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Episode 219 – The Impact of Digital Innovation and the Future of Fintech with Mohan Gurupackiam

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Mohan Gurupackiam is the Chief Information Officer at Steward Partners Global Advisory: an employee-owned, full-service partnership that caters to family, institutional, and multigenerational investors.

In this podcast, Doug and Mohan discuss the latest technological advancements in the financial industry, talking through the impact of digital innovation and the future of fintech.

Topics discussed:

  • Mohan’s extensive 25-year career in the finance industry, including roles at E-Trade, Cetera, and AssetMark.
  • The significant technological advancements in the financial industry, such as the rise of FinTech and the shift towards a paperless office.
  • Tailoring technology solutions to meet the unique needs of individual advisors rather than adopting a one-size-fits-all approach.
  • The potential of artificial intelligence to enhance efficiency in areas like client meetings, portfolio construction, and investment management.
  • How technology benefits investors by improving efficiencies and enabling more sophisticated investment management and seamless interactions.
  • Gurupackiam praises the collaborative and partnership-driven culture at Steward Partners, which fosters open and respectful conversations and includes everyone as a partner.
  • The critical importance of cybersecurity infrastructure in protecting firm data and assets from increasing cyber threats.

 

Resources: 

Steward Partners

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Episode 169 – Employing AI to Meet the Pace of Evolution with Jack Swift

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Jack Swift is the CEO of TIFIN AMP, a division of TIFIN and an AI-driven platform for asset management distribution.

In this podcast, we’ve invited Jack to speak on the reshaping of the asset management space by AI and how the seasoned team at TIFIN AMP is ahead of the evolving industry and market.

They also discussed:

  • The key questions TIFIN AMP is looking to solve for asset managers and how the firm functions 
  • How asset managers partner with the TIFIN AMP team and the variety in the firm’s partnerships
  • How the firm measures success 
  • The capabilities and advantages of the platform compared to an asset management in-house data science team 

 

Resources: 

TIFIN AMP

 

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Episode 168 – The Ally of Artificial Intelligence with Dr. Vinay Nair

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Dr. Vinay Nair is the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of TIFIN: a platform that creates engaging wealth experiences to improve financial lives. This is all accomplished through AI and investment intelligence-driven personalization for the advised or self-directed investor.

In this podcast, Vinay brings his extensive background in both the academic and business world to give us a rundown on major industry trends and the AI technology TIFIN Wealth utilizes to help advisors and firms better serve their clients.

They also discussed:

  • The early focus on AI by TIFIN and the evolution they foresee
  • The capabilities of AI and its impact on advisors
  • The challenges advisors are facing in terms of driving growth
  • Firms utilizing their existing data to find new opportunities

 

Resources: 

TIFIN 

 

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Episode 160 – Empowering Your Employees While Improving the Client Experience with Robert Gorman

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Robert Gorman is the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Apollon Wealth Management. Apollon works with multiple leading custodians to select the optimal mix of products and services for each investor. With their commitment to providing the highest level of personal service, Apollon Wealth elevates wealth management to a higher standard.

In this podcast, Doug and Robert discuss the partnership between Apollon Wealth and Practifi and how the utilization of technology and the Practifi platform can improve the client experience. 

They also discussed:

  • The growth and journey of Apollon Wealth 
  • Utilizing technology to not only empower your employees but also improve the experience with your clients
  • Making a match looking around at other FinTech companies to what was important to Apollon Wealth
  • The factors that were important to Apollon Wealth when looking for the right partner and why Practifi was chosen
  • How the abilities of the Practifi platform have benefited Apollon and its clients

 

Resources: 

Apollon Wealth

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Episode 144 – Sanctuary Wealth Oasis: Providing Advisors Game-Changing Tech Solutions – With Jene Hoosier

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Jene Hoosier is the Head of Platform Strategy at Sanctuary Wealth, an advanced platform for the next generation of elite advisors who have the entrepreneurial spirit to build and own their own practices, desiring the freedom to deliver the tailored service their clients deserve.

Live from the Sanctuary Oasis Conference in Las Vegas, Doug and Jene discuss Hoosier’s career working with multiple dynamic leaders in the financial industry and bringing to bear the best technologies across the FinTech space.

They also discussed:

  • Jene’s background in financial services and the impact of her ten years working in a startup environment
  • What led Jene to Sanctuary Wealth and her role as Head of Platform Strategy 
  • How they work with Sanctuary Wealth partner firms to ensure that they have the best in class technology
  • The difficulties in working with so many advisors with each one unique
  • The solutions Hoosier is finding that are available and changing the game for advisors
  • Other trends in the industry that Jene is watching
  • The possible gaps that need filling when building out the platform 

 

Resources: 

Sanctuary Wealth

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Episode 120 – Empowering & Inspiring Confident Outcomes with Scott Enger & Steve Sullivan

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Logicly is a comprehensive web-based analytics and portfolio management platform for advisors to automate their day-to-day portfolio management workload. Doug is joined today by Logicly’s chief revenue officer, Scott Enger, and head of marketing Steve Sullivan. They discuss their respective journeys to Logicly, and how the platform can help advisors empower & inspire confident outcomes. They also discuss

  • The big idea behind Logicly
  • How the company expanded from serving ETFevolution to serving financial advisors
  • Why they think Logicly is an evolution of the advice model that advisors can use to help make their clients’ portfolios stronger
  • Recent partnerships with Syntax and 401 Financial and how they help make the platform stronger for advisors
  • What the future holds for Logicly

Resources: Logicly



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Episode 108 – Tech Solutions that Grow Your Firm – With Robert Teaney

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Robert Teaney is the Director at ViewTrade., a firm creating a smoother, faster and more efficient straight through trading process for non-U.S. firms seeking access to the U.S. equity & option market. They provide turnkey white-labeled retail brokerage, technology, content, customer engagement and advisor solutions to brokerage firms, banks, and financial firms worldwide.

Doug and Robert talked about what Robert learned regarding advisors through his time visiting practices and the problems they continue to face.

They also discussed:

  • Robert’s journey and decision to join ViewTrade
  • An overview of ViewTrade and what its trying to accomplish
  • The recent release of OneView and how it helps advisors
  • The feedback from advisors who are using OneView
  • What is next for ViewTrade

Resources: ViewTrade



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Episode 99 – Moving Technology from the Why to the How – With Craig Ramsey

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Craig Ramsey is the Chief Operating Officer at AdvisorEngine, a pioneer in digital wealth management technology that supercharges advisor growth with its powerful and intuitive digital platform.

Doug and Craig sat down at the T3 Advisor Conference and talked about how financial technology can get closer to the level of technology utilized in other industries. They also discussed:

  • What technology advisors are going to be able to implement for their clients
  • Why Craig chose to acquire Junxure and the challenges faced in the acquisition
  • Craig’s outlook on being acquired himself and how he views the results
  • The excitement for AdvisorEngine and the platform mentality
  • How they are helping advisors make their investors successful
  • Craig’s path to where he is now

Resources: AdvisorEngine

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Episode 90 – Finding Opportunity in Yield Markets – With Benjamin Hurn

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Benjamin Hurn is the senior vice president of Channel Development at YieldX, an end-to-end digital platform with smart workflows, AI-powered analytics and a reimagined user experience for financial professionals and investors in the fixed income markets.

Doug and Ben sat down at the T3 Advisor Conference and talked about the growing trend of advisors planning for income streams for their clients. They also discuss 

  • The current yield environment & what Ben sees coming
  • How yield planning can differentiate advisor firms
  • The move away from product to advice
  • How advisors can discuss outcome-based solutions with their clients
  • How YieldX helps advisors and their clients be more successful.

Resources: YieldX

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Episode 89 – Why Sustainability is Important for Wealth Management – With Lydia Pinnell Lawrie

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Lydia Pinnell Lawrie is the senior strategist at Clarity AI, a company that brings societal impact to markets. They build-in a customizable, scalable sustainability tech kit to your existing workflow, which empowers you to efficiently and confidently assess, analyze and report on anything valuable to your clients and everything required by law.

Doug and Lydia sat down at the T3 Advisor Conference and talked sustainability and the importance of it in wealth management. They also discuss

  • Increasing demand for sustainability across the industry
  • Ways to discuss sustainability with your clients
  • How to think about including sustainability as a way to deliver personalized advice to your clients
  • The big idea behind Clarity AI and how advisors can work with their technology platform

Resources: Clarity AI

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