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.

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Raymond James tapped industry veteran Mark Buchanan to lead a new ESOP advisory group focused on tax-advantaged succession strategies.
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Internal succession planning is messier but aligns with a true fiduciary firm's core values, argues Neela Hummel of Abacus Wealth.
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Karthik Sankara Narayanan is head of payments engineering at Entrata.
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The language that financial advisors use in their first interactions with prospective customers could make or break the relationship, according to an expert.
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Amol Dalvi is vice president of product at
Nerdio . With more than 15 years of experience leading product and engineering teams, he is a seasoned software product executive with rich expertise in Microsoft, cloud and SaaS. He oversees both Nerdio Manager for MSP and Nerdio Manager for Enterprise products.February 3 -
The SEC's decision marks a startling reversal from the full-court press it had mounted against Commonwealth Financial Network in 2019 over alleged failures to disclose conflicts of interest in its brokers' mutual fund recommendations.
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In a Q&A interview, Christine Brown explained her plans for the role leading a team of a half dozen specialists assisting Kestra financial advisors.
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Artificial intelligence tops the investment priority list for family offices globally, a survey from JPMorgan's private bank shows, though allocations lag and remain concentrated in public equities.
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An extremely large proportion of people trust AI with financial information and guidance, probably more than they should.
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Michael Abbott is the Banking & Capital Markets Industry Group lead at Accenture.
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