There’s a lot of buzz on Wall Street these days about investing technology and so-called “robo-advisers” — automated investment services that use algorithms and Internet tools to manage your portfolio ...

Technology has disrupted many industries — newspapers, online travel, movie rentals, taxis and more. Now it is aiming to dramatically change the financial services industry through the emerging use of ...

Rick Morton has won a Prime Minister’s Literary Award for his non-fiction book Mean Streak. He’d trade it all for justice for ...

Back in August, I introduced this blog series as one that would guide you through the world of robo-advisers. Yet since then, the two largest most prominent firms, Wealthfront and Betterment, have ...

The number of complainants taking part in a class action against Centrelink's robo-debt scheme has hit 4,000 as the writs for the action were filed, Shadow Minister for Government Services Bill ...

A new paper says they might not be all they're cracked up to be. In science fiction author Isaac Asimov's futuristic tales of robots, all robots must follow the Three Laws—the first of which is, "A ...

The world's largest investment manager, BlackRock, announced Wednesday that it is acquiring FutureAdvisor, a quiet but innovative player in the burgeoning robo-advice space. The deal is a reminder the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

As regular readers of this blog might remember, I'm not nearly as enamored as some about the introduction of so-called "robo-advisors," nor as concerned about their potential "threat" to human ...

I have fond memories of 1999. My year ended at the top of Nob Hill in San Francisco, celebrating with a group of my business school classmates. I have a vague memory from that night of singing along ...

Industry researchers now commonly argue digital portfolio management tools and robo-adviser platforms are driving greater opportunity for traditional advice firms. A new report from Cerulli Associates ...

On the grand list of Nintendo mascots, very few think of a household robot that goes on adventures around the living room. But the Chibi-Robo franchise has quietly put together a solid slate of games ...