Articles tagged "Betterment"
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Andy Rachleff blasts flesh-and-blood advisors -- even planners -- as Wealthfront returns to offense in robo game after losing ground under former QB Adam Nash
The Redwood City robo's founder and CEO sneers at the traditional retirement planning process even as Wealthfront concedes it's still chasing the essential snark of automated advice: artificial intelligence
February 24, 2017 at 5:33 PM
Rekindling old feud, Michael Kitces blasts Betterment, if civilly, for stealth price hike and other shortcomings
The blogging phenom puts love-hate relationship with the New York robo phenom on display as he calls out Betterment's sustainability and growth-rate problems, but as a customer still sees more to love than hate
February 6, 2017 at 11:48 PM
Jon Stein unleashes elite RIA referral unit as crown jewel of grand Betterment plan to sell virtual fiduciary advice
Robo's CEO names Vanguard, Fidelity and Schwab as market-share targets of his advice offensive across the full spectrum of affluence
January 31, 2017 at 10:11 PM
The 10 RIABiz stories advisors connected with most deeply in 2016 and how hubris and humility ran amok in this didn't-see-it-coming year
How did Aequitas swamp CONCERT? Power outages at LPL, Cetera and Wealthfront? Adolescent robo problems? And was that Tony Robbins hawking his money book ... again?
December 28, 2016 at 5:54 PM
Quiet Northwestern Mutual may be ready to make a big noise with rerelease of LearnVest -- with Alexa von Tobel vowing that innovation and integration aren't mutually exclusive goals
After the $250-million deal in 2015, the staid Milwaukee insurer has funneled funds into the jazzy robo, packed its board and taken it backstage for a makeover promised for the New Year
December 14, 2016 at 6:35 PM
The odd and open courtship between the SEC and robo-advisors plays out again -- this time at an SEC-hosted webcast panel in Washington, D.C.
Mary Jo White introduced a forum with representatives from FutureAdvisor, Betterment and Personal Capital who mostly just nodded in assent at each other
November 15, 2016 at 10:22 PM
Andy Rachleff takes back CEO spot at Wealthfront at critical juncture
Adam Nash bows out after overseeing growth to $4.5 billion of AUM
October 31, 2016 at 11:34 PM
Why robo-advisors meet the lofty fiduciary standard when so few humans can, according to an opinion written by Betterment's outside counsel
Automated advisors only know you so well -- but it's enough and you know exactly what you're getting, says a paper written by Morgan Lewis attorneys
October 7, 2016 at 2:11 PM
Two years after the $199 million FolioDynamix sale, Aaron Schumm jumps back in the B2B RIA game but not to compete -- yet
Staked to $4.5M of F-Prime and FinTech Collective cash, Vestwell will stay in 401(k) for now but roll its business model over soon enough to IRAs
October 4, 2016 at 6:22 PM
FolioDynamix president uses conference to KO robos and call them a 'free beta test'
A half-full message on DOL rules is the federal mandate to ask clients about held-away assets as a matter of fiduciary responsibility
September 23, 2016 at 6:23 PM
How Personal Capital got a stunning $1-billion AUM boost in six months -- after gathering its first $2 billion over six years
CEO BIll Harris says part of the secret is hiring human advisors to stoke referrals
September 21, 2016 at 9:12 PM
Betterment makes Goldman Sachs and Vanguard partners as it shifts into higher RIA gear
With advisors demanding to get back in the driver's seat, the robo's RIA chief, Tom Kimberly goes for two big-name model portfolio strategists under the 'Betterment for Advisors' brand
September 14, 2016 at 1:29 PM
Why legacy firms that buy robos in haste show no signs of urgency after they take title
Too much hustle and ambition can be as harmful as too little, according Jasen Yang's closely argued analysis
September 1, 2016 at 10:30 PM
Betterment wins Uber account from under the nose of its Silicon Valley robo-rivals
The New York robo-advisor won the mega de facto pension plan of the San Francisco-based hail-a-ride app maker
August 24, 2016 at 1:05 PM
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
