Robo advisors

Whatever planners learned when they were trained for the job decades ago is most likely outdated.

To understand the challenge posed by big tech disruptors, wealth managers should look at how those firms unexpectedly adapt to enter new markets.

Much of the industry animus toward robo advisors, writes veteran fintech analyst Davis Janowski, is rooted in frustration, envy, and fear.

The fresh funding demonstrates the support behind the concept of simple apps that help consumers save and invest.

When the product was announced a number of customers took to social media to voice questions and concerns.

Listen up, advisors — chatbots are talking their way into wealth management. Some see them as part of a low-cost, entirely automated option that commoditizes financial advice even further.

The hiring plans coincide with the firm's rollout of its digital advice offering, UBS Advice Advantage, which is offered through its call center.

By focusing on the relationship, RIAs can outdo automated investors — and charge accordingly, says CEO Joe Duran.

The WiseBanyan platform currently has $153 million in assets under management and 32,000 clients.

BMO Wealth Management aims to modernize its investment service and give planners better equipment. Others offering automated advice solutions include UBS, Wells Fargo and JPMorgan.

Bill Capuzzi has had a first-hand view of wealth management’s disruption. He details the key innovations winners will bring to the industry.

IBDs and regional firms are making the biggest changes, but RIAs have room for growth as well.

Technology is rapidly changing many, but not all aspects of the business.

The bank aims to have a total of 4,000 representatives by year-end in Merrill Edge, which now has 2.4 million accounts and $184.5 billion in assets.

After the digital advice firm reportedly saw its valuation drop $200 million, industry executives ask if independent robo advisors are on borrowed time.

The digital advice firm acknowledges RIAs using its institutional platform "needed more control."

Portfolios will be selected based on machine learning and natural-language processing.

The latest influx, which closed late last year, brought in $75 million.

Speculation grows that any retailer with a robust e-commerce platform, physical ubiquity, brand awareness and trust could become a wealth management player.

A federal court has struck down the rule and the industry’s top online advice executives are speaking out.