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Episode 163 – Axos Takeover: Watching the Market While Watching the Consumer with Michael Scaplen and Chris Versace

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In this episode, Michael Scaplen, Head of Business Development at Axos Clearing, hosts an exclusive Axos Clearing “AxKicker Podcast” for the Power Your Advice series. Michael is joined by Chris Versace, the Chief Investment Officer and Thematic Strategist at Tematica Research: the lead Portfolio Manager for the Action Alerts Plus newsletter. 

Michael and Chris dive into the current state of the market, the effects of inflation and other factors on it, and how Axos Financial and Tematica Research are prepared for the short-term and long-term impacts.

They also discussed:

  • The possibility of one more quarter-point coming on 
  • If inflation will continue to rise and the sequential impacts that might follow
  • The concern of the retail community over-leveraging themselves in this inflation environment
  • The near future of brick-and-mortar establishments and commercial real estate as a whole
  • The future of online banking technologies and how Axos Financial is at the forefront of the movement
  • The AI-driven impacts on the stock market
  • Thematic versus sector investing

 

Resources: 

Axos Clearing

Tematica Research

 

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Episode 161 – Axos Clearing Takeover: Expanding Offerings and Evolving the Market with Michael Scaplen and Mark Davies

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In this episode, Michael Scaplen, Senior Vice President of Sales and Relationship Management at Axos Clearing, hosts an exclusive Axos Clearing Educational podcast for the Power Your Advice series. Michael is joined by Mark Davies, Co-Founder and CEO of S3. S3 is a full-service compliance and trade analytics software, providing financial industry clients with the intelligence, services, and technology that helps them to make their trades.

Michael and Mark discuss regulatory reporting as it relates to the most recent SEC proposals and CAT solutions. We hear about S3’s position in this space and how the firm is keeping its clients informed and their satisfaction prioritized.

They also discussed:

  • The beginnings of S3 and how the company got off the ground
  • The target audience of S3 and their customer base
  • The evolution of the market and the most significant challenges coming for the S3 client base
  • The four regulations proposed by the SEC and the resource of S3 which clients can leverage to keep informed about such changes in the industry
  • The S3 CAT (Consolidated Audit Trail) reporting system
  • The customized experience S3 provides their clients
  • What Mark sees for the future of the firm and the evolution of S3

 

Resources: 

Axos Clearing

S3

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Episode 142 – Building Upon the Foundation of Axos Clearing – With Michael Scaplen

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Michael Scaplen is the Senior Vice President of Sales and Relationship Management at Axos Clearing, a full-service clearing firm focused on the success of their introducing broker-dealer and registered investment advisor correspondents.

In this podcast, Doug and Michael discuss the successful year Axos Clearing has accomplished and the biggest trends seen in the clearing world and their impacts. 

They also discussed:

  • How the 2022 clearing trends impacted broker-dealers
  • How Axos Clearing balances providing great service, growing its business, and maintaining profitability
  • What the clients are asking for
  • The future in this world as it becomes centered around immediate satisfaction
  • Approaching industry regulations
  • Axos Clearing’s cautious lean into crypto
  • The achievements of Axos Clearing’s successful year and what’s in store for the future

Resources: 

Axos Clearing

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Episode 119 – Finding the Risk, Protecting Financial Stability – With Jeremy Franzleubbers

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Jeremy Franzleubbers is the Chief Risk Officer at Axos Clearing, a custodian serving firm introducing broker-dealer and registered investment advisors.

In today’s episode, Doug and Jeremy break down risk management and how Axos Clearing approaches its measurement amongst various clients. 

They also discussed:

  • The application of risk within the Axos Clearing company
  • Meme stocks and looking at them from a risk standpoint
  • Crypto and the future of crypto trading at Axos
  • How to think about risk from a client perspective
  • The risk department at Axos and their involvement in advancements within the company

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Episode 105 – Delivering High Level Services to Clients – With Carla Barry

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Carla Barry is head of Operations at Axos Clearing, a full-service clearing firm focused on the success of introducing broker-dealer and registered investment advisor correspondents.

Doug and Carla talked about her coming from outside the financial services industry and what she believes goes into creating a great service model.

They also discussed:

  • What gets her excited to come to work every day
  • How she keeps her staff motivated at a high level
  • Her rating of the service her team currently provides to broker dealers
  • Using the strategy of teaching combined with problem solving
  • The way the feedback she is getting from clients has changed over the year she has worked there
  • What she would tell a prospect who is considering the service and support of Axos
  • Why Axos makes sense for her and what gets her excited about the future

Resources: Axos Clearing 



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Episode 97 – The Attainability of a Digital Ecosystem – With Mike Scaplen & Gary Wiedman

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Mike is the current SVP of Sales and Relationship Management and Gary is the President and Managing Principle of Axos Clearing. The company provides a broad range of services to FINRA members introducing broke- dealers and Registered Investment Advisors (RIAs).

In today’s episode, Doug, Mike and Gary talk about the tools Axos provides to its customers and how finding the right clearing firm is essential to empowering correspondents and growing their business. They also discuss

  • The attainability of a digital ecosystem that connects people to stable markets
  • The teamwork employees at Axos demonstrate to provide the best services to their customers
  • How Axos Clearing gives customers access to background information on brokers and investment advisors
  • How Axos Clearing positively differs other clearing services

Resources:  Axos Clearing

 



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Episode 81 – Technology Drives Innovation in Clearing – With Michael Scaplen

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Michael Scaplen is the senior vice president of sales and relationship management at Axos Clearing, a company that prides itself on delivering flexible solutions backed by innovative technology, experienced industry professionals and access to leading bank products. 

In today’s episode, Doug and Michael talk about technology and innovation – how clearing houses in general should be thinking about them and how technology can enhance what a clearing firm can offer to broker-dealers.  They also talk about

  • What innovation means for a clearing house
  • Why the Axos Clearing API Store is the foundation of their innovation
  • How Axos is thinking about cryptocurrency
  • Why the speed at which clearing moves has intensified over the past five years
  • What Axos’ S-Block product is and why it is important
  • Why a holistic digital offering – a clearing ecosystem – is the holy grail of clearing
  • What Axos Clearing is working to build that is unique for correspondents
  • How correspondents can tell if their providers are innovating or staying stagnant

Resources:  Axos Clearing LLC

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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 66 – Investigating a New Clearing House? Here are 7 Questions You Need to Get Answered– With Michael Scaplen

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Michael Scaplen, Axos Clearing’s SVP of Sales and Relationship Management, is back. This time to outline questions you should get answered when considering changing clearing houses.

This episode of Power Your Advice is a rapid-fire Q&A between Doug and Michael, in which Michael provides insider insight on each of the following:

  • What does a clearing house stand for?
  • How long have they been in the business? Do they have a vision and the wherewithal to sustain changes in the market?
  • Can they handle the business I’m doing today? As well as or better than my current clearing house
  • Do they have a particular expertise or something they specialize in?
  • Who are their current clients
  • What’s the conversion process? Do they have a team to support my move?
  • What’s the future? What’s the vision?

Resources:  Axos Clearing, LLC

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Episode 46 – What Advisors Should Know About Clearing Houses – with Michael Scaplen

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At Advisorpedia, we feel it’s our duty to deliver advanced-level content that makes experienced financial advisors better in every way alongside content designed to level set and educate advisors at all levels. We will be dedicating some Power Your Advice episodes to that effort. Joining us to discuss our first topic – clearing firms – is Michael Scaplen, senior vice president of sales and relationship management at Axos Clearing, LLC. In today’s episode, Doug & Michael answer the following questions:

  • What does a clearing house do? 
  • What types of transactions occur on behalf of the advisor and their clients inside a clearing firm?
  • What makes clearing firms different from one another?
  • What should drive advisors to choose one clearing firm over another?
  • How have clearing firms evolved over the last 10 years?
  • What does the future hold for clearing houses?

Resources: Axos Clearing, LLC

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