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The company launches its fourth PassivePlusⓇ investment feature and becomes the only automated advisor to offer its own risk parity fund
The addition of the company’s third financial planning service continues to widen the feature gap among competitors.
Additional capital will fuel Wealthfront’s growth as the financial advisor of choice for young professionals and families for decades to come.
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An investing startup managing $10 billion is copying the largest hedge fund in the world
Risk parity is a portfolio strategy that focuses on the allocation of risk, rather than on the allocation of capital. It was made famous by Bridgewater’s All Weather Fund, which launched in 1996.
Wealthfront Raises $75 Million Led by Tiger Global Management
While it took 13 months for the firm to get its first $100 million in assets under management, it added $100 million yesterday alone, Chief Executive Officer Andy Rachleff said in an interview. The new round should be “more than enough” to see them through to becoming profitable, he said.
Wealthfront launches its own Smart Beta feature
Mr. Malkiel is chief investment adviser for Wealthfront, a pioneering automated investment manager that last week adopted a new approach it calls Advanced Indexing. The strategy aims to exploit market inefficiencies and beat the passive approach.