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US Bancorp venture uses $2.6-trillion running start in bid to become the supermarket-of-fund-supermarkets -- with analysts seeing threat to Pershing and other clearing giants
Using DOL rule as spur, the Minneapolis bank conjoins with hundreds of small IBDs with tantalizing promise of placing them on the same footing as the biggest self-clearing firms
October 17, 2017 at 10:45 PM
As the 'finance Snapchat,' Stash rakes in another $40 million of VC funding as it onboards at rate of 1,000 new 'HENRY' investors every business day
Less than two years old, the New York-based startup raised $25 million in December and is part of a 'Robo II' movement that continues to crush 'Robo I' in terms of truly connecting with the masses
July 17, 2017 at 7:31 PM
Fidelity-owned VC pumps $10 million into Quovo, which staffs up and prepares for the big leagues
CEO Lowell Putnam plays on 'second-mover advantage' and gets raves from Steve Lockshin, Ron Carson and Marty Bicknell
May 30, 2017 at 6:09 PM
As Acorns grapples with monetizing 1.1 million micro-accounts, the laid-back LA robo-advisor brings Wealthfront’s former chief exec onto its board
After this week's $1.3-billion Robinhood valuation, the sheer quantity of Acorn accounts may count for plenty in VC estimations
April 28, 2017 at 9:50 PM
After VC personally supplants CEO, Trizic raises $3.3 million, signs online octopus and begins to shed perception that it squandered a lead
Drew Sievers invested $1 million in the robo-advisor then took the place of CEO Brad Matthews, who admits it's been for the better as he became a father at 38
April 27, 2017 at 10:39 PM
After putting big chips on DOL fiduciary rule, Betterment hosts funereal event to mark the April 10 Go Day That Wasn't
CEO Jon Stein sat shoulder to shoulder with CFP Board and Consumer Federation of America guests and held court with CNNMoney, Wall Street Journal and Consumer Reports reporters
April 13, 2017 at 6:50 PM
As Goldman Sachs' badly kept secret about branding an advice robot leaks out, Goldman-watchers see contours of Lloyd Blankfein's grand if 'scattergun' virtual advice strategy take shape
The NYC investment bank's CEO may be saving the Goldman brand for last after smart beta ETFs, Honest Dollar, Motif and 'Marcus by Goldman Sachs' are up and running
March 30, 2017 at 7:20 PM
Schwab unveils its virtual future to plaudits but using green CFPs as its real people, mandatory 6% cash, could prove troublesome
Move to launch 28 basis-point Schwab Intelligent Advisory by summer checks all boxes on price, robo, planning, ETFs -- and commoditizes what RIAs sell for three times the fee
December 15, 2016 at 6:11 PM
Fidelity launches new robo as Schwab's hits $8.2 billion in assets
The Boston giant differentiates itself by its promise to keep cash holdings at less than 1% and in having a published fee -- albeit a floating one
July 27, 2016 at 4:06 AM
Talent exodus hits Wealthfront including heads of product, marketing and compliance
Elliot Shmukler is credited with much of the product development that vaulted the robo from $150 million to $3.5 billion
July 26, 2016 at 10:08 PM
Betterment shut down trading post-Brexit to dodge 'trading blindly into extraordinary volatility'
The New York-based robo takes a 150-minute time-out saying to do otherwise would have been 'irresponsible'
June 24, 2016 at 7:08 PM
Why there's more to the UBS-SigFig deal than meets Sergio Ermotti's gimlet eye
UBS's New York and Switzerland C-suiters tromped through the San Francisco robo's digs for months before striking this bellwether deal
May 17, 2016 at 6:52 PM
How exactly Invesco plans to get a return on its Jemstep robo purchase with a TAMP-evoking strategy
The $800-billion Atlanta money manager is trying a modern model portfolios play on buying distribution for a more prominent seat at the table
January 13, 2016 at 9:39 PM
Vanguard's virtual RIA adds $10 billion in last six-month period, an acceleration to $1.6 billion per month of net new assets
Does Vanguard's Personal Advisor Services' zoom to $31 billion makes it a the 'single greatest threat' to classic RIAs?
January 12, 2016 at 10:40 PM
Wealthfront takes on another Facebook vet -- a clue that going dark in Palo Alto doesn't mean going away
The last-standing pure B2C robo hopes to outwit, outlast, and outplay its competitors by out-hiring them
