The provider of outsourced investment management and financial technology appointed Ransom as group head of ESG, a new role at Envestnet.
The two companies had competed on providing cybersecurity and technology management for independent registered investment advisers.
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.
A roundup of the week's fintech developments, including news from eMoney, Onramp Invest, Tifin, Panoramix and iCapital.
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.
The sweeping civil probes rank among the largest-ever penalties levied against US banks for record-keeping lapses.
Meanwhile, the firm's wealth management franchise reported positives for the second quarter despite the broad stock market decline seen so far this year.
One of the largest investment advisers in the U.S. has promoted a relative newcomer to oversee the firm’s technology.
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.
But opponents, including SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, want the agency to scrap the whole project.
Morgan Stanley revealed its fully armed and operational adviser fintech ecosystem at a recent media event in New York City.
Adviser fintech promised to make firms more efficient and build deeper client relationships. Those claims may soon be tested.
The adviser world returned from the July 4 holiday ready to spend some money on technology.
The acquisition brings more than 700 RIAs using Redi2's billing and invoicing software, BillFin, into the Envestnet ecosystem.
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.
Another asset management firm is buying its way into the increasingly crowded market for direct indexing.
Technology can remove the human bias in investing, while also offering investors exposure to securities, but with reduced drawdown, minimized volatility and lower beta.
A Goldman Sachs study details how life events can impede retirement savings and can have a significant impact on how much an individual saves for retirement.
For your three-day weekend reading, here's a recap of some of the adviser fintech news you may have missed.
Eliminating paper processes can reduce error rates, driving efficiencies for the firm and improving the customer experience.
