Tag: Betterment
Posted on September 15, 2021
SRI or ESG investing remains a hot trend in the investment industry. At Backend Benchmarking, we compare the equity performance of the SRI/ESG options and the standard options at the same robo advisor to analyze their differences.
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Posted on May 26, 2021
- In 2020, the wealth-tech industry raised over $3.7 billion in new funding
- Betterment grew its AUM from approximately $18 billion in 2020 to over $28 billion
- Schwab experienced 51% growth in digitally advised assets
- Walmart is partnering with Ribbit Capital, a large Robinhood backer, to launch a service called Hazel
Posted on April 7, 2021
- Merrill Edge has substantially cut its minimum, eToro announced it will go public via SPAC, and Stash launched its robo advisor
- Meanwhile, some industry shake-ups include Wealthsimple leaving the U.S. market and M1 raising new funding
- Lastly, Chinese robo advisor BangNiTou crosses 1 million users
Posted on March 9, 2021
- The volatility of 2020 made for an interesting case study to observe robo advisor rebalancing
- Some accounts showed decisive rebalancing trades when the market was most fearful, displaying the merits of automatic robo advisor rebalancing
- We estimate that select robo advisors in our study earned an additional 0.50% to 1.50% due to automatic rebalancing in 2020
Posted on September 15, 2020
- Through the first half of 2020 results were mixed, with five of eight SRI portfolios outperforming their respective standard portfolios
- Betterment SRI, Merrill Edge SRI, and Morgan Stanley SRI lead the way over the first half of 2020
- Over the trailing 2-year period, all five SRI portfolios outperformed their non-SRI counterparts at the same provider despite higher fund fees
Posted on August 26, 2020
- At the end of 2019, we estimate that robo advisors had approximately $631 billion of assets under management (AUM)
- The breakdown includes $247 billion with incumbents, $50 billion with independents, and $334 billion with robo retirement providers
- Our “Top 5” group experienced a 38% year-over-year increase through the end of 2019
