Articles tagged "Betterment"
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Vanguard Group signals launch of long-anticipated -- vanilla as hell -- dirt cheap, perhaps 'clunky' robo-advisor, but Schwab, Fidelity should worry, nonetheless, analysts say
With Schwab more subscription-minded and Fidelity more upmarket, the Malvern, Pa. monster may get a decent shot at retail micro-accounts and 401(k) participants. It's more of a yawn at Betterment and Wealthfront.
October 2, 2019 at 3:31 PM
Wealthfront busts through $20 billion mark with its 'break things but make it happen' approach, but it's bedeviled by details when it comes to customers
CEO Andy Rachleff near doubles assets with high-interest paying robo-bank as new tailwind, but with brand risk as customer service may not be keeping pace, according to one cautionary tale.
September 15, 2019 at 2:42 AM
Betterment paints it black in robo retail, making it a 'real company,' with JP Morgan and Bank of America on its new whiteboard hit list
The Manhattan robo-advisor is past retail break-even and ready to take on robo-banks and RIA custodians in more aggressive fashion.
August 5, 2019 at 9:54 PM
Betterment (and RBC) rush to exploit a fissure that opened between Dimensional Fund Advisors and the asset custodians who serve its 3,000-plus RIAs
The New York City robo will initially roll out to a handful of $1-billion-plus DFA RIAs that seek an efficient means of handling smaller accounts; the rest is up to Betterment CEO Jon Stein to make happen
April 11, 2019 at 3:19 PM
Oisin's Bits: Vanguard aborts banking effort, because it was more fixated on beating BoA than being itself, an analyst says; SEI is killing it in the Mercer/Russell realm by competing with a retrofitted TAMP-thingy
The $5.3-billion Malvern, Pa. monster finds its investors want it to stick to investing, not checking accounts and the Oaks, Pa. TAMP leader gets upmarket with no-conflict pitch and product fit and
March 22, 2019 at 11:22 PM
A year after Acorns gets outed, Betterment faces its juvenile past with 2018 FINRA settlement over 2014 infraction
The $14B robo's ADV will remain clean but it'll live -- like Acorns before it -- with a BrokerCheck violation based on how it managed cash when it was a $608-million firm with a smaller compliance staff
June 22, 2018 at 8:17 PM
Betterment reboots its RIA business big-time with new chief, ACATS for ETFs and the ability to fold existing holdings into robo portfolios
Cara Reisman absorbs duties of Tom Kimberley -- then gets to work making the New York robo-custodian more like classic RIA custodians
March 29, 2018 at 12:06 AM
With hedge fund help, Andy Rachleff buys Wealthfront $75 million of time and swaps out 'robo-advisor' moniker he reviles for his own coinage
Tiger Global PE unit's cash buoys CEO of Silicon Valley who recategorizes his robo as 'software-only' and gives it new life in contending with front-running Betterment
January 10, 2018 at 8:12 PM
Quovo is developing an ACATS rooter process with Apex Clearing as first to sign on
The Silicon Alley startup is using its data science as a way of attacking a clog considered not susceptible to intervention
November 14, 2017 at 11:09 PM
Exploding to near $24 billion* of assets under automation, Schwab creates robo-exec slot and fills it with ex-Betterment unit chief
Cynthia Loh puts fresh face on Schwab Intelligent Portfolios and Schwab Intelligent Advisory as Betterment puts out a help wanted sign
October 3, 2017 at 7:58 PM
How Power Player Jon Stein's braggadocio about how Betterment is the next Amazon may be a blind distracting from stealth IPO moves and surgical deployment of a flesh-and-blood workforce
Stein, 38, tightened reins at his NYC robo-advisor this year when the COO departed, stuffing more cash into a war chest and adding CFP-wielding humans to the mix at every turn
August 11, 2017 at 4:13 PM
Power Player: Bill Harris raises yet another $40 million on strength of winning big accounts willing to pay a grown-up price
Personal Capital has a leg-up in the mass production of classic RIA-to-high-net-worth services using technology, people and process, even if the brand elicits shrugs
July 31, 2017 at 11:46 PM
Betterment rolls out free baseline human advice to all customers with a smartphone and no RIA and cuts price on premium advice offer
The New York-based robo-advisor will use CFPs to answer advice-related questions over a dedicated chat app as part of the 25 basis points paid for asset management
July 26, 2017 at 1:01 PM
Schwab CTO's speech in NYC spotlights an RIA business addicted to innovation – with no fresh fix in sight
Timothy Heier set the lower-morale tone at In|Vest 2017 of a B2B industry waiting for a Mark Zuckerberg to push it forward again -- perhaps with artificial intelligence as the final frontier
July 20, 2017 at 9:37 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
