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Envestnet CEO on the company’s recent challenges and the opportunities ahead
YOUR PRACTICE RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 27, 2023
Envestnet CEO on the company’s recent challenges and the opportunities ahead

Although its efforts to meld its businesses met with some opposition, the company's revamped platform will provide great returns for users and investors, Bill Crager says.

By Ryan W. Neal
Lumiant acquires longevity and health planning fintech Genivity
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH APR 26, 2023
Lumiant acquires longevity and health planning fintech Genivity

Genivity's core product creates a customized longevity model based on a client's health risks, lifestyle choices and demographics.

By Ryan W. Neal
Morningstar brings competing model portfolios onto its proprietary platform
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH APR 25, 2023
Morningstar brings competing model portfolios onto its proprietary platform

BlackRock, T. Rowe Price, Fidelity and Clark Capital will get shelf space alongside Morningstar's own models.

By Jeff Benjamin
Financial industry CEOs earn more as shareholder returns fall
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH APR 25, 2023
Financial industry CEOs earn more as shareholder returns fall

Higher stock and option awards notched chief executives' pay even higher last year, according to a report from ISS Corporate Solutions.

By Emile Hallez
iCapital launches structured investments offering on Envestnet
YOUR PRACTICE TAMPS APR 25, 2023
iCapital launches structured investments offering on Envestnet

The integration provides advisors with proposal generation tools, analytical features, trading workflows and the ability to integrate data on structured investments into client reports.

By InvestmentNews
Want to keep your job? Learn to embrace AI
YOUR PRACTICE OPINION APR 24, 2023
Want to keep your job? Learn to embrace AI

The rise of AI doesn't have to mean you're about to be obsolete. Instead, this latest tech could become your most productive business builder.

By Ric Edelman
First Rate partners with InvestEdge for compliance software
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH APR 24, 2023
First Rate partners with InvestEdge for compliance software

Together, the companies serve more than 300 banks across the United States with a combined $3 trillion in assets under management.

By Ryan W. Neal
Digital asset fraud and pig-butchering schemes are top threats to investors, NASAA says
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH APR 21, 2023
Digital asset fraud and pig-butchering schemes are top threats to investors, NASAA says

Many fraudsters are playing off of investors’ fears of economic uncertainty to perpetrate their scams.

By Ryan W. Neal
Farther surpasses $675M AUM as digitally native RIAs gain traction
YOUR PRACTICE RIAS APR 20, 2023
Farther surpasses $675M AUM as digitally native RIAs gain traction

A new generation of registered investment advisors are just building fintech themselves, since what's on the market falls short of the digital experience they want to offer.

By Ryan W. Neal
Hearsay uses AI to recommend content advisors can post on social media
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH APR 19, 2023
Hearsay uses AI to recommend content advisors can post on social media

The new Content+ module on Hearsay identifies content across the internet and curates it into thematic collections.

By Ryan W. Neal
Betterment pays $9 million to settle SEC charges over tax-loss harvesting
YOUR PRACTICE RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 18, 2023
Betterment pays $9 million to settle SEC charges over tax-loss harvesting

Disclosure and operating issues impacted more than 25,000 client accounts and resulted in $4 million of potential tax benefits lost, according to the SEC.

By Ryan W. Neal
The latest in financial #AdvisorTech — April 2023
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH APR 18, 2023
The latest in financial #AdvisorTech — April 2023

This month's highlights includes Altruist's purchase of Shareholders Service Group, BlackRock's closing of the retail arm of robo FutureAdvisor and Absolute Engagement's launch of an engagement tool.

By Michael Kitces and Ben Henry-Moreland
People don't get how robos work, and that's a problem, J.D. Power finds
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH APR 14, 2023
People don't get how robos work, and that's a problem, J.D. Power finds

Demand for robos might be cooling, but many are still interested in them, despite a lack of understanding.

By Emile Hallez
TD Ameritrade rushes to calm trading clients amid site outages
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH APR 14, 2023
TD Ameritrade rushes to calm trading clients amid site outages

Charles Schwab executives had hinted at possible hiccups ahead of the massive account migration coming in September.

By Emile Hallez
Practifi COO Emily Wilcox talks about improving advisor tech adoption
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH APR 13, 2023
Practifi COO Emily Wilcox talks about improving advisor tech adoption

Wilcox blames the low level of adoption on some tools on the fact that firms aren't spending enough time training advisors on the technology after they invest in it.

By Ryan W. Neal
Advisors expect more crypto problems after FTX meltdown
YOUR PRACTICE ALTERNATIVES APR 13, 2023
Advisors expect more crypto problems after FTX meltdown

Most advisors are avoiding recommending cryptocurrencies to their clients, a CoreData Research survey found.

By Emile Hallez
Altruist raises $112 million to challenge Schwab, Fidelity
YOUR PRACTICE RIAS APR 12, 2023
Altruist raises $112 million to challenge Schwab, Fidelity

The Los Angeles-based custodian's latest funding round was led by Insight Partners and Adam Street Partners.

By Ryan W. Neal
Pershing X moves performance reporting to the cloud
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH APR 11, 2023
Pershing X moves performance reporting to the cloud

The move boosts data processing speed and establishes a modern infrastructure to build out the firm's vision for an all-in-one technology suite.

By Ryan W. Neal
Digital RIA Savvy launches direct indexing
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH APR 07, 2023
Digital RIA Savvy launches direct indexing

Instead of using a product that was already on the market, Savvy built its direct indexing software in-house.

By Ryan W. Neal
Investment analysis AI raises $3 million
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH APR 06, 2023
Investment analysis AI raises $3 million

Portrait Analytics believes its AI will eventually be able to do everything a junior investment analyst can do.

By Ryan W. Neal