Automated investing

Robo advice is “a feature, not a business,” one digital expert says

The “vast majority” of retail clients already qualified as of October but certain customers were still paying $2.95 a trade.

The wealth management tech provider's president of investment services is looking to “tie up some loose ends.”

“I feel like I always operate in a recession” — and that’s a good thing, says Bernstein Private Wealth Management's digital chief.

In a session at the In|Vest West conference, Rachleff revealed the digital firm’s ambitious plans to take on big banks.

The announcement is part of an ongoing mashup of financial services. The target audience? The customers of traditional banks.

Just over one in 10 advisors uses a digital investment tool. This, and other findings of Financial Planning’s 2019 Tech Survey.

Before picking a tech vendor for your firm, you might want to have a chat with Carson Group President Teri Shepherd, who speaks with the benefit of hard-earned experience.

The acquisition creates a discount brokerage behemoth that experts say could reshape automated advice.

The discount brokerage sees the move as a way to attract younger, less affluent investors.

Little can keep the search engine giant from entering wealth management. But advisors still have weapons at their disposal. They just need to use them.

The technology is poised to upend the industry. Advisors are still waiting.

The Wall Street giant has built an automated advice platform and is considering how to release it to the mass affluent market.

While technology has expanded the toolkit for advisors, some still struggle to differentiate their offerings.

Personal Capital is the latest digital-first firm to spend on TV and magazine ads, acknowledging it is “challenging the legacy players in wealth management.”

SigFig reportedly lays off a percentage of its workforce, while a former Fidelity marketing chief joins Personal Capital.

Independent investment platforms are projected to lose market share to larger entrants, according to industry data.

The market information giant provides financial data and infrastructure to more than 40,000 institutions in over 190 countries.

Even though it now claims six million accounts, the free trading platform may still need to expand its offerings to stay competitive, experts say.

An online war is underway for deposits, as a wide range of players — traditional wealth managers, big banks, digital-only platforms and fintechs — offer high-interest savings and checking through apps and websites.