Tweet-to-Table: Why Building a Social Media Presence is Like Farming & Other Marketing Tips for Advisors

“Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” — Galatians 6:7 You get out what you put in. It’s as simple as that. In life, in relationships in business and yes, in farming, you reap what you sow. Any farmer will tell you that it’s a year-round job. No one just throws out a […]
End of Summer Reading List from the Winners Of Wealthtech

“When summer gathers up her robes of glory, And, like a dream, glides away.” — Sarah Helen Whitman Now that summer has glided away and left us with only memories of vacations and longer days, I thought this would be an opportune time to share some insights as we all get ready for fall. And […]
#ItzOnWealthTech Ep 14: Cleaning Up Clients’ Financial Closets with Adam Holt

“Consolidation of assets has been one of the leading value propositions of what we’re doing, because if we can clean up a client’s financial closet, that’s more valuable than any kind of a investment strategy.” — H. Adam Holt, CEO of Asset-Map, LLC Adam Holt is the Founder and CEO of Asset-Map, one of the […]
19 Ideas from the T3 Advisor Conference Your Boss Needs to Know

In order to escape the Polar Vortex gripping the country, I traveled to a much more comfortable location in beautiful Denton, TX and attended the T3 Advisor Conference 2019. Craig Iskowitz on Twitter Ready to kick off #T32019 with the incomperable @FinTechie – Lets Go! #EverythingIsBiggerInTexas How can we start a conference summary without paying […]
Top 10 WMToday Posts from 2018

From Wealth Management AI, Winners of WealthTech, Conference Summaries and Stranger Things in the wealth management technology and digital banking industry, here are the top ten posts of 2018.
Is BlackRock-Envestnet Deal a Tipping Point for Lite Financial Planning?

What’s the best way to get financial planning functionality into the hands of more advisors? Standalone applications, like MoneyGuide Pro and eMoney Advisor, or “lite”financial planning functionality built directly into wealth management platforms? This tug-of-war has been going on for the past few years and it looks as though we might have reached a tipping point. BlackRock […]
99 Takeaways from the Riskalyze Fearless Investing Summit 2018

If there is one other thing that Aaron Klein does well, besides building a successful software company, it’s running a conference. Last year’s client conference in Lake Tahoe was a smashing success, so expectations were high for The Riskalyze Fearless Investing Summit 2018 held in San Antonio, TX. We really shouldn’t have been worried at […]
3 Reasons Why Model Marketplaces Are Taking Off

It seems as though every wealthtech vendor and custodian has launched their own model marketplace. It’s gotten to the point where I’m expecting to see model offerings at the drive thru at Dunkin Donuts one day soon. According to research from Cerulli, 80% of all financial advisors use some type of model portfolios in their […]