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Altruist Raises Funding, Adds to Board of Directors to Accelerate Efforts to Disrupt Custodial Offerings for Advisors
January 11, 2021 GMT
LOS ANGELES (BUSINESS WIRE) Jan 11, 2021
Altruist, a fully-integrated digital investment platform for financial advisors, announced today it has closed an additional round of funding that will accelerate its mission of disrupting the custodial offering for independent advisors. The company will use the new investment for continued growth and continued innovation to provide a modernized investment experience for independent advisors and their clients in an industry that’s struggled to keep pace with consumer technology.