Portfolio company Vestwell was profiled this week by Wealthmanagemement.com and touted as a revolution for advisors selling retirement plans.
When Josh Brown, the CEO of Ritholtz Wealth Management and author of the popular finance blog, “The Reformed Broker,” hosted the 2017 Benzinga fintech awards, he name-dropped Vestwell as a company with the potential to radically change the wealth management industry. That’s right, Vestwell, a company looking to make it easier and more cost-effective for registered investment advisors to design, sell and administer 401(k) and 403(b) plans using digital automation. What exactly does Brown find so revolutionary?