Articles tagged "Wealthfront"
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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
The spoonful of gamifying sugar a 33 year-old CEO took to make the boomer-ethos T3 conference go down and the robo-bonobo mentality that she observed
As Min Zhang put her millenial self in the shoes of a small IBD owner, anxieties multiplied and solutions seemed scarce
November 10, 2016 at 6:26 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
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
What to make of Wealthfront's three big hires and why its artificial intelligence bid may be indefensible as a strategy
The Redwood City robo bets big on an ex-Google engineering whiz amid a Betterment onslaught and after a period of high-profile departures
September 22, 2016 at 9:06 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
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
E*Trade finds now the right time to launch its e-advice robo with an 'active' twist
The New York-based discount broker means to put $1-million minimum-bogey institutional funds in the hands of retail investors
July 8, 2016 at 11:11 PM
Vanguard CEO says: 'We are a technology company' and hints strongly that robo-for-RIAs may be in the offing
Bill McNabb oversees 3,000 engineers who are willing to pay for 'dry holes' in drilling for the next Shaybah Oil Field of financial advice
June 16, 2016 at 8:17 PM
Eaton Vance leads a $40-million investment round in SigFig with an eye toward capturing some of its lightning to spark NextShares
For his millions, Eaton Vance's Tom Faust gets a seat at the SigFig table, which he hopes his firm can leverage
May 26, 2016 at 8:18 PM
After Betterment's $100 million VC raise makes 25 newspapers, Wealthfront unveils 3.0 on blog and Twitter
The big Redwood City robo is staying in character by touting 'artificial intelligence,' in synch with Facebook's CEO, but whether it's a real delineation or simple evolution is hard to tell
April 19, 2016 at 9:35 PM
Betterment raises $100 million a year after a $60-million round, enabling it to step up efforts to win the HNW wallet
The conversation is moving from play money to competing with Fidelity, Merrill Lynch and Schwab as it seeks build out a full-service offering to win plan sponsors, rich individuals and RIAs
March 29, 2016 at 11:57 AM
The ironic reason robo-advisors aren't gorging on assets -- a determination to dictate bloodlessly to millennials
Whether you're talking B2B or B2C, the eRIA robo-advisor website personae are dull, disconnected and trying too hard to act grown-up
March 15, 2016 at 9:31 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
