BlackRock could win big by combining analytics and robo platforms
BlackRock, which is in the process of a major digital initiative starting with the establishment of its digital wealth unit, could be on to a winner if it combines its robo-advice platform with its analytics capabilities. Combining FutureAdvisor, the firm's robo platform, and Aladdin, its data and risk analytics arm, could give the asset manager significant distribution clout, wrote Brooke Southall in RIABiz. 
Since its acquisition in 2015, crickets for the $152-million robo-advisor, but under young legend Rob Goldstein, that could all change as BlackRock rolls out its play to own the advisor desktop

Author Brooke Southall November 7, 2017 at 8:39 PM