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Robo-Advisers

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Robos built for advisers struggling to gain traction

Only a small number of advisers are using these platforms.

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  • September 5, 2019

Trizic rebrand shows difficult route for robo-advisers

Harvest to focus on banks and credit unions instead of independent advisers.

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  • August 28, 2019

Hybrid robo looking to offer financial wellness to retirement plan sponsors

BrightPlan Coach fashions a financial plan for each employee and provides guidance on spending, financial goals, investing, debt management, estate planning and insurance.

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Robo-advisers are dead. Long live digital advisers

Worksites provide huge opportunity for 401(k) advisers to integrate fintech solutions.

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  • April 26, 2019

Fintechs find new focus helping clients with cash management

Robo-advisers, lenders and stock trading apps are all launching high-yield savings accounts.

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All robo, no advice

Robo-advisers are here to stay but it's valid to criticize their limited planning options.

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  • December 6, 2018

Folio Financial launches platform to build next generation of robo advice

Will the technology be enough for the custodian to gain market share?

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  • November 12, 2018

Goldman Sachs primed to launch new robo-adviser Marcus Invest

Goldman Sachs Inc. is testing its digital advice platform with employees ahead of a public rollout slated for the first quarter, according to a company memo reviewed by InvestmentNews.

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  • November 12, 2018

Franklin Templeton partners to launch new robo-adviser Tango

Franklin Templeton has tapped Singapore-based wealthtech Bambu and Apex Clearing to launch a new turnkey robo-adviser, Tango, in an increasingly competitive digital advice space.

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  • October 5, 2018

New robo-adviser to collect management fees only when it beats the market

Instead of a basket of ETFs, SGIM's algorithm will actively pick individual securities.

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Michael Kitces on the fate of robos, Yelp help and recent fintech competitions, products

This month's edition of the Latest News in Financial Advisor #FinTech kicks off with big news about high-profile robo-advisers pivoting to B2B products for advisers.

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Michael Kitces: The Latest In Financial Advisor FinTech — July 2018

This month's edition kicks off with the big news that robo-advisor-turned-enterprise-digital-advice platform SigFig has raised a whopping new $50M round from famous VC firm General Atlantic.

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Robo advisers are stepping up their financial planning

Betterment wants to give more advice on held-away retirement plans and Wealthfront expands college planning.

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  • April 27, 2018

How robos weathered Q1 market volatility

BackEnd Benchmarking's Robo Report found SoFi used emerging markets and high-yield munis to protect client assets.

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  • March 21, 2018

Aon Hewitt wins 401(k) lawsuit over robo-adviser kickbacks

It's the fourth time a retirement-plan record keeper has prevailed in a lawsuit scrutinizing fees received from Financial Engines.

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  • August 17, 2017

Fiduciary double standard gives robos a free ride

What if a human adviser dispensed portfolio recommendations based solely on the answers to 10 or 12 written questions?

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Robos, digital platforms and human financial advice: What investors really want

The following is an excerpt from a new research paper, “An adviser’s guide to…

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  • June 23, 2017

Jeffrey Gundlach not impressed with robo advisers

He says 'one-size fits all' portfolios are a dangerous bet, especially in a market decline

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5 robo-advisers with the most client assets

Robo-platforms are projected to have about $385 billion in client assets by the end of 2021, according to Cerulli Associates.

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Power Financial invests $37 million in Wealthsimple as robo seeks bigger U.S. market share

Power, the Canadian parent of Putnam Investments and Great-West Financial, has now invested a total of $74 million in the robo-adviser