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WealthTech Weekly: April 14, 2023

Welcome to the Wealthtech Weekly, your roundup of the latest news and trends in the fintech industry.

What’s going on:

  • Addepar integrates with Vanilla and introduces the Sandbox test environment
  • Flourish powers its platform with Redtail Technology tools
  • WealthTek gets a shutdown from FCA
  • Open Advice nets investment from Symvan Capital
  • Hudson Structured has growth plans for fintech Earned
  • April Rudin dwells on how technology helps hone personalized financial advice

Let’s dive deeper.

Big moves

Addepar has been quite prolific recently: almost every month, there’s either an addition to the tools suit, new integration, or a new office opening announcement. This week, the company introduced a new test and development environment, Sandbox. This feature will enable Addepar to refine its offerings further and deliver even more sophisticated solutions for B2B wealth management and financial service providers.

Other company updates include the integration with estate planning solution provider Vanilla.

Read more here.

 

Flourish, which provides access to premium financial products for RIAs, revealed a new integration with Redtail Technology. The addition will enhance the Flourish platform's capabilities and help it better serve its users. This integration will enable wealth management professionals to seamlessly access and utilize Redtail's powerful tools and features, enhancing their ability to efficiently serve clients and manage their portfolios.

Read more here.

 

FCA orders the closure of WealthTek, a wealth management firm, and appoints joint special administrators to handle the process. This regulatory action aims to protect the interests of WealthTek's clients and ensure compliance with industry regulations.

Read more here.

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Open Advice, a promising Wealthtech startup, secures investment from Symvan Capital to fuel its growth and expansion plans. This funding will enable Open Advice to develop its innovative solutions for financial advisors further and enhance its B2B offerings in the wealth management industry.

Read more here.

 

Hudson Structured, a leading investment firm, makes a strategic investment in a physicians' Wealthtech startup Earned to secure a partner in growth and development. Hudson Structured plans to invest its expertise and resources to optimize Earned to expand its innovative solutions for healthcare professionals in the wealth management space.

Bird’s eye view

How much hands-on wealth advice is too much? If the manual work can be fixed with automation without sacrificing the quality, advisors must go for it— that’s the key to efficient and effective personalization. Technology can be your competitive advantage, the way to true customization, and many other things, posits April Rudin, founder and CFA Institute Enterprising Investor, in her new Forbes article.

Read more here.

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