I was always so outspoken about was the engineering was great but the user-interface and the experience was something that could have been better.

Ex-Lockwood CEO Steve Dunlap takes on role at FolioDynamix after being a customer with a bone to pick

With new Actua ownership, Dunlap and capital, FolioDynamix CEO Joseph Mrak says his firm has Envestnet in its sights

January 29, 2016 at 9:04 PM

Greg Verfaillie: In the conversations I've been having with advisors, it's clear this decision is not going to be made on product or platform; it's about the relationship.

Curian Capital predators position to pounce -- but a few copiously keep their distance to avoid quills

As smaller TAMPs play the finesse game, SEI, AssetMark and Envestnet, with combined $100 billion-plus AUM, see a path to play up their size and scale after the smaller TAMP falters

August 17, 2015 at 4:51 PM

Anil Arora: There’s an enormous transformation going on in financial services, and we’re going to accelerate that.

Envestnet buys Yodlee and its treasure trove of 'permissioned' data by selling its vision of the future of financial advice

The Chicago overachiever's deal is its third Silicon Valley acquisition overall, and second this year

August 10, 2015 at 10:11 PM

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