In|Vest West 2018 Direct

More about InVest: As new digital tools transform wealth management, the industry’s largest players are rushing to adapt to ever-increasing customer expectations, while smaller firms strive to keep pace. Behind the scenes, many are investing more on technology and hiring to drive growth, but margins remain under pressure. In|Vest West is exploring all the dynamics at play — from front to back office — and the technologies that are shaping the future of the firm. For more, please see: InVest Conference.

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  • James Denison is the director of marketing at HealthSavings.

    September 25
  • Leon Busch is chief operating officer of WolfePak Software, a provider of ERP and automation solutions to oil and gas companies.

    September 25
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  • In the first half of the year, fewer than a third of U.S. domestic equity fund managers delivered annualized returns that outpaced the S&P Composite 1500.

    September 25
    Automated trading, a world awash in data and passive investing have made stock pickers less influential.
  • Jay Schmitt, ASA [Associate of the Society of Actuaries], is a principal of Strategic Benefits Advisors, an independent, full-service employee benefits consulting firm that solves benefits issues for clients with 500 to 300,000-plus employees. He has more than 25 years’ experience in benefit plan administration and consulting.

    September 25
  • Lawrence Calcano is Chairman and CEO of iCapital Network. He began working with iCapital shortly after its 2013 founding to lead key strategic and business development initiatives. Lawrence was a partner at Goldman, Sachs & Co., where he spent 17 years, most recently serving as the co-head of the Global Technology Banking Group of the Investment Banking Division.

    September 25
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  • Malia Lazu is a lecturer at MIT Sloan Business School and founder of the Urban Labs.

    September 25
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  • Based on the “forced experiment” of its remote periodic examinations of broker-dealers, the onsite portion “may not be necessary,” Robert Cook said.

    September 24
    FINRA headquarters
  • Mark Edmondson is president and CEO of Inflo.

    September 24
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  • Naomi Snyder is a freelance writer based in Nashville, Tenn.

    September 24
  • Dr. Kathy Snider is SVP/group leader, engage Products for CO-OP Financial Services

    September 24