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Episode 218 – Identifying Advisor Pain Points with Adam Holt



Adam Holt is the CEO and Founder of Asset Map, a platform providing interactive financial overviews for informed and empowered decision-making. 

Asset Map surveyed 175 advisors on challenges like accessing next-gen clients, the role of technology, and the industry’s current state. On this episode, Adam breaks down the data and offers his insights into their future impact on advisors and the industry.

Topics discussed:

  • The need for financial advisors to improve communication and demonstrate their value to younger generations, who often mistrust or do not understand the benefits of financial advising.
  • Leveraging technology and modern tools to enhance client engagement and financial literacy, aligning with evolving client expectations.
  • AI’s potential impact on the financial services industry with a focus on how it could transform tasks like communication, workflow management, and possibly even the advisor-client dynamic.
  • Asset Map’s integration with Holistiplan, a tool that helps advisors quickly analyze tax returns, enhancing the platform’s capability to offer comprehensive financial insights on a single screen.
  • Asset Map’s strategic vision to provide a holistic view of clients’ financial situations by layering various types of data, enabling more interactive and insightful financial planning sessions.

 

Click here to view Asset Map’s Advisor Insights Survey!

 

Resources: 

Asset Map


Episode 170 – Improve Communication, Improve Investment Decisions with Sean Brown



Sean Brown is the President and CEO of YCharts, Inc., an investment research platform that serves over 5,000 RIAs, financial planners, and asset managers who oversee more than $750 billion in assets.  

In this podcast, Sean explains how YCharts is improving communication between clients and advisors, ultimately allowing for better investment decisions to be made.

They also discussed:

  • Why many are strongly considering leaving their advisor
  • The change in client needs and requests since COVID
  • Lack of communication with the client leads to a lack of confidence in financial plans
  • How great advisors keep that confidence intact and where YCharts fits into this equation
  • The growth of YCharts over the past three years and if the initial vision aligns with the modern firm
  • The path forward YCharts is taking to better serve their clients

 

Visit https://go.ycharts.com/advisorpedia for access to the referenced communication survey and also the opportunity to take a trial of YCharts and have a 20% discount on any eventual purchase.

 

Resources: 

YCharts