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BPAS updates financial planning tool for participants
YOUR PRACTICE RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 25, 2022
BPAS updates financial planning tool for participants

Roadways Mile Marker 2.0 adds real-time updates and projections to present a bigger picture of each participant's overall financial health.

By InvestmentNews
The message is compliance
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JUL 25, 2022
The message is compliance

The substantial fines hitting big banks for failing to meet messaging-retention requirements shows the need for direction from the top to ensure the use of monitoring systems.

By InvestmentNews
The best robo-advisers of 2022 so far
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JUL 24, 2022
The best robo-advisers of 2022 so far

Condor Capital grades the best robo-advisers across 45 metrics, including financial planning, access to human advisers and cost.

By Ryan W. Neal
Envestnet's Ron Ransom on the biggest challenges facing ESG
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JUL 20, 2022
Envestnet's Ron Ransom on the biggest challenges facing ESG

The provider of outsourced investment management and financial technology appointed Ransom as group head of ESG, a new role at Envestnet.

By Ryan W. Neal
True North and RightSize merge into Visory
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JUL 18, 2022
True North and RightSize merge into Visory

The two companies had competed on providing cybersecurity and technology management for independent registered investment advisers.

By Ryan W. Neal
The latest in financial #AdviserTech — July 2022
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JUL 18, 2022
The latest in financial #AdviserTech — July 2022

This month's roundup looks at Schwab's $187 million settlement with the SEC, Bento Engine's funding round, and RIA In A Box's launch of a RolloverAnalyzer solution.

By Michael Kitces
Fintech Bytes: eMoney partners with Nationwide, Onramp closes funding
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JUL 15, 2022
Fintech Bytes: eMoney partners with Nationwide, Onramp closes funding

A roundup of the week's fintech developments, including news from eMoney, Onramp Invest, Tifin, Panoramix and iCapital.

By Ryan W. Neal
Naureen Hassan brings deep tech expertise to guide UBS digital shift
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JUL 15, 2022
Naureen Hassan brings deep tech expertise to guide UBS digital shift

Hassan, who will succeed Tom Naratil as president of UBS Americas, has served as Morgan Stanley’s chief digital officer and led the launch of Schwab’s robo-adviser.

By Ryan W. Neal
Wall Street texting habit sticks banks with rare $1 billion bill
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JUL 15, 2022
Wall Street texting habit sticks banks with rare $1 billion bill

The sweeping civil probes rank among the largest-ever penalties levied against US banks for record-keeping lapses.

By Bloomberg
Morgan Stanley expects $200 million fine for misuse of personal devices
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JUL 14, 2022
Morgan Stanley expects $200 million fine for misuse of personal devices

Meanwhile, the firm's wealth management franchise reported positives for the second quarter despite the broad stock market decline seen so far this year.

By Bloomberg
Edelman Financial Engines names new head of technology
YOUR PRACTICE RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 13, 2022
Edelman Financial Engines names new head of technology

One of the largest investment advisers in the U.S. has promoted a relative newcomer to oversee the firm’s technology.

By Ryan W. Neal
Schwab enhances digital onboarding to support multiple account opening
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JUL 12, 2022
Schwab enhances digital onboarding to support multiple account opening

The latest update to Schwab Advisor Services' digital onboarding technology lets independent financial advisers open and fund up to 10 new client accounts in a single workflow.

By Ryan W. Neal
SEC delays parts of market surveillance initiative until 2024
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JUL 11, 2022
SEC delays parts of market surveillance initiative until 2024

But opponents, including SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, want the agency to scrap the whole project.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Wirehouses ready for their 'Empire Strikes Back' moment on adviser fintech
YOUR PRACTICE RIAS JUL 11, 2022
Wirehouses ready for their 'Empire Strikes Back' moment on adviser fintech

Morgan Stanley revealed its fully armed and operational adviser fintech ecosystem at a recent media event in New York City.

By Ryan W. Neal
Are tools smart enough for tough times? Market volatility to test advisers’ tech
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JUL 11, 2022
Are tools smart enough for tough times? Market volatility to test advisers’ tech

Adviser fintech promised to make firms more efficient and build deeper client relationships. Those claims may soon be tested.

By Ryan W. Neal
Fintech Bytes: SEI partners with Holistiplan, IAA launches tech firm
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JUL 08, 2022
Fintech Bytes: SEI partners with Holistiplan, IAA launches tech firm

The adviser world returned from the July 4 holiday ready to spend some money on technology.

By Ryan W. Neal
Envestnet acquires fee and billing fintech Redi2 Technologies
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JUL 07, 2022
Envestnet acquires fee and billing fintech Redi2 Technologies

The acquisition brings more than 700 RIAs using Redi2's billing and invoicing software, BillFin, into the Envestnet ecosystem.

By Ryan W. Neal
Risk of dissatisfied advisers taking flight is rising: J.D. Power
YOUR PRACTICE RIAS JUL 06, 2022
Risk of dissatisfied advisers taking flight is rising: J.D. Power

Ongoing discontent, worsened by the pandemic and tech shortfalls, has resulted in 15% of wirehouse advisers and 7% of independent advisers being 'at risk' of exiting their firms in the next two years.

By Gregg Greenberg
First Trust acquires direct indexing fintech Veriti
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JUL 06, 2022
First Trust acquires direct indexing fintech Veriti

Another asset management firm is buying its way into the increasingly crowded market for direct indexing.

By Ryan W. Neal
Leveraging machine learning to outperform traditional model portfolios and funds
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JUL 06, 2022
Leveraging machine learning to outperform traditional model portfolios and funds

Technology can remove the human bias in investing, while also offering investors exposure to securities, but with reduced drawdown, minimized volatility and lower beta.

By Jeff Benjamin