Articles tagged "Alexa von Tobel"
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Why exactly Northwestern Mutual bought a digital darling for $250 million, shut it down, orphaned its customers and declared progress
When the Milwaukee-based mega-insurer relaunches in six months, the one aspect certainly subtracted from the mix will be the cash-draining 8,000 mass market customers
May 9, 2018 at 9:23 PM
How Northwestern Mutual may still get ROI on its $250M LearnVest investment but maybe only by anteing up $50M more
The promised January reveal at the financial planning robo never happened but the insurer is using new mother Alexa von Tobel as its sourdough-starter to bake up a venture ecosystem
June 28, 2017 at 11:11 PM
Quiet Northwestern Mutual may be ready to make a big noise with rerelease of LearnVest -- with Alexa von Tobel vowing that innovation and integration aren't mutually exclusive goals
After the $250-million deal in 2015, the staid Milwaukee insurer has funneled funds into the jazzy robo, packed its board and taken it backstage for a makeover promised for the New Year
December 14, 2016 at 6:35 PM
'Bristling' at 'pink-it-and-shrink-it' pitfalls, Sallie Krawcheck files an ADV
Ex-Merrill Lynch chief's Ellevest will charge double the Betterment rate but with hopes of better investing for women
November 9, 2015 at 11:58 PM
The real reasons Northwestern Mutual paid a reported $250 million for LearnVest
With $2.7 billion in cash to burn after the Russell Investments spin-off, the Milwaukee-based company was simply an old-line insurer with desktop software in search of a planning pedigree
