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Fintech Skience partners with Incedo
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JAN 18, 2022
Fintech Skience partners with Incedo

Incedo’s implementation efforts will help Skience’s platform reach more registered investment advisers.

By InvestmentNews
Acorns and Pioneer cancel $2.2 billion SPAC deal
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JAN 18, 2022
Acorns and Pioneer cancel $2.2 billion SPAC deal

Acorns plans to pursue traditional public offering.

By Bloomberg
Your clients will show you the way
YOUR PRACTICE OPINION JAN 18, 2022
Your clients will show you the way

One way we decide which new technologies to implement (or at least consider) is by asking our clients to provide detailed feedback on communications every other year.

By Scott Hanson
Niche adviser bulks up with a focus on fitness coaches
YOUR PRACTICE RIAS JAN 14, 2022
Niche adviser bulks up with a focus on fitness coaches

Justin Green, founder of AssistFP, has learned that developing a niche is an evolutionary process.

By Jeff Benjamin
Gemini moves into wealth management with Bitria acquisition
YOUR PRACTICE ALTERNATIVES JAN 14, 2022
Gemini moves into wealth management with Bitria acquisition

The $7.1 billion cryptocurrency exchange has agreed to purchase Bitria, a 5-year-old startup that provides advisers with tools to access and manage holdings of Bitcoin and other tokens.

By Sean Allocca
Emotions can be the key to making your firm unforgettable
YOUR PRACTICE OPINION JAN 14, 2022
Emotions can be the key to making your firm unforgettable

Marketing is a long game. First impressions matter, but lasting impressions matter more.

By Robert Sofia
Alts open up everything from Harlem Renaissance art to Japanese whisky
YOUR PRACTICE ALTERNATIVES JAN 14, 2022
Alts open up everything from Harlem Renaissance art to Japanese whisky

The new products not only provide investment opportunities that aren't available on the open market, but can also combine a client’s passions — for things like antique cars or even musical instruments — with their investment portfolios.

By Sean Allocca
RBC inks portfolio management deal with Addepar
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JAN 13, 2022
RBC inks portfolio management deal with Addepar

The Addepar platform tracks how investment portfolios perform across asset classes by aggregating data from client portfolios and overall market performance.

By Sean Allocca
Are Vanguard’s tech issues costing it customers?
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JAN 12, 2022
Are Vanguard’s tech issues costing it customers?

A mobile app update removed some functionality and was lampooned on social media sites and in online reviews last year. A website malfunction weeks later couldn’t have come at a worse time.

By Sean Allocca
Redtail opens up text messaging tech to all
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JAN 12, 2022
Redtail opens up text messaging tech to all

Clients are increasingly connected via mobile devices, and wealth management tech providers are betting advisers will want to reach clients using texts.

By Sean Allocca
The latest in financial #AdviserTech — January 2022
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JAN 12, 2022
The latest in financial #AdviserTech — January 2022

The first installment of a two-part series looking at the major trends in the financial adviser ecosystem that shaped big AdviserTech events in 2021, and what those trends portend for the year to come.

By Michael Kitces
Alts provider CAIS lands $225 million in funding
YOUR PRACTICE ALTERNATIVES JAN 11, 2022
Alts provider CAIS lands $225 million in funding

As the number of publicly traded companies steadily declined over the past decade, investor interest in the private markets has increased markedly.

By Sean Allocca
Bitcoin sell-off shakes adviser confidence in crypto
YOUR PRACTICE ALTERNATIVES JAN 10, 2022
Bitcoin sell-off shakes adviser confidence in crypto

For many financial advisers, the slide reinforced the notion that Bitcoin is just too volatile for client portfolios.

By Sean Allocca
Inside iCapital’s $497 million in fresh funding
YOUR PRACTICE ALTERNATIVES JAN 10, 2022
Inside iCapital’s $497 million in fresh funding

The alternative investment provider increased assets on the platform to more than $104 billion last year. The secret could be its ability to combine multiple high-net-worth investors into a single private placement.

By Sean Allocca
There’s much to look forward to in 2022
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JAN 10, 2022
There’s much to look forward to in 2022

The InvestmentNews reporting team looks ahead to 2022 and sees many of these long-term trends continuing.

By InvestmentNews
Acorns finalizes plans to offer individual stock trades
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JAN 07, 2022
Acorns finalizes plans to offer individual stock trades

While investing in single stocks can expose investors to more volatility, the feature lets customers stay diversified while also allowing them to buy shares of their favorite companies.

By Sean Allocca
Free planning apps drive down cost for advice in 2022
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JAN 06, 2022
Free planning apps drive down cost for advice in 2022

Millions of consumers are already creating free financial plans right from their mobile phones, meaning the ability to create customized plans may become commodified.

By Sean Allocca
Advisers struggle with data security — and worry about the consequences
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JAN 05, 2022
Advisers struggle with data security — and worry about the consequences

The majority of global financial service institutions are facing serious issues related to securing their stored data, according to a recent survey by data storage company Continuity.

By Sean Allocca
Morgan Stanley agrees to pay $60 million over data breach
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JAN 04, 2022
Morgan Stanley agrees to pay $60 million over data breach

Morgan Stanley allegedly learned of the breach when it was contacted by a man who said he had purchased used IT equipment from an internet vendor that came with access to sensitive customer data.

By Sean Allocca
Robinhood to expand options contract feature to more traders
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JAN 03, 2022
Robinhood to expand options contract feature to more traders

The ability to roll options was previously available only to Level 3 users, who have access to more trading functionality.

By Bloomberg