October 10, 2016

The Golden Age of FinTech in Wealth Management

I tweeted recently that the Fall season in the independent advisory industry draws parallels to football season – after a prolonged, fairly sleepy Summer of re-charging, […]
October 3, 2016

The eMoney Hackathon

INNOVATION BY DESIGN In a bold move, eMoney hosted its first eMoney Hackathon in conjunction with the recently concluded eMoney annual users conference. I served as […]
September 28, 2016

Use Your Tech Tools To Codify Consistency

Is your office consistent in terms of how it goes about handling the client onboarding process? In how it goes about managing and meeting client expectations? […]
September 19, 2016

Portfolio Management, Reconciliation and Accounting – Some Thoughts on Outsourcing for Financial Advisors

During the last few weeks, I’ve had the opportunity to attend both the Orion FUSE event and the SS&C/Advent Deliver Conference. The two events could not […]
August 30, 2016

How Your Portfolio Accounting System and CRM Can Work Best Together

It’s not too hard to come up with a list of things that work better together: Sonny and Cher, waffles and fried chicken, Simon and Garfunkel—although […]
August 24, 2016

Guided Wealth Portfolios: The LPL Approach to Digital Advice

LPL Financial, the largest organization of independent financial advisors in the United States, unveiled their digital advice platform for LPL Advisors at the recently concluded 2016 […]
August 18, 2016

Redtail and FMeX Simplify the Marketing Process for Financial Advisors

In March of 2016, when I reviewed FMeX (Financial Media Exchange) in “A Fresh, and Cheap(er) Approach to Digital Marketing,” my first impressions of the platform’s […]
July 28, 2016

4 Technology Predictions That Will Affect Your Clients’ User Experience

The fear of having to make common financial decisions should be the last thing on your clients’ minds. In an industry where calculating, budgeting, and investing […]
July 11, 2016

Are You Burning or Building Generational Bridges?

Fidelity’s 2015 RIA Benchmarking Study found that 23% of clients are 70 years of age or older and that they hold 28% of assets. One can […]
June 8, 2016

Don’t Let the Breathless Headlines about the Next Big Thing Distract You

What’s truly important to the ongoing success and growth of your business? A lot of potential candidates for the category of “truly important” may have sprung […]