First check whether your online broker offers
a hybrid robo service.
Not exact matches
So as pure and
hybrid robo advisors begin to manage more global wealth, more investors would benefit from letting these automated
services manage their wealth.
In one of the simpler forms of
hybrid collaborations, independent financial planners are referring investments to a
robo - advisor while providing over-all financial planning
services.
Vanguard's
robo offering has been highly successful, though their
service is more of a
hybrid model and features access to a Vanguard human financial advisor.
Vanguard has quickly added in the neighborhood of $ 20 billion to their
hybrid robo - advisor
service that gives their clients the opportunity to talk to a financial advisor when they have planning questions in addition to an asset allocation
service.
Broker - dealers, asset managers and banks using Fiserv can now deploy a self -
service robo advisor or a
hybrid offering through a new partnership.
Some
robo advisers offer
hybrid services, incorporating, say, phone access to an investment adviser or CFP to answer questions.
All kinds of financial -
services firms have launched
robo offerings or partnered with shrewd financial - technology firms to deliver
hybrid advisory
services.
New
robo and
hybrid services launch every month.
Barron's recently did a cover story on it called The New Face of Financial Advice and highlighted 4
robo portfolio
services including, Betterment, who launched in 2010, Wealthfront, who launched in 2011, and two recent entries Charles Schwab Intelligent Portfolios, and a hybrid Vanguard Personal Advisor Services, which requires the involvement of a human financial advisor to provide what Vanguard calls «behavioral coaching» to prevent clients from making those bad market timing de
services including, Betterment, who launched in 2010, Wealthfront, who launched in 2011, and two recent entries Charles Schwab Intelligent Portfolios, and a
hybrid Vanguard Personal Advisor
Services, which requires the involvement of a human financial advisor to provide what Vanguard calls «behavioral coaching» to prevent clients from making those bad market timing de
Services, which requires the involvement of a human financial advisor to provide what Vanguard calls «behavioral coaching» to prevent clients from making those bad market timing decisions.
While it's unlikely that
robo advisors will replace traditional financial planning completely, there are plenty of
robo advisors that offer
hybrid services that are attractive to a number of investors.