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Betterment

Betterment is a U.S. robo-advisor offering automated portfolio management, retirement accounts, and cash management for retail investors and RIAs.

Known aliases

  • Betterment Advisor Solutions
  • Betterment for Advisors
  • Betterment Institutional

Current stories

investOne report1 publisher

Revolut's passport leak began with its own answer to a fake government request

Revolut released identity documents for about 680 customers to fraudulent requests that looked like Italian government mail, Crowdfund Insider reported. DriveWealth's vendor breach the same month exposed lighter data.

Reality

Evidence40
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap−10
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence45
investOne report1 publisher

Small RIAs below Fidelity's $100 million minimum have until June 30 to find a new custodian

Fidelity is giving advisory firms with less than $100 million on its custody platform until June 30 to move their accounts elsewhere. For firms that use Fidelity as their only custodian, the move means months of repapering client accounts, American Banker reported.

Reality

Evidence45
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+10
Incentives65
Confidence50
investConfirmed3 publishers

More than half of Gen Z investors moved investing money into sports bets that lose every month

Fifty-two percent of Gen Z investors moved money meant for investing into sports betting in the past year, a Betterment survey of 1,000 investors found. Bank of America's payment data puts what every generation recovers from sportsbooks each month below 75 cents on the dollar, so the diverted cash is a running cost.

Perspective Coverage

3 publishers
Builder
Builder 7%
Operator
Operator 22%
Investor
Investor 71%

Reality

Evidence62
Adoption50
Hype gap+30
Incentives55
Confidence60
investOne report1 publisher

Rivals court the small RIAs Fidelity's $100 million custody minimum will push out by June 2027

Fidelity's plan to drop custody clients under $100 million has Schwab, Axos and Betterment courting advisors who have to move assets by June 30, 2027. The only offer with published terms loses value each month an advisor waits.

Reality

Evidence55
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+10
Incentives85
Confidence60
investOne report1 publisher

Betterment prices RIA custody for the account advisers keep beside Schwab and Fidelity

Betterment will charge RIAs 0.20% on custody assets under $10 million and 0.12% above that from Jan. 1, with a negotiated rate past $100 million. Setting the rate by assets held at Betterment pays advisers to move a bigger slice there while Schwab or Fidelity keeps the main book.

Reality

Evidence45
Adoption30
Hype gap+10
Incentives70
Confidence50
investOne report1 publisher

Sportsbooks are not competing with the movie budget. They are competing with the brokerage account

Two academic papers put figures on where wager money comes from: net household investment down nearly 14% after legalisation, and credit stress showing up in the lending data.

Publishers:fortune.com

Reality

Evidence58
Adoption82
Hype gap+14
Incentives66
Confidence54