JPMorgan Chase sign on a building in New York. (Photo: AP)
The proliferation of robo-advisors continued this past week with two new offerings: a direct-to-consumer service from JPMorgan Chase and a B-to-B platform for financial advisors and their clients from Voya Financial Advisors.
JPMorgan's You Invest Portfolios is available on the Chase.com site and on Chase's mobile app for a minimum $2,500 investment (and continuing $2,000 maintenance balance) and a 35-basis-point fee.
Investors answer a set of questions about risk tolerance, financial goals and investment time horizon and Chase provides a portfolio composed of J.P. Morgan ETFs that comports with their answers. Fees on the ETFs will be rebated or offset against the advisory account fee.
"You Invest Portfolios … make it easy for our millions of digitally engaged customers to get and stay invested in a balanced mix of ETFs in minutes," said Jed Laskowitz, its CEO, in a statement.
The bank's robo-advisor is a companion service to its You Invest Trade digital brokerage account introduced last summer, offering 100 commission-free online stock and ETF trades for one year (there was no limit for free trades for customers of Chase Private Client, Chase Private bank, J.P. Morgan Securities and Chase Sapphire Banking.)
Voya Financial Advisors' new digital advice is geared for the "emerging investor" clients of advisors who don't have enough assets to qualify for the typical services of fee-based advisors.
