Needham initiates Wealthfront stock with buy rating on robo-advisor growth

The developer’s model was simple: He sold residents the land. He built roads and advertised a list of community amenities. He also had a variety of tiny-home models owners could choose to build on their lots.  Once the home was built, residents could live in it or opt to rent out their property as a…

France’s blacklist of unauthorized investment websites is on course for its busiest year. In the versions published on September 11, the brand copied most often across the six lists is the regulator that publishes them. FM Intelligence parsed all six blacklists maintained by the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) and the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel…

The brains may come from the US, but the body could very well be Made In China. At Physical Intelligence, a San Francisco-based startup, cofounder and researcher Sergey Levine is building the models, or brains, designed to provide intelligence for a range of robots — be they warehouse robots or humanoid machines. Physical Intelligence is…

Payward, the financial infrastructure platform behind crypto exchange Kraken, reported its latest quarterly results on Friday, with second-quarter adjusted revenue rising 17% to $508 million. The increase comes as growth broadened beyond crypto trading. The Wyoming-based company said it remained adjusted EBITDA positive at $23 million for the quarter ended 30 June. Funded accounts grew…

Sequoia Financial Group, an Akron, Ohio-headquartered registered investment advisor with $34.9 billion in assets under management, has acquired All Star Financial, a Minneapolis-St. Paul-based wealth management firm with about $1.36 billion in total assets under management and advisement. This is Sequoia’s first RIA acquisition of 2026. In June, the firm acquired A CPA Inc., an…