AI is going to make us all clean up our acts. Wealth managers included.
Welcome to another strong edition of Advisor Tech Talk, we have a very broad-ranging week of wealthtech and wealth management technology-related headlines to report to you this time around.
We’ll go ahead and call your attention to all of the stories presented below that relate to artificial intelligence. Indeed, our sister column, AI & Finance, has far outgrown Advisor Tech Talk, often coming in at twice the length. AI is swallowing up financial services, but we do most of our talk about that in AI & Finance.
Here this week we’re going to talk about AI and how it’s going to change our behaviors. In other columns and newsletters, we’ve spent a lot of time talking about how AI has put a lot of pressure on businesses and individuals to get their data—and their practices around data—in check. Well ordered and managed data is easier and better for technology to work with, even in an age where artificial intelligence seems capable of consuming and understanding mounds of unstructured data.
And indeed, we are seemingly getting our data in order, more of our lives are being managed and monitored on the cloud and on our edge devices.
Now we’re going to have to get our processes in order, and that’s a bit of a different beast.
This idea, that we’re going to have to think more carefully about how we do our work, comes from the topline summary of a recent white paper from The Oasis Group and Jump about agentic AI in wealth management.
Agentic AI presents something new for financial services—while traditional digital automation had technology performing the same task, the same way, repetitively, over and over again (and ad infinitum if necessary), agentic AI is capable of making decisions, of using variation, customization and personalization. Furthermore, agentic AI can look forward and not only make predictions, but plans around those predictions.
It should come as little surprise that there are fewer compliance concerns with building and deploying traditional automation than there are around training and deploying agentic AI. Agentic AI tends to amplify whatever processes they are trained to complete, according to the white paper’s authors. So if workers, branches or businesses that are training AI have flawed processes, agentic AI will amplify those flaws.
Wealth management firms already struggle under regulatory burdens and as a result they do have prescribed processes and workflows to guide activities, but these processes often operate more as loose guidelines to meet the expectations of regulators. Advisors and staff members are often under no obligation to do things the same way for every client, every time. This freedom allows for a lot of variation in how advisors do their work—the art versus the science of wealth management—and how clients can be served, but it doesn’t serve AI very well. AI is more easily trained on consistency.
As the writers of Jump/Oasis Group white paper point out, firms need “explicit, structured and enforced” processes to effectively deploy agentic AI.
If we want the benefits of AI—and we do—we’re going to have to get our processes in order.
Let’s get to your headlines.
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AE Wealth Management
AE Wealth Management today announced the launch of AE Private Exchange, a new private markets platform powered by CAIS. The platform, exclusively for AE Wealth Management’s network of advisors, provides a scalable technological solution and exclusive access to a curated menu of private market providers.
AE Private Exchange bridges the gap for advisors seeking to incorporate alternative investments into their clients’ portfolios. The platform offers seamless technology integration within the existing AE Wealth Management advisor ecosystem, delivering a centralized and efficient user experience. This launch helps advisors meet the growing demand for sophisticated tools to build more diversified, growth-oriented portfolios for their clients.
Through the platform, advisors gain access to an expanding selection of alternative investment strategies, including private equity, real estate, private credit, hedge funds, structured investments, and other non-traditional asset classes. The platform provides enhanced due diligence, robust home office oversight and comprehensive educational resources to empower advisors.
Alaris Acquisitions
Alaris Acquisitions, a leading sell-side M&A consultancy for the wealth management industry, today announced the launch of its Buyer Portal, a first-of-its-kind digital hub where acquirers can present their firm to potential sellers through data-rich profiles, videos and interactive insights. The new Portal, powered by Alaris’ proprietary AI-driven platform, marks a major step forward in creating a more transparent, efficient and humanized M&A experience for registered investment advisors (RIAs).
The new tool builds on Alaris’ Lens Application, introduced earlier this year, which seeks to improve cultural and financial matchmaking between buyers and sellers. The Buyer Portal allows buyers to showcase their firm to potential sellers in a structured, accessible format, eliminating the burden of repeated one-off conversations. Buyers receive feedback and insights on seller activity and interest, while sellers gain a transparent view into buyer models, strategies and cultural fit. As more buyers engage with the Portal, the profiles evolve into richer, more compelling representations of each firm.
As M&A activity in the RIA industry continues to surge, Alaris’ Buyer Portal introduces a long-missing element: a way for buyers to actively and authentically market themselves to sellers. Last year, RIA deal volume grew nearly 15 percent, yet many advisors remain uncertain about how to evaluate the right partner beyond headline valuation. The Buyer Portal bridges that gap, putting culture and economics on display in a scalable, technology-enabled way.
Apex Fintech Solutions
Apex Fintech Solutions Inc. (“Apex”), an innovation launchpad for the global investment ecosystem, today announced a strategic collaboration with Evergreen Wealth, a digital, next-generation Registered Investment Advisor (RIA). Evergreen Wealth provides tax-aware investment management and AI-powered financial advice to affluent and high-net-worth clients seeking to improve after-tax outcomes and support building lasting wealth for individuals and families. They selected Apex AscendOS™ to power their investing platform, Dynamic Portfolios™.
Founded by financial services visionary Bill Harris, former CEO of PayPal and Intuit and founding CEO of Personal Capital, Evergreen Wealth provides investors with a hyper-personalized, tax-optimized index of individual securities tuned to their specific goals, risk tolerance, tax rate, and values, to deliver sophisticated, after-tax wealth management once reserved for ultra-high-net-worth clients.
Purpose-built for scalability and flexibility, AscendOS is a real-time, cloud-based investment platform that empowers fintechs, broker-dealers, and wealth management firms to construct next-generation digital experiences by leveraging APIs that can deliver essential functionalities, including digital account setup in seconds, trading capabilities, and real-time custodial data.
ARQA
ARQA, the AI-native wealth management platform, today announced the launch of AI Workflows, a major addition to its product suite that brings AI powered orchestration to the core of wealth management operations. The new module enables financial professionals to automate multi-step processes through intelligent AI agents that interpret natural-language instructions and execute tasks across platforms.
Even as firms adopt new technologies, wealth management operations remain complex and fragmented, with many processes still handled manually—leading to operational bottlenecks, reduced efficiency, and limited scalability. ARQA Workflows is designed to change that by eliminating repetitive tasks, enabling real time decisions, and improving overall efficiency.
Built with enterprise needs in mind, ARQA Workflows acts as the connective layer—bridging data silos, streamlining operations, and setting a new standard for AI-driven efficiency. Financial professionals can interact with data conversationally, and execute complex, multi-step processes across platforms in seconds. Its modular architecture allows institutions to integrate ARQA seamlessly into existing environments or deploy it as a complete solution.
Arta
Arta today announced the expansion of Arta AI, a SaaS platform purpose-built to empower individuals and financial institutions with AI agents for wealth management. Now available to all investors, wealth managers and advisors globally at arta.ai, the AI Sidekick is now being deployed across a growing network of banks and wealth management firms – with Bank of Singapore, Hong Leong Bank, and Ethivo Asset Management (HK) Ltd, formerly known as UCAP HK AM Ltd joining existing clients Wio Invest operated by Wio Securities LLC and Income Advisory Financial Advisers, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Income Insurance Limited — reflecting strong demand from both traditional and next-generation financial institutions.
Arta AI Sidekick gives every advisor a dedicated AI agent that connects client portfolios, firm data, research, and product intelligence to surface relevant portfolio information and streamline day-to-day workflows. It helps advisors make faster, more informed decisions and engage each client at scale, and frees up their time to spend on direct relationships and higher-value advisory services.
Arta AI delivers institutional-grade analytics through an intuitive conversational interface. It combines generative AI with vetted data, real-time market pricing, and firm-specific CIO research to give advisors and clients the tools to automate analytical and reporting tasks and explore new ways to enhance client engagement. Advisors can instantly analyze portfolios, run Monte Carlo simulations or stress tests, integrate proprietary research, and communicate in multiple languages.
ASA
ASA has unveiled a new suite of artificial intelligence–powered products – ASA Net Worth, ASA One View, and ASA Forecast – created specifically to help credit unions and banks address today’s toughest challenges: deepening user engagement, reducing friction in digital experiences, and driving financial wellness through data intelligence.
As user expectations shift toward real-time visibility, personalized insights, and frictionless budgeting tools, many financial institutions are seeking technology partners that combine open finance connections and AI automation fully embedded inside of digital banking. ASA’s new solution helps credit unions and banks compete with big banks while maintaining the trust, community focus, and compliance that make community financial institutions unique.
ASA Net Worth gives users a comprehensive, continuously updated financial profile – connecting banking accounts, loans, investments, crypto assets, and real estate through secure APIs. Financial institutions can leverage these real-time insights to streamline lending, enhance financial counseling, and validate debt-to-income and cash flow trends instantly.
d1g1t
d1g1t, a leading enterprise wealthtech provider, today announced groundbreaking enhancements to its wealth management platform including re-engineering the core data and processing layers to deliver unprecedented speed, scalability, and resilience. The platform’s new architecture dramatically improves performance, enabling it to seamlessly support millions of accounts while accelerating complex operations such as reporting, rebalancing, and billing. These improvements deliver a faster, more responsive experience for both advisors and their clients, with uninterrupted, 24/7 access to the enterprise platform, client portal and mobile app to ensure a unified user experience across all touchpoints.
Underscoring our commitment to delivering an enterprise‑grade wealth management platform that empowers firms to operate efficiently and provide exceptional client experiences, this version introduces several powerful new capabilities designed to uplevel client management and portfolio management such as: Advanced Analytics with Rich Contextual Intelligence Strengthens Client Engagement.
To unlock the full value of the platform’s powerful analytics capabilities, new features that deliver greater context, clarity, and relevance include enabling advisors to take comprehensive notes, record detailed client events, and access in-depth security profile views. Transforming raw numbers into actionable intelligence gives advisors deeper insights into client relationships and portfolio performance.
DataDasher AI
DataDasher AI, developer of an agentic artificial intelligence platform purpose-built for financial professionals, today announced a milestone collaboration with Orion, a premier provider of transformative wealthtech solutions powering the growth of financial advisors and the enterprise firms that serve them.
Through this integration, DataDasher connects live Orion portfolio data and Redtail CRM information directly into its AI workflow platform, delivering a super-powered connection across the most trusted advisor tech stack to help advisors save time, stay compliant and drive more meaningful client conversations.
The integration enables advisors to seamlessly pull live portfolio balances, allocations and performance metrics from Orion into meeting prep, notes and follow-ups within DataDasher. Combined with CRM synchronization through Redtail, advisors can now view and act on a complete 360° client picture all within the flow of their daily work.
DriveWealth
DriveWealth, a leading financial technology platform providing Brokerage-as-a-Service, has announced the expansion of its executive leadership team with the introduction of Barry Metzger as Chief Brokerage Officer (CBO) and appointment of Emily Chardac as Chief People Officer (CPO).
In their respective roles, Metzger and Chardac will report directly to DriveWealth’s CEO, Naureen Hassan, and help to scale the company’s expansion and further extend its operations in global markets.
Metzger joins DriveWealth as its first Chief Brokerage Officer, bringing more than two decades of experience leading transformation across top financial institutions. In this role, he will lead the trading and operations organization and partner closely with the technology and product teams to strengthen DriveWealth’s operational foundation. Prior to DriveWealth, Metzger served as Managing Director of Income and Wealth Solutions at Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., where he played a pivotal role in integrating Schwab and TD Ameritrade’s trading businesses, strengthening the firm’s position and support for both retail and institutional investors. He previously served as CEO of optionsXpress, where he drove innovation in digital brokerage and trading platforms.
Eton Solutions
Eton Solutions, the wealth management platform that manages over $1.3 trillion in assets, launched a new platform that will give ultra high net worth individuals (UHNWI) with $15 million and above in assets wealth management capabilities that were previously only available to family offices. Powered by the same technology behind its core product, AtlasFive™–which was developed for billionaires–the new EtonAlpha™ centralizes all of an individual’s households financial life in one place and provides a holistic view of their net worth that’s reconciled daily.
Users can interact with their database directly from their mobile app, WhatsApp or desktop to better understand the family’s saving and spending patterns and the value of everything else that they own like art, antiques, furniture and more. The solution has attracted early users, including physicians, tech entrepreneurs, CEOs, lawyers and others.
The number of ultra high net worth individuals households globally has increased by a compounded annual growth rate of 6.2%. But, for many of these individuals it doesn’t make financial sense to establish a family office. As a result, they manage their primary assets, wealth sources and all family member expenses disparately through spreadsheets, accounting systems and documents. Some assets–such as jewelry, art, wine collections, cars and real estate–are often not managed at all. This makes it increasingly difficult to get a holistic view of everything in one place, understand what it’s worth, how that worth is changing over time and what decisions they should make to protect and create more wealth.
Franklin Templeton
Franklin Resources, Inc. [NYSE:BEN], a global investment management organization operating as Franklin Templeton, today announced a strategic partnership with Wand AI to deploy agentic AI across its platform – marking a significant milestone in financial services innovation. Through its collaboration with Wand AI, the firm has been able to implement agentic AI at scale, powered by Wand’s patented Autonomous Workforce and Agent Management technologies.
Over the past year, Franklin Templeton has deepened its collaboration with Wand AI, evolving from pilot programs to production deployments of intelligent agents across multiple departments. The initial implementation focused on priority use cases within the firm’s investment teams. By 2026, Wand-powered agents are expected to be used in key enterprise workflows — supporting investment research, operational efficiency, and digital transformation — all underpinned by rigorous governance and control frameworks.
As financial institutions face increasing pressure to deliver sharper insights, operational excellence, and digital innovation at scale, Franklin Templeton continues to lead with a bold vision for the future. The enterprise-wide deployment enables Franklin Templeton to continuously identify and resolve gaps in AI-driven workflows, allowing for the real-time creation and evolution of complex processes that learn and improve over time.
IRALOGIX
IRALOGIX, a leading fintech provider in the retirement industry, today announced the appointment of seasoned financial services and fintech executive Cynthia Dash to its Board of Directors.
Dash brings more than 20 years of experience scaling technology-driven financial platforms. She currently serves as President of Employee Fiduciary, focused on bringing high-quality, transparent, and low-cost 401(k)s into new markets. Previously, she served as General Manager and Senior Vice President at Broadridge Retirement & Workplace, where she played a pivotal role in shaping strategic initiatives and driving transformational growth throughout her two-decade tenure at Matrix Financial Services.
OneVest
OneVest, a fintech wealth operating system delivering a unified, modular, no-code solution powered by intelligent workflows for wealth managers, RIAs, and banks, is accelerating its growth across North America. Following a $20 million Series B led by Salesforce Ventures, OneVest’s open-architected platform bridges legacy technology gaps by unifying onboarding, compliance, and client servicing into intelligent, adaptive workflows. As part of this momentum, OneVest is also unveiling a refreshed brand identity around the company’s mission of unifying fragmented data and workflows into a single, modern experience for advisors and clients.
RIAs and wealth managers typically use between six and 12 different technology systems to run their practices, making compliance oversight complex and client experiences fragmented.
By consolidating first- and third-party tools into a single wealth operating system, OneVest’s open-API architecture connects existing tech stacks, integrating CRM, financial planning, custodians, and reporting into one login, without costly rip-and-replace migrations.
OneVest
OneVest, which delivers a Wealth Operating System that unifies and modernizes wealth management, today announced a new custodial integration with Aviso Wealth. OneVest supercharges platform connectivity for wealth firms with new custodial integration with Aviso Wealth. This enhanced interoperability enables firms to unify core operational workflows within the OneVest platform, streamlining operations and accelerating digital transformation.
This new integration with Aviso Wealth highlights OneVest’s ability to deliver end-to-end connectivity on accelerated timelines, enabling firms to streamline operations, modernize client experiences, and move confidently toward full-suite platform adoption.
This full end-to-end integration with Aviso includes robust support for account opening, trading, and money movement, delivering a comprehensive custodial integration that streamlines key operational workflows from front to back office. Built in a sophisticated and scalable pattern, it allows firms using Aviso as a custodian to onboard onto the OneVest platform with ease and gain immediate access to OneVest’s industry-leading front-end tools.
Orion
Orion announced a significant enhancement to its integration with Schwab Advisor Services. Beneficiary information will now flow automatically from the account profile on Schwab Advisor Center into Orion, providing advisors with accurate, once-daily updates and eliminating the need for manual data entry.
This integration is now live and documented in Orion’s Help Center. The beneficiary integration is available to Orion Advisor Technology and Orion Portfolio Solutions advisors who custody with Schwab and can be leveraged inside Orion platforms, including Redtail CRM, Orion’s Advisor Portal, and Salesforce via the Portfolio View integrations.
Orion’s collaboration with Schwab Advisor Services continues to deepen, with a shared focus on delivering meaningful innovations that simplify advisor operations and enhance client service.
Save
Pacer Financial (Pacer) today announced a strategic partnership with financial technology firm Save®. Under the agreement, Pacer will serve as an investor and distribution partner for brokerage and wealth management channels of Save’s Liquid Market Savings Platform, an innovative cash-management solution that seeks to provide market-linked returns, daily liquidity, and extended FDIC insurance protection.
Save’s platform enables advisors to offer clients a modern solution for idle cash that combines the security of insured bank deposits with the return potential of broader equity market exposure. Leveraging technology and banking partnerships through Save, capital is diversified across multiple FDIC-insured bank accounts, extending coverage well beyond the standard $250,000 limit. In doing so, advisors can tap into an easily scalable, potentially higher-yielding alternative to money-market funds, especially relevant as investors sit on record levels of cash and navigate shifting interest-rate environments.
To enhance client return profiles and choice, portfolios built with Save’s products will incorporate select Pacer ETFs, including COWZ, LCOW, TRFK, as well as other popular and benchmark ETFs into their investment mix. This partnership further broadens Pacer’s advisor-centric approach, giving financial professionals access to a first-of-its-kind solution that pairs FDIC-backed principal protection with the growth potential of leading ETFs Pacer Financial can offer.
Wealth.com
Wealth.com, the leading end-to-end estate planning platform for financial advisors, today announced that it has been selected by Indivisible Partners (“Indivisible”) as its exclusive estate planning technology provider. The fast-growing independent wealth management firm was founded by a team of industry veterans, including John Thiel, former head of wealth management at Merrill Lynch, and John Hogarty, former chief operating officer of Global Wealth & Investment Management for Bank of America/Merrill Lynch.
Through this collaboration, Wealth.com will serve as Indivisible’s exclusive estate planning technology provider, seamlessly integrating into the firm’s modern advisor wealth platform. Advisors will be able to generate accurate, real-time plans that evolve alongside clients’ financial lives—reducing administrative burden, increasing efficiency and supporting better client outcomes.
This announcement follows Wealth.com’s integration with Advyzon, the all-in-one wealth management platform that underpins Indivisible’s technology platform. With both integrations now live, Indivisible’s advisors gain access to a unified environment connecting portfolio management, financial planning and estate planning.
Webull
Webull (NASDAQ: BULL), an online investment platform, today introduced Vega, the next evolution of its AI-powered decision partner, with added features to enhance the investing experience. Vega delivers real-time, personalized insights and analysis for investors, helping them better navigate the complexities of modern trading.
Named after one of the brightest stars in the northern sky, Vega is a true decision partner and built to evolve alongside each investor. Going beyond surface-level stock analysis, Vega’s bespoke offering dives deeper into why market movements matter for each investor’s specific circumstance and outlines clear, actionable insights.
Built for both new and experienced investors, Vega offers streamlined guidance for newcomers while providing the depth and precision seasoned investors need to navigate complex strategies. Available at no cost to users, Vega makes powerful investing intelligence accessible to everyone, reinforcing Webull’s vision of democratizing markets. This feature is available exclusively to Webull’s U.S. customers.
WisdomTree
WisdomTree, Inc. (NYSE: WT), a global financial innovator, today announced a $2.5 million strategic minority investment in AlphaBeta ETF Ltd (“AlphaBeta”), an Israeli fintech company focused on quantitative and AI-first investment strategies. The investment establishes the foundation for a strategic collaboration to expand WisdomTree’s use of AI-driven research and technology across its investment process.
WisdomTree’s investment will provide access to AlphaBeta’s platform, team, technology, models and a network of academics to broaden its research toolkit and deepen its bench in AI-based investing. It advances WisdomTree’s enterprise-wide AI adoption beyond productivity and efficiency, embedding AI at the center of its business – research, index design and portfolio management – to enhance investor results.
The collaboration is expected to focus on the development of investment strategies and create a pathway to launch AI-driven strategies in an ETF format, combining the sophistication and performance characteristics of hedge funds with the accessibility, transparency and liquidity of ETFs.
