B4A Advisors Blog https://www.betterment.com/advisors/resources Expert-driven insights, technology news, and the latest in financial guidance for advisors looking to grow and improve their practice. en Tue, 22 Nov 2022 22:57:00 GMT 2022-11-22T22:57:00Z en Betterment for Advisors Case Study Q&A: How Truepoint lowered the cost of serving more clients https://www.betterment.com/advisors/resources/truepoint-case-study <p>Founded in 1990, Truepoint Wealth Counsel is an independent and nationally-recognized RIA based in Cincinnati, managing over $4BN in AUM and voted among the 2020 Top Workplaces by the Cincinnati Enquirer.</p> <p>Founded in 1990, Truepoint Wealth Counsel is an independent and nationally-recognized RIA based in Cincinnati, managing over $4BN in AUM and voted among the 2020 Top Workplaces by the Cincinnati Enquirer.</p> <img src="https://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=5274572&amp;k=14&amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.betterment.com%2Fadvisors%2Fresources%2Ftruepoint-case-study&amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.betterment.com%252Fadvisors%252Fresources&amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "> Case studies Tue, 22 Nov 2022 22:57:00 GMT alexander.choi@betterment.com (Alexander Choi | Director of B4A Strategy & Operations, Betterment) https://www.betterment.com/advisors/resources/truepoint-case-study 2022-11-22T22:57:00Z Betterment for Advisors Case Study Q&A: How Ritholtz reaches a new client segment  https://www.betterment.com/advisors/resources/ritholtz-case-study <p>Matt Lohrius oversees the <a href="https://liftoffinvest.com/">Liftoff</a> platform at Ritholtz Wealth Management, which began leveraging Betterment’s platform more recently. Ritholtz is located in New York City and manages more than $2.7 billion in assets.</p> <p>Matt Lohrius oversees the <a href="https://liftoffinvest.com/">Liftoff</a> platform at Ritholtz Wealth Management, which began leveraging Betterment’s platform more recently. Ritholtz is located in New York City and manages more than $2.7 billion in assets.</p> <img src="https://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=5274572&amp;k=14&amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.betterment.com%2Fadvisors%2Fresources%2Fritholtz-case-study&amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.betterment.com%252Fadvisors%252Fresources&amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "> Case studies Wed, 16 Nov 2022 21:45:36 GMT https://www.betterment.com/advisors/resources/ritholtz-case-study 2022-11-16T21:45:36Z Dan Egan | VP of Behavioral Finance & Investing, Betterment Q&A with Paul Sydlansky of Lake Road Advisors https://www.betterment.com/advisors/resources/qa-with-paul-sydlansky-of-lake-road-advisors <div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://www.betterment.com/advisors/resources/qa-with-paul-sydlansky-of-lake-road-advisors" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://www.betterment.com/hubfs/Graphics/Featured-images/b4a_default.png" alt="Q&amp;A with Paul Sydlansky of Lake Road Advisors" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p>A conversation about going independent and scaling your business using the Betterment for Advisors platform.</p> <div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://www.betterment.com/advisors/resources/qa-with-paul-sydlansky-of-lake-road-advisors" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://www.betterment.com/hubfs/Graphics/Featured-images/b4a_default.png" alt="Q&amp;A with Paul Sydlansky of Lake Road Advisors" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p>A conversation about going independent and scaling your business using the Betterment for Advisors platform.</p> <img src="https://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=5274572&amp;k=14&amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.betterment.com%2Fadvisors%2Fresources%2Fqa-with-paul-sydlansky-of-lake-road-advisors&amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.betterment.com%252Fadvisors%252Fresources&amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "> Case studies Wed, 16 Nov 2022 20:53:59 GMT https://www.betterment.com/advisors/resources/qa-with-paul-sydlansky-of-lake-road-advisors 2022-11-16T20:53:59Z Alison Considine | Business Development Manager, Betterment Advisor Spotlight: Katelyn Bombardiere, Commas https://www.betterment.com/advisors/resources/katelyn-bombardiere-advisor-spotlight <div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://www.betterment.com/advisors/resources/katelyn-bombardiere-advisor-spotlight" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://www.betterment.com/hubfs/Graphics/Featured-images/B4A-Advisor-Spotlight-Katelyn-Bombardiere-2.png" alt="Katelyn Bombardiere Headshot" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p>For this Advisor Spotlight, we welcome Katelyn Bombardiere, CFP®, a Financial Planner at Commas, to chat about her passion for helping the everyday investor.</p> <div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://www.betterment.com/advisors/resources/katelyn-bombardiere-advisor-spotlight" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://www.betterment.com/hubfs/Graphics/Featured-images/B4A-Advisor-Spotlight-Katelyn-Bombardiere-2.png" alt="Katelyn Bombardiere Headshot" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p>For this Advisor Spotlight, we welcome Katelyn Bombardiere, CFP®, a Financial Planner at Commas, to chat about her passion for helping the everyday investor.</p> <img src="https://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=5274572&amp;k=14&amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.betterment.com%2Fadvisors%2Fresources%2Fkatelyn-bombardiere-advisor-spotlight&amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.betterment.com%252Fadvisors%252Fresources&amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "> Advisor Spotlight Wed, 16 Nov 2022 14:22:52 GMT https://www.betterment.com/advisors/resources/katelyn-bombardiere-advisor-spotlight 2022-11-16T14:22:52Z Ritu Malhotra | Business Development Manager, Betterment for Advisors Advisor Spotlight: Eric Rodriguez, WealthBuilders https://www.betterment.com/advisors/resources/eric-rodriguez-advisor-spotlight <div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://www.betterment.com/advisors/resources/eric-rodriguez-advisor-spotlight" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://www.betterment.com/hubfs/Graphics/Featured-images/Advisor-Spotlight-Eric-Rodriguez.png" alt="Advisor Spotlight: Eric Rodriguez, WealthBuilders" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p>For this Advisor Spotlight, we welcome Eric Rodriguez, CFP® and the Founder of WealthBuilders, LLC to chat about taking a more life-centered approach to financial planning.</p> <div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://www.betterment.com/advisors/resources/eric-rodriguez-advisor-spotlight" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://www.betterment.com/hubfs/Graphics/Featured-images/Advisor-Spotlight-Eric-Rodriguez.png" alt="Advisor Spotlight: Eric Rodriguez, WealthBuilders" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p>For this Advisor Spotlight, we welcome Eric Rodriguez, CFP® and the Founder of WealthBuilders, LLC to chat about taking a more life-centered approach to financial planning.</p> <img src="https://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=5274572&amp;k=14&amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.betterment.com%2Fadvisors%2Fresources%2Feric-rodriguez-advisor-spotlight&amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.betterment.com%252Fadvisors%252Fresources&amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "> Advisor Spotlight Wed, 16 Nov 2022 14:19:40 GMT https://www.betterment.com/advisors/resources/eric-rodriguez-advisor-spotlight 2022-11-16T14:19:40Z Alison Considine | Business Development Manager, Betterment Introducing the RIA Tech Suite https://www.betterment.com/advisors/resources/introducing-the-ria-tech-suite <div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://www.betterment.com/advisors/resources/introducing-the-ria-tech-suite" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://www.betterment.com/hubfs/Graphics/email-graphics/b4a-email-graphics/21Q3/09/B4A%20-%20RIA%20Tech%20Suite%20Banner%20Image%20-%202108.png" alt="Introducing the RIA Tech Suite" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p>The RIA Tech Suite brings together complementary technology platforms to help automate critical back-office tasks for advisors.</p> <div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://www.betterment.com/advisors/resources/introducing-the-ria-tech-suite" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://www.betterment.com/hubfs/Graphics/email-graphics/b4a-email-graphics/21Q3/09/B4A%20-%20RIA%20Tech%20Suite%20Banner%20Image%20-%202108.png" alt="Introducing the RIA Tech Suite" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p>The RIA Tech Suite brings together complementary technology platforms to help automate critical back-office tasks for advisors.</p> <img src="https://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=5274572&amp;k=14&amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.betterment.com%2Fadvisors%2Fresources%2Fintroducing-the-ria-tech-suite&amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.betterment.com%252Fadvisors%252Fresources&amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "> Advisor Technology Thu, 13 Oct 2022 04:00:00 GMT alexander.choi@betterment.com (Alexander Choi | Director of B4A Strategy & Operations, Betterment) https://www.betterment.com/advisors/resources/introducing-the-ria-tech-suite 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z More Billing Flexibility For Advisors https://www.betterment.com/advisors/resources/billing-plans <p>As part of our mission to make it easy for advisors to manage their practices, we offer a variety of billing plans to provide advisors more flexibility for charging clients.</p> <p>As part of our mission to make it easy for advisors to manage their practices, we offer a variety of billing plans to provide advisors more flexibility for charging clients.</p> <img src="https://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=5274572&amp;k=14&amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.betterment.com%2Fadvisors%2Fresources%2Fbilling-plans&amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.betterment.com%252Fadvisors%252Fresources&amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "> Technical help Thu, 29 Sep 2022 04:00:00 GMT alexander.choi@betterment.com (Alexander Choi | Director of B4A Strategy & Operations, Betterment) https://www.betterment.com/advisors/resources/billing-plans 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z 6 Questions to Consider As You Evaluate Advisor Technology Platforms https://www.betterment.com/advisors/resources/evaluating-advisor-technology <p>Use these six questions to help zero in on the best investment management technology for your needs<span>—</span>today and tomorrow.</p> <p>Use these six questions to help zero in on the best investment management technology for your needs<span>—</span>today and tomorrow.</p> <img src="https://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=5274572&amp;k=14&amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.betterment.com%2Fadvisors%2Fresources%2Fevaluating-advisor-technology&amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.betterment.com%252Fadvisors%252Fresources&amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "> Advisor Technology Tue, 27 Sep 2022 14:07:00 GMT https://www.betterment.com/advisors/resources/evaluating-advisor-technology 2022-09-27T14:07:00Z Betterment Editors Betterment answers your tax season questions—from 401(k)s to HSAs https://www.betterment.com/advisors/resources/betterment-answers-your-tax-season-questions-from-401ks-to-hsas <div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://www.betterment.com/advisors/resources/betterment-answers-your-tax-season-questions-from-401ks-to-hsas" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://www.betterment.com/hubfs/Graphics/featured-images/calendar.png" alt="Betterment answers your tax season questions—from 401(k)s to HSAs" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p>A timely Q&amp;A about tax management on the Betterment platform.</p> <div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://www.betterment.com/advisors/resources/betterment-answers-your-tax-season-questions-from-401ks-to-hsas" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://www.betterment.com/hubfs/Graphics/featured-images/calendar.png" alt="Betterment answers your tax season questions—from 401(k)s to HSAs" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p>A timely Q&amp;A about tax management on the Betterment platform.</p> <img src="https://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=5274572&amp;k=14&amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.betterment.com%2Fadvisors%2Fresources%2Fbetterment-answers-your-tax-season-questions-from-401ks-to-hsas&amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.betterment.com%252Fadvisors%252Fresources&amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "> Client guidance Tue, 27 Sep 2022 04:00:00 GMT https://www.betterment.com/advisors/resources/betterment-answers-your-tax-season-questions-from-401ks-to-hsas 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z Alison Considine | Business Development Manager, Betterment FAQ: Agreement Automation Process https://www.betterment.com/advisors/resources/faq-agreement-automation-process <p>The Betterment for Advisors Client Agreement Automation function will make onboarding your new clients fast, easy, and completely paperless.</p> <p>The Betterment for Advisors Client Agreement Automation function will make onboarding your new clients fast, easy, and completely paperless.</p> <img src="https://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=5274572&amp;k=14&amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.betterment.com%2Fadvisors%2Fresources%2Ffaq-agreement-automation-process&amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.betterment.com%252Fadvisors%252Fresources&amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "> Technical help Tue, 27 Sep 2022 04:00:00 GMT https://www.betterment.com/advisors/resources/faq-agreement-automation-process 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z Ritu Malhotra | Business Development Manager, Betterment for Advisors