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Merrill Lynch launches technology-driven retirement tools

Merrill Lynch Clear uses iPad apps to encourage goals-based conversations between advisers and clients.

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‘Don’t fight the Fed’ was never more true

Tuesday's Breakfast with Benjamin menu includes: It's true: Don't fight the Fed. Also: Alibaba mania is here and so is Apple's big day; Wells Fargo faces possible Finra action and about that Home Depot data breach.

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Big data: New technology comes to compliance

Software companies offer products to help advisers meet intense regulatory demands.

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Even tech-driven practices have tech-averse clients

Tips on working with elderly clients who have not grown up with the Internet, e-mail and secure portals.

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Make your website a hot marketing tool

Though rated No. 1 by advisers, most don't maximize the potential of their sites with ongoing improvements.

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Don’t embarrass Grandma – or your clients

Maintain strict security policies on company cloud files – and no naked selfies, please

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Hearsay Social lets advisers pay to spread Facebook posts

Advisers on social-networking platform Hearsay can now use new a feature that allows them to distribute promo posts on Facebook. But they have to pay.

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Be ready to provide client portals for performance reporting, consultant recommends

Advisers need to adapt as clients increasingly demand 24/7 access to their accounts from all devices.

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Quarterly video statements may become the norm

It may not be long before advisers are sending clients a personalized video each quarter that reviews portfolio performance. The technology to customize videos without much effort is increasingly available.

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Bears are giving up and that could be a bad sign

Breakfast with Benjamin: What's it mean when bears capitulate? Plus: The housing market recovery and homebuilder ETFs; 529s not so popular and here's why; Apple's big news; and the long-term-care insurance question.

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Fresh off settlement, a robo-adviser gets more financial backing

Digital retirement adviser NextCapital wins financing from Russell Investments

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Advisers hop on mobile CRM trend

While still figuring out how to use mobility in their practices, advisers are indicating mobile CRMs are here to stay.

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Using technology to beat the robo-advisers at their own game

Here's a road map on how to compete with and beat online investment management services using technology.

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How to use the cloud securely (because it’s not going away)

Like anything you do for your business, don't do it just to keep pace. Make it a determined decision that will either save you time, money or both.

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Traditional advisory firm hammers out deal with robo-adviser

Redhawk Wealth Advisors and Jemstep co-brand an online investment platform to help clients with investments.

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6 lessons traditional advisers can learn from robos

Many questions have been raised by traditional financial advisers about their robo-peers. Any time a digital investment adviser…

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Will Junxure Cloud’s release prove worth the wait?

Junxure Announces Wide Release of Junxure Cloud CRM for Financial Advisors from PRNewswire. Junxure CRM, an…

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The reasons why human and robo-advisers will soon converge

Robo-advisers and real advisers each have what the other wants. Robo-advisers, for all their bluster about…

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External IT puts Junxure on its virtual desktops

Partnership aims at getting business from advisers who want to integrate their systems.

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Weighing the pros, cons and costs of virtual desktops

Outsourcing IT support to a virtual desktop system may appeal to advisers, but there's a cost attached.