Ben Carlson serves as the Director of Institutional Asset Management at Ritholtz Wealth Management. His writing can be seen in almost every top financial publication and in 2017 he was named to the InvestmentNews 40 under 40 list. He is the author of four books about the investing and is known as one of the most commonly read financial bloggers across the wealth management industry. His work, along with the team at Ritholtz Wealth Management has been revolutionary for advisors who are thinking a...
Dec 17, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 32
Chris King is the Founder and CEO of Eaglebrook Advisors, a tech-driven investment manager that provides independent financial advisors with streamlined, secure, and compliant access to bitcoin and digital assets. The firm has created the first bitcoin and crypto separately managed accounts (SMAs), which are designed to seamlessly integrate with an advisor’s current portfolio management systems and workflows. The company is backed by leading wealth management executives and financial institution...
Nov 15, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 30
A conversation with leaders in wealth management and technology around the future of financial advice, the biggest challenges facing advisors today, and how to build a business to win the future.
Nov 11, 2021•28 sec
Gavin Spitzner is founder and president of Wealth Consulting Partners. He has 25+ years working in and consulting to Fortune 500 companies with a breadth of experience encompassing strategic consulting, business development, product development, digital strategy, marketing, professional development and practice management. Gavin has partnered with numerous top 25 U.S. and Global banks and broker-dealers as well as asset managers, RIAs and Fintech/WealthTech firms to develop and implement innovat...
Nov 10, 2021•1 hr 33 min•Season 1Ep. 29
Anders Jones, CEO of Facet Wealth, is an entrepreneur and early stage tech investor. Prior to Facet, Anders was a founding partner of Argyle Ventures. Argyle invests in emerging startup markets, with a focus on advertising, technology, financial technology, and healthcare IT. Prior to Argyle, Anders was on the early team at LiveRamp (acquired by Acxiom for $310 million), and has been involved as an investor or advisor in many other startups in Silicon Valley. Lifeworks is a registered investment...
Nov 10, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 28
Ray Sclafani is someone who I have been following and learning from for the last 6 years. He is one of the most effective coaches and developers of advisors in the wealth management industry. His advice and teaching has been instrumental in helping thousands of advisors across the world. He is the CEO and Founder of ClientWise, the premier business, executive coaching, and consulting firm working exclusively with financial professionals. He is a highly respected and experienced leader with an ex...
Nov 10, 2021•1 hr 29 min•Season 1Ep. 27
Rachel Carpenter is an entrepreneur who is leading an effort to reinvent the financial data supply chain. She is the co-founder and CEO of Intrinio, a modern platform where you can access fast, accurate, and affordable financial data through a powerful, easy to use API and marketplace. Software developers, financial innovators, analysts, educators, institutions, and startups are building tomorrow's innovations with their data. She has a unique vision for the future of FinTech and an incredible s...
Nov 10, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Megan Carpenter is the CEO and founder of FiComm Partners. She was recently named to the Investment News 40 Under 40 list and her expertise spans over 15 years of helping RIA firms and advisors connect, communicate and engage effectively with their target audiences. Mark Tibergien is a nationally recognized expert on management, strategy, and transition issues within the financial services industry. Mark’s professional background spans Executive Leadership, Consulting, Training, Writing, and Spe...
Nov 10, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Aimvest Technologies is a startup technology company that is focused on changing the way advisors invest client assets and manage the risk of their clients not achieving their financial goals. Their proprietary system allows advisors and clients to set realistic target financial goals (save for college, create stable income in retirement, etc…) and then their software manages the investment portfolio to provide a floor (downside protection) on the investment while maximizing the possible upside ...
Nov 02, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Doug Fritz is the founder of F2 Strategy and former wealth management CTO. His team of experienced wealth management executives address a widening gap between the expectations of affluent clients and their wealth management experience. His perspective and experience come from a long history of innovations and transformative technical projects at major financial institutions. F2 Strategy also manages the Wealth Tech Innovation Board, a confidential think-tank comprised of over 70 top wealth manag...
Nov 02, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Megan Carpenter is the CEO and founder of FiComm Partners. She was recently named to the Investment News 40 Under 40 list and her expertise spans over 15 years of helping RIA firms and advisors connect, communicate and engage effectively with their target audiences. Her passion to promote the industry is demonstrated through her involvement with the CFP Board Center for Financial Planning Workforce Development Advisory Group. She is also part of the Pledge 1% global movement, having pledged 1% o...
Nov 02, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Steve Lockshin is a Founder and Principal of AdvicePeriod and former Chairman of Convergent Wealth Advisors, a company he founded in 1994. Steve helped pioneer the independent advisory industry, building one of the largest independent RIAs in the nation. Lydian Wealth Management was acquired by City National Bank (NYSE:RY) in 2007. He is also the founder and visionary of Vanilla, a tech-enabled platform to automate estate planning for advisors and lawyers. Steve is widely known for his contempor...
Nov 02, 2021•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 21
Michael Nathanson is the CEO of The Colony Group and has been selected ten times by Barron’s magazine as one of the top 100 independent financial advisors in the nation and included in Worth magazine’s list of the country’s top 250 wealth advisors. He also was selected six times as a “Super Lawyer,” as published in Massachusetts Super Lawyers. He is most proud of The Colony Group being named as one of just 50 firms as a Best Place To Work for Financial Advisors by InvestmentNews. He is the host ...
Nov 02, 2021•1 hr 41 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Mark Ford runs Castor Abbott, an incredibly successful consulting firm that helps advisors re-think their client acquisition strategies (or lack thereof), get clear on what they actual do for their clients, and then helps them develop winning digital marketing campaigns that have brought in over $500M in new assets, millions in fee-based planning revenue, and other product sales. Lifeworks worked with his team for over two years as they have helped transform our sales and client acquisition syst...
Nov 02, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 19
In his role as Chief Executive Officer at Apex Clearing, William sets the vision and strategy to help Apex identify and realize new areas of growth and opportunity. Under his guidance, Apex continues to be a proven leader in custody and clearing, helping to power the digital revolution in financial services. Prior to his role as CEO of Apex, William previously worked at Convergex Group where he was Chief of Staff and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. As Chief of Staff, he managed criti...
Nov 01, 2021•54 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Marty Bicknell is the CEO and president of Mariner Wealth Advisors, a nationally recognized registered investment advisor with over $33.5 billion in assets under advisement, 346 advisors, and 40 offices across the country. In 2016 He was named in Investment Advisor’s Top 25 Influential People in the investment/financial industry and in the Kansas City Business Journal’s Power 100 List from 2014-2019. Under his leadership, Mariner Wealth Advisors has had the privilege of being ranked in the top f...
Nov 01, 2021•40 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Gavin Spitzner is founder and president of Wealth Consulting Partners. He has 25+ years working in and consulting to Fortune 500 companies with a breadth of experience encompassing strategic consulting, business development, product development, digital strategy, marketing, professional development and practice management. Gavin has partnered with numerous top 25 U.S. and Global banks and broker-dealers as well as asset managers, RIAs and Fintech/WealthTech firms to develop and implement innovat...
Oct 05, 2021•1 hr 33 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Anders Jones, CEO of Facet Wealth, is an entrepreneur and early stage tech investor. Prior to Facet, Anders was a founding partner of Argyle Ventures. Argyle invests in emerging startup markets, with a focus on advertising, technology, financial technology, and healthcare IT. Prior to Argyle, Anders was on the early team at LiveRamp (acquired by Acxiom for $310 million), and has been involved as an investor or advisor in many other startups in Silicon Valley. Lifeworks is a registered investment...
Sep 15, 2021•46 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Anders Jones, CEO of Facet Wealth, is an entrepreneur and early stage tech investor. Prior to Facet, Anders was a founding partner of Argyle Ventures. Argyle invests in emerging startup markets, with a focus on advertising, technology, financial technology, and healthcare IT. Prior to Argyle, Anders was on the early team at LiveRamp (acquired by Acxiom for $310 million), and has been involved as an investor or advisor in many other startups in Silicon Valley. Lifeworks is a registered investment...
Sep 15, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Ray Sclafani is someone who I have been following and learning from for the last 6 years. He is one of the most effective coaches and developers of advisors in the wealth management industry. His advice and teaching has been instrumental in helping thousands of advisors across the world. He is the CEO and Founder of ClientWise, the premier business, executive coaching, and consulting firm working exclusively with financial professionals. He is a highly respected and experienced leader with an ex...
Jun 14, 2021•54 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Ray Sclafani is someone who I have been following and learning from for the last 6 years. He is one of the most effective coaches and developers of advisors in the wealth management industry. His advice and teaching has been instrumental in helping thousands of advisors across the world. He is the CEO and Founder of ClientWise, the premier business, executive coaching, and consulting firm working exclusively with financial professionals. He is a highly respected and experienced leader with an ex...
Jun 14, 2021•1 hr 29 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Megan Carpenter is the CEO and founder of FiComm Partners. She was recently named to the Investment News 40 Under 40 list and her expertise spans over 15 years of helping RIA firms and advisors connect, communicate and engage effectively with their target audiences. Mark Tibergien is a nationally recognized expert on management, strategy, and transition issues within the financial services industry. Mark’s professional background spans Executive Leadership, Consulting, Training, Writing, and Spe...
Jun 02, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Rachel Carpenter is an entrepreneur who is leading an effort to reinvent the financial data supply chain. She is the co-founder and CEO of Intrinio, a modern platform where you can access fast, accurate, and affordable financial data through a powerful, easy to use API and marketplace. Software developers, financial innovators, analysts, educators, institutions, and startups are building tomorrow's innovations with their data. She has a unique vision for the future of FinTech and an incredible s...
Jun 01, 2021•47 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Rachel Carpenter is an entrepreneur who is leading an effort to reinvent the financial data supply chain. She is the co-founder and CEO of Intrinio, a modern platform where you can access fast, accurate, and affordable financial data through a powerful, easy to use API and marketplace. Software developers, financial innovators, analysts, educators, institutions, and startups are building tomorrow's innovations with their data. She has a unique vision for the future of FinTech and an incredible s...
Jun 01, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Aimvest Technologies is a startup technology company that is focused on changing the way advisors invest client assets and manage the risk of their clients not achieving their financial goals. Their proprietary system allows advisors and clients to set realistic target financial goals (save for college, create stable income in retirement, etc…) and then their software manages the investment portfolio to provide a floor (downside protection) on the investment while maximizing the possible upside ...
May 03, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Doug Fritz is the founder of F2 Strategy and former wealth management CTO. His team of experienced wealth management executives address a widening gap between the expectations of affluent clients and their wealth management experience. His perspective and experience come from a long history of innovations and transformative technical projects at major financial institutions. F2 Strategy also manages the Wealth Tech Innovation Board, a confidential think-tank comprised of over 70 top wealth manag...
Apr 19, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Megan Carpenter is the CEO and founder of FiComm Partners. She was recently named to the Investment News 40 Under 40 list and her expertise spans over 15 years of helping RIA firms and advisors connect, communicate and engage effectively with their target audiences. Her passion to promote the industry is demonstrated through her involvement with the CFP Board Center for Financial Planning Workforce Development Advisory Group. She is also part of the Pledge 1% global movement, having pledged 1% o...
Apr 02, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Steve Lockshin is a Founder and Principal of AdvicePeriod and former Chairman of Convergent Wealth Advisors, a company he founded in 1994. Steve helped pioneer the independent advisory industry, building one of the largest independent RIAs in the nation. Lydian Wealth Management was acquired by City National Bank (NYSE:RY) in 2007. He is also the founder and visionary of Vanilla, a tech-enabled platform to automate estate planning for advisors and lawyers. Steve is widely known for his contempor...
Mar 31, 2021•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 5
Michael Nathanson is the CEO of The Colony Group and has been selected ten times by Barron’s magazine as one of the top 100 independent financial advisors in the nation and included in Worth magazine’s list of the country’s top 250 wealth advisors. He also was selected six times as a “Super Lawyer,” as published in Massachusetts Super Lawyers. He is most proud of The Colony Group being named as one of just 50 firms as a Best Place To Work for Financial Advisors by InvestmentNews. He is the host ...
Mar 22, 2021•1 hr 41 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Mark Ford runs Castor Abbott, an incredibly successful consulting firm that helps advisors re-think their client acquisition strategies (or lack thereof), get clear on what they actual do for their clients, and then helps them develop winning digital marketing campaigns that have brought in over $500M in new assets, millions in fee-based planning revenue, and other product sales. Lifeworks has been working with his team now for over two years and they have helped transform our sales and client a...
Dec 31, 2020•1 hr 25 min•Season 1Ep. 3
