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Betterment acquired Rowboat Advisors for a quicker path to direct indexing and to "do it all"

A conversation with Betterment's president Mike Reust

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Brent Sullivan
May 21, 2025
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Betterment is known for catalyzing the robo-advisor phenomenon

Their latest ADV (March 2025) shows > $56 billion in regulatory assets under management, including ~919,000 accounts (~900k individual ~$44k, 19k HNW ~$640k).

Source: ADVDB.co

Long-known for their retail focus, they have expanded into banking and services for RIAs.

No direct indexing… until now

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