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With automated advice platforms now a standard offering, the easy assumption is that technology is being universally adopted by advisers. Key insights from our annual Tech Survey, though, challenge that notion.

Nothing in the 401(k) plan market changes overnight and some caution that while robos may have a valuable role to play in helping prepare employees for retirement, employers need to do their due diligence.

The firm could resurrect its U.S. brokerage business online, analysts say. However, Deutsche executives have said they were unsure about their U.S. plans for automated advice.

Expect an "increasing adversarial relationship between industry and regulators" says MarketCounsel’s Andrew Wels.

Ambition and training helped one veteran advisor learn to adopt financial planning tools, account aggregation software, video conferencing apps and tablets in his effort to create "a new client experience."

Technology can help firms stay in good stead with regulators.

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While the company has about 11% of the operating deposits in the country, it only manages 1% to 2% of the wealth, CEO John Stumpf said.

A father and his two sons switch from one independent broker-dealer to another.

It bears paying attention in the coming year as to what inroads digital-first firms can make into the DC space.