LearnVest

Northwestern Mutual confirmed this week that it will acquire LearnVest, an online financial planning and client experience technology, for an undisclosed sum. The announcement came roughly 11 months after Northwestern Mutual led a $28 million investment round in LearnVest. Tim Schaefer, executive...

While young, penny-pinching college students don't seem like the target market for financial professionals, millennials are being targeted by financial firms in hopes of expanding into an underserved segment of the population. Some question the feasibility of making money from an age group...