Small RIAs below Fidelity's $100 million minimum have until June 30 to find a new custodian
Fidelity is giving advisory firms with less than $100 million on its custody platform until June 30 to move their accounts elsewhere. For firms that use Fidelity as their only custodian, the move means months of repapering client accounts, American Banker reported.
Reality
- Evidence45
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+10
- Incentives65
- Confidence50
Orion bills wealthtech vendors up to $20,000 a month to reach its data
Orion Advisor Solutions is billing wealthtech vendors flat data-access fees of $2,000 to $20,000 a month, Wealth Management reported. Vendors now have to decide whether to absorb that cost or pass it on to the RIAs that buy their software.
Reality
- Evidence45
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+15
- Incentives65
- Confidence50
SpaceX put Starship into orbit on its first orbital flight even after one of the upper stage's six Raptor engines shut down early. It sets up the orbital refuelling tests NASA's 2028 moon landing depends on, though those tests and an upper-stage catch are still ahead.
Reality
- Evidence72
- Adoption25
- Hype gap+15
- Incentives50
- Confidence70
Anthropic's Claude for Financial Advisors went live with nine wealthtech partners feeding data into it, among them Charles Schwab and BlackRock. Each is now supplying a workflow surface Anthropic controls.
Perspective Coverage
5 publishers
- Builder
- Builder 25%
- Operator
- Operator 42%
- Investor
- Investor 33%
Reality
- Evidence60
- Adoption15
- Hype gap+30
- Incentives75
- Confidence62
Anthropic sells Claude advisor seats into stacks that already have their own AI tools
Claude for Financial Advisors integrates 11 wealth and asset management platforms, with Schwab Advisor Services the only custodian among them. Advisors who adopt it pay Anthropic for licenses, and Schwab's connectors arrive in the fourth quarter.
Reality
- Evidence45
- Adoption20
- Hype gap+30
- Incentives80
- Confidence55