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Ryan W. Neal

Originally from Northern California, Ryan received bachelor's degrees in English and philosophy from UC Santa Barbara before beginning a career in journalism at the Santa Barbara Independent. After a few years of freelancing, bartending and snowboarding in Colorado, Ryan moved to New York to earn a master's degree in journalism at Columbia University. He has covered the advisor fintech beat since 2014. He Tweets at: @ryanWneal

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RIA in a Box has new compliance tool to help RIAs with audits

To keep up with evolving regulatory requirements at the state and federal levels, Finra sees "regtech" tools like RIA in a Box becoming more popular.

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Morgan Stanley wants its advisers to be top of mind for Alexa

New partnership with Yext hopes to modernize and future-proof Morgan Stanley advisers' online presence.

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BlackRock integrates retirement income calculator with eMoney

Asset manager's latest move to get its technology in front of financial advisers.

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Retirement chatbot tells the real story about investors’ greatest retirement questions

When it comes to 401(k)s, investors need more help with the basics.

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Folio Financial launches platform to build next generation of robo advice

Will the technology be enough for the custodian to gain market share?

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Bitwise launches two new funds to capitalize on dip in cryptocurrency market

Funds are built for professional investors sick of waiting for SEC to approve a bitcoin ETF.

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Finra publishes list of brokers, firms responsible for unpaid arbitration

Group hopes it will make information more transparent and accessible for investors.

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TD Ameritrade partners with popular Chinese app WeChat

The program will allow U.S. users of WeChat to access market data and accounts, though privacy concerns surround the app.

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LPL buys AdvisoryWorld for $28 million in cash

The purchase will boost LPL's plans to build a next-generation, integrated adviser technology platform.

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Survey finds financial planning most adopted technology, digital trading least

A report from Redtail Technology found tech adoption to be equal across generations