Articles tagged "Wealthfront"
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Thoughts on 'robo-advisors' served cold, compliments of Kitces and Waymire
With the potential for channel conflict, wirehouses are the most handcuffed in thwarting automated financial 'advice'
June 15, 2014 at 7:40 PM
Mark Wiedman vows to ETF managers that BlackRock won't compete (directly) in the asset allocation game
The iShares chief encouraged the entrepreneurs, many of whom are ex-RIAs, to see themselves as primary purveyors of BlackRock ETFs
June 3, 2014 at 2:08 AM
Why Mike Sha has a 2015 goal of $1 trillion in robo-assets for SigFig and where Marissa Mayer fits in
The ability of the ex-Amazon whiz to make slippery YahooFinance users sticky appears to be the get to launch this fueled-up rocket
May 27, 2014 at 2:34 AM
The two big moves Motif is making as Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan invest part of new $35-million raise
The San Mateo start-up online broker will take its act overseas and build out a smart beta effort with Dimensional Fund Advisors' hundreds of billion of AUM in mind
May 13, 2014 at 7:00 PM
How Jon Stein plans to make the most of $45 million of VC money in remaking the RIA business
The Betterment founder says he is open to his B-to-B, read RIA unit, knocking his B-to-C business out of the spotlight
April 22, 2014 at 6:03 AM
Why I find the term 'robo-advisor' objectionable and unhelpful
In the end, all good advisors will likely be both bionic and biological and terms of art creating a false distinction are unhelpful
April 1, 2014 at 4:14 AM
How one 'robo-advisor' got $25 billion on its platform with a Mint.com mindset, 401(k) friendliness, a merger and 16 years of work
NextCapital has deals with Barron's, Dow Jones and Russell Investments as part of a brick-by-brick history in a put-up-your-robo-shingle world
March 31, 2014 at 4:53 PM
Andy Rachleff is out as CEO of Wealthfront as former LinkedIn star takes his place
The founder of the Silicon Valley online RIA steps aside to make way for Adam Nash
January 30, 2014 at 3:20 PM
The 10 biggest threats to the RIA business heading into 2014
The fiduciary planning model is taking shots from every angle but the jugular looks inaccessible
December 27, 2013 at 11:02 PM
Ric Edelman tells how he succeeds in advice's Death Valley -- online investing
For one thing the RIA maestro with $18 billion of advised asset charges full boat and people are an option
December 20, 2013 at 7:57 AM
Betterment's Jon Stein talks human-RIA coopetition but breathes fire about fellow online RIAs
The 34 year-old CEO sees 300-fold growth to $100 billion, partially fueled by classic RIAs, and not much competition from Wealthfront and the like
November 22, 2013 at 6:29 PM
A former exec of a Swiss private bank offers his insights into the country's wealth management business and what innovations could redefine it
Gregg Robins, most recently head of UBS private banking in Russia, gives front-row insight on his industry's recent challenges but believes more of a Branson-Jobs mentality could shape its future
September 13, 2013 at 6:28 PM
Davis Janowski gets scooped up by Wealthfront
The longtime IN technology voice will now straddle Silicon Valley and the East Coast in a new role
August 7, 2013 at 11:51 PM
Wealthfront raises a cool $20 million from VCs to pursue a big slice of a $1 trillion market
The Palo Alto fast-grower brought aboard a LinkedIn veteran who played a role in the 20-million- to 200-million-member jump; a VC tells how he 'leaned forward in his chair'
March 22, 2013 at 6:51 PM
A Microsoft alum stomps into the RIA business with $26 million in VC money, Sallie Krawcheck and a 'new' approach that looks old to skeptics
The Motif plan is monetize ideas, but other firms say they've been there, done it -- and found tepid interest
