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It is the latest of several popular PFM apps to close down in recent weeks.

The microinvesting site, which now has over 2 million accounts, allied itself with Clarity Money.

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"Banks traditionally pay higher valuations, but [RIAs] should go into deals with eyes wide open," Dave DeVoe says.

The $814 billion Beijing-based investment firm has more than a third of its portfolio in alternative assets.

Only about 5% still charge them, according to a Financial Planning study.

The new complex manager will oversee 43 advisers at the regional brokerage.

Convinced that clients want as much human interaction as ever, the Wall Street firm is using machine learning to help its financial advisers stay informed and work efficiently.

The app allows users, many of them first-time investors, to get started for as little as $5.

Artificial intelligence can help wealth managers serve clients better, but some say the technology is too immature to be useful right now.

"The numbers are all in a positive direction" as advisers shrug off threats to growth.

The deciding factor might be ruthlessness.

Tech tools can make planning more efficient and show the value of the service, experts say.

It might seem unusual for an Old National Bancorp to lure away a regional executive from the much larger Fifth Third, but not in wealth management, where competitiveness can be as much about emphasis as size.

Fintech startup GoldBean tapped by banking software firm to pair planning with financial literacy tools.

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The regional firm has been trying to recruit more advisers, particularly those from wirehouses.

So far this year, at least 9 banks switched their investment services programs to new third-party broker dealers. One outsourced its broker-dealer operations to a TPM for the first time.

From setting fees to compliance scares, veteran planners advise new RIAs on what to consider when launching a firm.

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