From InvestmentNews
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Summary: Launching its own online advice platform, Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. is aiming to make low-cost, web-based advice even cheaper in the latest development in the quickly evolving business, but some industry watchers say it could rankle advisers who custody assets with the firm.
From Think Advisor
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Summary: Betterment, the four-year-old robo-advisor, announced Wednesday the launch of Betterment Institutional, which will provide advisors with a self-branded, automated platform to serve existing clients and attract new clients with Betterment’s investing, tax harvesting and automated rebalancing offerings.
From InvestmentNews
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Summary: A majority of Americans nearing retirement are eyeing financial advisors for help with planning for the costs of health care.
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Summary: Custodians, those longtime third-party guardians of customer securities, are launching new products that give traditional registered investment advisers the technology to compete against so-called robo-advisers.
From InvestmentNews
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Summary: Each year, InvestmentNews' benchmarking series looks at how top-performing firms rise above market conditions and industry competition to set themselves apart. This year's study — the InvestmentNews 2014 Financial Performance Study of Advisory Firms — is no different.