Ep. 168: Trust the Process: Why Advisors Should Let Rebalancing Software Manage Client Portfolios with Jerry Michael, Smartleaf
Come on in and sit back relax, you’re listening to Episode 168 of the WealthTech Today podcast. I’m your host, Craig Iskowitz, founder of Ezra Group Consulting and this podcast features interviews, news and analysis on the trends and best practices all around Wealth Management Technology. Before we get into the interview, if you are […]
Ep. 97: When One Door Closes, Another Opens – May WealthTech News Roundup
Alexander Graham Bell made the famous announcement, “When one door closes, another opens.” While this may seem quaintly optimistic, many world-famous scientists and entrepreneurs who struggled through years or decades of failure have spoken about learning from their mistakes to reach success. Bell himself had many failures and setbacks in both his career and private […]
Assetmark’s WealthBuilder is a Next Level Technology Experience for Advisors
“[We] can see the writing on the wall. The real debate is not over whether to run, but over how far and how fast.” — Charles Stross, British writer Asset managers have seen the writing on the wall. It’s not enough to just push products and expect to continue gather assets. Advisors’ expectations are increasingly […]
20 Questions That Were Answered at the Family Wealth Report Summit 2019
“The Only Thing That Is Constant Is Change.” ― Heraclitus, Greek philosopher, c.535 – c.475 BCE The private wealth management industry is constantly evolving. Single family offices (SFO’s), multi-family offices (MFO’s) and the private banks of large wealth management firms are all vying for control of the assets of an ever-growing community of increasingly wealthy […]
Beyond the Style Box: SMAs and Model Portfolios
This is a summary of a panel discussion from the MMI 2013 Spring Convention held in NYC on April 22-24. Moderator: Mark Thomas, SVP, Head of Managed Accounts, PIMCO Panelists: Brian Bono, Chief Investment Strategist, Investment Strategy Unit, SEI Investment Company Russell W. Tipper, Director, Head of Third Party Platforms, Merrill Lynch Fred Gaskin, Managing […]
Operational Hurdles for Advisory Solutions – Part 1
How does the regulatory environment look from a technology and operations perspective? Recently, there was a surprise SEC ruling on uniform fiduciary standards that’s caused a lot of concern on the broker-dealer side about what it means for their reps to be fiduciaries. Also, RIAs will have some of the same requirements for data retention […]
Why Bother Using an SMA Outsourcer?
This post is a summary of a session from the FRA’s 8th Annual Managed Accounts Summit. According to a recent report by the Tower Group, the use of “cloud services” will become mainstream by 2015, stated Seth Johnson, CEO & Co-Founder, Redi2 Technologies. They will slowly evolve into public utilities that integrate traditional licensed software, augmented […]
