Alessandra Malito

Alessandra, also known as Ali, covers financial adviser technology for InvestmentNews. Ali was born and raised in New York, and is a recent graduate of the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism where she received a master's degree with a concentration in business journalism. She first started writing for professional publications at 15 years old for a local newspaper. Throughout college and grad school, she worked as a freelance reporter and her byline has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times' Lens blog, NBCNews.com and Newsday.com. When she’s not thinking up story ideas or immersing herself in all things tech, she can be found cooking up family favorites, crafting with her sewing machine or running 5K’s. You’ll almost always find her with a coffee cup in hand.

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Stereotypes in risk mean misaligned portfolios
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JUL 07, 2015
Stereotypes in risk mean misaligned portfolios

It may be easy, and perhaps unintentional, but advisers' assumptions about a client's risk tolerance can lead to undesirable, maybe even lasting, results.

Apps for financial advisers to help with time management
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JUL 07, 2015
Apps for financial advisers to help with time management

Managing emails, scheduling appointments, taking calls and even booking dinner reservations with clients not as time consuming as they once were. <i>(Plus: See a <a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/gallery/20150209/FREE/209009999/PH&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;>snapshot of the top seven apps</a>.)</i>

Strategies to help advisers craft better, timelier tweets
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JUL 01, 2015
Strategies to help advisers craft better, timelier tweets

It takes experience to master the art of generating engagement via Twitter, and it starts with understanding your target audience's preferences and usage patterns.

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 29, 2015
Retiring boomers lead to increase in number of RIA firms, clients and AUM

Annual IAA and NRS study finds a 4.3% increase in the number of adviser jobs.

Fidelity launches platform to connect plan sponsors, advisers and third-party fiduciaries
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 29, 2015
Fidelity launches platform to connect plan sponsors, advisers and third-party fiduciaries

Third-Party Fiduciary Services charges a 3 bps fee to enable retirement plans and advisers to outsource their fiduciary responsibilities.

RBC Wealth Management grabs $1.2B team from Merrill Lynch
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 29, 2015
RBC Wealth Management grabs $1.2B team from Merrill Lynch

The hires are part of the firm's broader plans to seek out high-quality financial advisers.

YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JUN 26, 2015
BattleBots: Big firms run past startups in the robo race

With Vanguard Personal Advisor Services already at $21 billion in AUM, Charles Schwab Intelligent Portfolios just crossed the $3 billion mark &amp;mdash; ahead of Wealthfront and Betterment.

Advisers need to pick up their game when calculating clients' retirement
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 26, 2015
Advisers need to pick up their game when calculating clients' retirement

With retirement tools proliferating, clients need ones that advisers can use to tell a story.

Schwab launches adviser-facing robo service
NEWS RIAS JUN 25, 2015
Schwab launches adviser-facing robo service

Institutional Intelligent Portfolios compels advisers to keep at least 4% cash allocation, offers platform for 10 bps.

Most investors likely to use robo-advice: Survey
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JUN 25, 2015
Most investors likely to use robo-advice: Survey

Overall awareness still low but expected use forecast to climb sharply over next five years.