Tag Archives: #Alts

Episode 82 – Building A Culture of Going the Extra Mile – With Mike Nessim

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Mike Nessim is the CEO and Managing Director of Kingswood U.S., an SEC-registered RIA and a FINRA-licensed broker/dealer that offers comprehensive wealth management and business-building services designed specifically for the independent financial advisor. 

In today’s episode, Doug and Mike talk about Kingswood’s extraordinary growth and how his leadership style and focus on working hard, trying to do the right thing and being fair with people has helped shape the company. They also discuss:

  • The growing advisor need for help with succession planning
  • How Kingswood’s liquidity can help advisors decouple from their current broker-dealer
  • How alternatives can help make advisors more competitive
  • Why Kingswood is seeing an increase in the number of advisors between $50-$150 million looking to offload some of the operational aspects of their business to allow themselves to focus on their clients
  • Why Mike thinks advisors are choosing to join Kingswood now more than ever
  • What Mike is excited for in the future

Resources: Kingswood U.S.



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Episode 79 – The Importance of the Right Clearing House Partner – With Michael Scaplen and Brian King

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Realto, through its partnership with Axos Clearing, became the first ever platform to have a fully electronic secondary transaction of an alternative investment. 

In today’s episode, Michael Scaplen, Senior Vice President of Sales at Axos Clearing, LLC, and Brian King, CEO and Co-Found of Realto again join Doug for a discussion about the importance of choosing the right partner for now and into the future.

  • Why do firms choose a specific clearing partner to suit their needs? 
  • How Axos is working to expand its FinTech capabilities
  • How far in advance Realto worked to get the right partner in place
  • How Axos invests in its clients by bringing in the correct resources to design solutions to meet their needs
  • The questions Realto needed answered as they searched for the correct clearing partner

Resources: Axos Clearing | Realto

 

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Episode 76 – What Advisors Should Know About Alternatives – Douglas Blake

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Douglas Blake is the managing director of investment solutions at Kingswood U.S., An SEC-registered RIA and a FINRA-licensed broker/dealer that offers comprehensive wealth management and business-building services designed specifically for the independent financial advisor.

In this episode of Power Your Advice, Doug and Doug talk about one of the hottest asset classes around: alternatives. 

  • The basics of alternative investments – what they are & why people are crazy about them right now
  • Why they are an important resource for advisors to use in client portfolios
  • How Doug discovers and vets companies to put on the Kingswood platform, and how he monitors and manages the companies they work with
  • How advisors can equip themselves to deal with the onslaught of alternatives coming their way
  • What Doug sees coming in the alternative space

Resources:   Kingswood U.S.

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Episode 64 – Leading With Learning – With Matt Brown

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Matt Brown is the founder, chairman & chief executive officer at CAIS, the leading alternative investment platform for financial advisors who seek improved access to and education about alternative investment funds and products. 

Doug and Matt sat down at the MarketCounsel Summit and talked about how CAIS has evolved over the years and how they learned and grew through the pandemic. They also talk about

  • The tailwinds driving the boom for alternative investments
  • How can advisors be smart about exploring alternatives
  • How are alternative companies taking advantage of their spotlight
  • What can we as an industry do to better educate investors.
  • What Matt is excited for in 2022

Resources:   CAIS | FP Transitions

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Episode 59 – Providing Affordable Housing Through Mobile Home Communities – With Michael Anise

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Michael Anise is the President and Chief Financial Officer of Manufactured Housing Properties, Inc. (MHPC), a company that, together with its affiliates, acquires, owns, and operates manufactured housing communities. 

In today’s episode, Doug and Michael talk about MHPC’s commitment to providing housing affordability and a high level of service to their residents. They also discuss

  • The current state of the real estate market, and general unaffordability within it
  • Why MHPC specializes in mobile home communities
  • The challenges of working within the mobile home community space
  • Why mobile home communities remain attractive to tenants throughout the pandemic and through current economic pressures
  • Future plans for MHPC

Resources: Manufactured Housing Properties, Inc.

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Episode 49 – Powering Alternative Investing Through Education and Data – with Mark Salameh

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Mark Salameh is the CEO of AltsAxis, which works to deliver the universe of the alternative investment ecosystem in one seamless, leading-edge and intuitive and secure platform. 

In this episode of Power Your Advice, Doug Heikkinen and Mark talk about the challenges presented to advisors by the alternative investment industry:

  • Why not much has changed in the alternatives space in the last 20 years
  • Why Mark created AltsAxis, and what it does
  • Three things advisors should do when looking into alternatives, and how AltsAxis can help
  • Why social networking is an important element of the AltsAxis offering
  • Where Mark sees technology and data in the alternative space going in the future

Resources: AltsAxis

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Episode 27 – Democratizing Access to Alternative Investments – with Perrin Quarshie

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​​Perrin Quarshi is the Founder & CEO of RealBlocks, an online platform that provides access and liquidity for alternative investments. RealBlocks democratizes access to alternatives by lowering the required minimum investment amount, providing international access, and allowing for investor liquidity via secondary trading. In this episode of Power Your Advice, Doug Heikkinen and Perrin discuss why advisors should be considering alternative investments for their clients, and how they can access them through RealBlocks.

  • How RealBlocks is disrupting alternative investing
  • Why the alternative space needs to be democratized
  • How financial advisors can talk about alternatives with their clients
  • Where Perrin sees the alternative space going in the future

Resources: RealBlocks 

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