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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 71 – Shedding Light on the Billing Process – With Tom Huddleston

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Tom Huddleston is the Chief Information Officer and managing director of Redi2 Technologies, the leading provider of hosted fee billing and revenue management solutions for asset and wealth managers.  

Doug and Tom sat down at the FSI OneVoice Summit and talked about Redi2 and billing – not the most glamorous of topics, but one of the most practical and important to everyone in the industry. They also discuss:

  • How Redi2 designed its original offering, and how it has evolved to meet needs today
  • The basics of billing
  • What sleeves work & how they work within the Redi2 system
  • What separates Redi2 from their competitors
  • What kind of transparency should advisors expect from their providers?

Resources:  Redi2 Technologies | Flyer Financial Technology

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Episode 69 – Manage Portfolios at Scale With the Right Technology – With Brian Bleasdell

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Brian Bleasdell is the Chief Product Officer at Flyer Financial Technologies.  Flyer Financial Technologies develops advanced technology for managing complex, multi–asset, institutional securities trading using highly scalable software and network technologies.

 

Doug and Brian sat down at the FSI OneVoice Summit and talked about what Flyer Financial Technologies actually does that makes them unique in the industry. They also discuss:

  • Why they changed the name from FX Flyer 
  • The end-to-end process the platform addresses
  • The Flyer Financial Technologies features that enable advisors to scale up and/or implement unique workflows
  • Real-life examples of how advisors use Flyer Financial Technologies
  • What is coming next for Flyer Financial Technologies and what is driving that roadmap

Resources:   Flyer Financial Technology

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Episode 67 – Should Advisors Buy or Build Their Software – With John O’Connell

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John O’Connell is the founder & Chief Executive Officer of The Oasis Group, a consulting firm that helps financial services and financial technology firms to create and focus on their unique value proposition to attract clients and generate higher revenue.

Doug and John sat down at the MarketCounsel Summit to talk about the Oasis Group, what they do and who they do it for. They also discuss

  • Things to be aware of when deciding whether to buy or build software
  • What advisors should keep in mind about cybersecurity
  • When you should consider building proprietary software
  • What is coming for The Oasis Group

Resources: The Oasis Group | FP Transitions

 

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Episode 65 – Helping Advisors Find a Better Match – With Ryan Shanks

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Ryan Shanks is the founder & chief executive officer at FA Match, the first dedicated career platform to help financial advisors find the best home for their book of business.

Doug and Ryan sat down at the MarketCounsel Summit and talked about FA Match’s impressive growth over the past few years. They also talk about

  • What is driving more than 40,000 advisors to change firms this year
  • How recruiting has evolved from in-person to online interaction and back again
  • Highlights from Ryan’s podcast “The BS Recruiters Won’t Tell You”
  • How FA Match helps with succession planning as advisors (and their clients) age
  • What Ryan is excited for in 2022

Resources:   FA Match | FP Transitions

 

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Episode 63 – Enabling Advisor Scalability Through Technology – With Rusty Sommer

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Rusty Sommer is the managing director of strategic relationships at Flyer Financial Technologies, which develops advanced technology for managing complex, multi–asset, institutional securities trading using highly scalable software and network technologies.

Doug and Rusty caught up at the MarketCounsel Summit and talked about Flyer Financial Technologies and how they help advisors deliver personalized investment portfolios at scale. They also discuss

  • What trends Rusty is following in 2022
  • How the role of advisors evolved over the last five years
  • How Flyer Financial Technologies has differentiated itself in a crowded market
  • Three things for advisors to consider when upgrading their tech stack
  • How can the industry do a better job of educating investors?

Resources: Flyer Financial Technologies | FP Transitions

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Episode 55 – The Power of Choice When Active Trading – With Joe Ely

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Joe Ely is the President & CEO of Mint Global Markets, the online retail brokerage firm and parent company of the SpeedTrader platform for active traders.

In today’s episode, Doug and Joe discuss the definition of an active trader and the ebbs and flows over the past few decades of the active trading world. They also discuss 

  • Why active trading isn’t talked about like it used to be
  • Consolidation of active trading platforms
  • What has driven the recent reinvigoration of active trading
  • Has active trading gone international?
  • What makes Mint Global Markets unique
  • What direct access trading means to Mint, and how that benefits advisors

Resources: SpeedTrader

 

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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 41 – Making Alternative Investments as Easy to Own as Mutual Funds – with Mat Dellorso

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Mat Dellorso is the Co-Founder of WealthForge, a fintech company that provides technology solutions developed by regulatory experts to streamline investments into alternative securities. Their Altigo platform enables marketplace connections and facilitates alternative investment transactions between advisors and sponsors. In this episode of Power Your Advice, Doug Heikkinen and Mat discuss how the alternatives landscape has evolved and how Altigo works to be the “easy button” to help advisors do alternative investing.

  • The challenges of investing in alternatives, and how Altigo helps make it easy for advisors
  • Altigo’s amazing growth since its 2019 launch
  • How Mat’s regulatory background helped shape the platform
  • How Altigo opens a whole new world in alternative investing for advisors

Resources: WealthForge

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Episode 30 – Delivering Financial Planning in 30 Seconds – with Adam Holt, CFP®, ChFC®

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Adam Holt is the CEO and Founder of Asset-Map, an award-winning software platform that combines design thinking and personal finance to help advisors display their clients’ complete financial picture. In this episode of Power Your Advice, Doug Heikkinen and Adam discuss how Asset-Map came to be, and how they strive to help advisors deliver exactly what their clients want: clarity and simplicity.

  • How Asset-Map allows advisors to better mine their clients’ data to provide more in-depth analysis
  • Why “simple elegance” is at the foundation of everything Asset-Map builds
  • How Asset-Map can help advisors drive engagement and make their clients feel more involved with their decisions
  • Where Adam sees technology & advice converging over the next few years

Resources: Asset-Map | Adam Holt on LinkedIn

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