Redtail vs Salesforce FSC: Which is the best CRM for Financial Advisors?
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software that is fully-integrated into a firm’s infrastructure can be an incredibly powerful tool. It is just one of a wide array of financial technology (fintech) tools that have been engaged in a technological arms race for advisors trying to stay abreast of their competition as well as the expectations of increasingly tech-savvy clients. With […]
Robo-Advisors Can Not Live by Millennials Alone: ASI’s Andrew Rudd
The industry press in 2014 was all abuzz about robo-advisors. Online, automated investment advisory firms that are gobbling up assets at an alarming rate and scaring the pants (and skirts) off the management of traditional advisory firms. Not so fast, says Andrew Rudd, CEO of Advisor Software, Inc. (ASI). There has been a lot of […]
How a Cold Call Led to a Deal with Scottrade for ASI’s Rebalancing Software
It was an idea born of convenience. Neal Ringquist, President and Chief Operating Officer of Advisor Software Inc., was planning a trip to St. Louis to meet with one of their clients, EverBank. He knew that Scottrade® Advisor Services was also headquartered there. The thought seemed natural to him to give them a call and […]
Orion Advisor Services Pumps Up Financial Planning with ASI Integration
I have been writing for a while about the trend of advisors moving away from stand-alone investment advice and more towards a household-level, holistic approach to managing client wealth. Of course, the right tools must be available to them for this approach to work and they must be able to scale with their business. […]
Top 10 Most Popular Posts from 2013
What were the most popular WM Today posts from 2013? Portfolio rebalancing, financial planning and anything mobile were big draws last year. Here are the top 10 according to stats from WordPress: 10. 5 Ways a Web Portal Can Excite Your Clients This summary from the fantastic Technology, Tools & Today (T3) conference highlights how software […]
Financial Planning in 10 Minutes or Less with goalgamiPro
Origami is the Japanese traditional art of paper folding and is made up of two smaller words; “ori”, meaning to fold and “gami” meaning paper. goalgamiPro (which starts with a lowercase ‘g’) is not an ancient art form, but the name of a software product developed by Advisor Software Inc. (ASI). It is designed to […]
