The platform offers a streamlined financial aid application process as well as online courses. The bank said the acquisition will help it build relationships with college students.
The addition of Axio Financial will add structured notes to the iCapital platform, marking the first product technically available to retail investors.
The plan is aimed at small to midsize businesses that have less than $25 million in retirement plan assets
The cybersecurity solution, which aims to protect advisers and their end clients' business email, comes from tech firm Armorblox.
AdvicePay, the payment tool co-founded by Michael Kitces, is trying to make it easier for large advisory firms to adopt differing fee models — and accept payment in a compliant manner.
The broker-dealer self-regulator launched the exam sweep a couple of weeks after the Securities and Exchange Commission released a request for comment about the “digital engagement practices” used by investment advisers and broker-dealers.
A J.D. Power study finds that only 43% of users say it’s easy to locate needed information on retirement plan sites.
The company is investing to build out products like its Youth Account and digital asset trading solutions like Sherlock.
Crypto custodians must provide the same types of institutional infrastructure available to any other asset classes.
The acquisition was announced more than a year after Sawtooth brought on Echelon Partners as its investment banker to land more capital.
SALT conference panelists say millennials' heightened interest in crypto investing comes amid the largest generational transfer of wealth.
The complaint alleges Charles Schwab violated its fiduciary duty by placing its own interest before the protection of its customers.
iCapital’s advisers can access digital currency investments for their clients through a Grayscale diversified market-cap weighted investment.
The 6 million people who downloaded trading apps in January alone represent a new breed of retail investor that is younger, earns a lower income and is more racially diverse than any investment cohort the industry has seen.
With students facing significant debt when they graduate, financial service providers can use technology to create a sense of empowerment around financial management for young adults.
The change in the broker workstation is part of a broad effort, dubbed internally Project Thunder, to make work life a little bit easier and more comfortable for Merrill's advisers.
The Series A funding round aims to increase the use of alternatives such as real estate and private equities in retirement accounts.
Professionally managed portfolios that are accessible inside of consumer apps will give consumers their first taste of investing via a long-term-focused offer — perhaps coupled with education and bite-sized planning.
The turnkey asset management platform is working to help advisers meet the growing demand from clients for access and personalization via different investment options.
It’s critical for fintech firms to have incident response plans if a catastrophic event and subsequent cyberattack were to happen.
