Originally from Northern California, Ryan received bachelor's degrees in English and philosophy at 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, he moved to New York to earn a master's in journalism at Columbia University. Besides covering all things in financial advisor technology, Ryan has also written about music, sports, politics, art and entertainment.
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It’s a significant pivot for the robo advisor, which has historically advocated passive, ETF-driven investing.
By Ryan W. NealApril 30 -
In the annual rankings, retail brokerages struggled to keep up with surging investor demand.
By Ryan W. NealApril 28 -
The TIFIN group owns 10 companies building software for individual aspects of the wealth and asset management industry.
By Ryan W. NealApril 22 -
The all-virtual event for senior wealth management executives takes place on May 12 and 13.
By Ryan W. NealApril 21 -
Axos Financial, which has $14.4 billion across business lines, will gain $23 billion in new assets from 200 RIAs.
By Ryan W. NealApril 20 -
Despite record growth in wealth management, an otherwise rosy earnings report was marred by $911 million loss related to Archegos Capital.
By Ryan W. NealApril 16 -
He takes over for Chris Harvey, who ran the team for four years.
By Ryan W. NealApril 15 -
In partnership with Prime Trust, advisors can now custody, trade and rebalance digital asset holdings alongside traditional portfolios.
By Ryan W. NealApril 15 -
New flows to traditional fixed income investments remain strong, according to Cerulli Associates data.
By Ryan W. NealApril 14 -
Stuck at home in quarantine, technology editor Ryan W. Neal finally repaid the graduate-school debts that had hung over his head for a decade.
By Ryan W. NealApril 9 -
Harvest’s micro-saving and investing technology is designed to turn spenders into savers, and eventually into investors.
By Ryan W. NealApril 8 -
Without its funhouse office, annual trips or volunteering events, the executive found ways to engage his staff virtually.
By Ryan W. NealMarch 31 -
Four months after shutting down, the fintech and some of its employees are joining SEI.
By Ryan W. NealMarch 31 -
Advisors can use Digital Wealth Overview to send an automatically-produced animation that gives a comprehensive look at financial accounts.
By Ryan W. NealMarch 30 -
For just $1,000, clients can sign up for the firm’s purely digital automated advice service.
By Ryan W. NealMarch 26 -
The partnership sets a new standard in the industry, according to Orion president Noreen Beaman.
By Ryan W. NealMarch 25 -
The two fintechs are vying with each other and Envestnet to be advisors’ preferred digital hub.
By Ryan W. NealMarch 9 -
The first deal under new Betterment CEO Sarah Levy will net the firm 17,000 accounts and $190 million in client assets.
By Ryan W. NealMarch 4 -
New entrants are gaining traction while established players continue to grow.
By Ryan W. NealMarch 3 -
Despite Voyant’s success internationally, it is relatively unknown in the U.S. The TAMP plans to change that.
By Ryan W. NealMarch 2



















