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RBC Wealth Management adds NextCapital to its robo lineup with a head-scratching explanation about its earlier pick of FutureAdvisor

It appears Rob Foregger's robo-come-lately has leapfrogged its bigger, better-funded automated portfolio offering -- although the 'why' of it is open to interpretation

Author Irwin Stein November 21, 2016 at 6:51 PM
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Brett Thorne: It is always up to the individual advisor working with the client to assess the client’s goals and to help the client get the right investments.

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Stephen Winks

Stephen Winks

November 25, 2016 — 4:52 PM
ROBOs just take advantage of electronic data in rendering a more comprehensive form of advice and monitoring. Presently no ROBO has incorporated expert prudent process (asset/liability study, investment policy, portfolio construction, performance monitor) that puts "financial services" (authenticate back to objective, non-negotiable statutory fiduciary criteria) back into the financial services business. When that occurs, ROBOs become part and parcel to the rendering of advice. SCW

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