In|Vest West 2018 Direct

Corto Romagny is General Manager, U.S. Operations, Uxopian Software. Based in New York, he leads Uxopian Software US and global growth and works with enterprise customers and partners on content modernization and governed AI for regulated workflows.

Over the past decade, the annual revenue gap between LPL and any other independent brokerage has soared to more than 100% from less than 1%. But that doesn't mean that the No. 1 firm can rest on those laurels.

As analysts raise concerns that AI could undermine the economics of generous transition deals, executives at Ameriprise, Stifel and Raymond James wonder if firms are paying too much to recruit advisors.

Michael Geller, CPA, is a corporate tax partner at Gursey Schneider in Los Angeles.

The case for active bond management is compelling, given increased market volatility and persistent economic uncertainty, argues the president of Toews Asset Management.

With recent changes to tax law, non-grantor trusts have become attractive vehicles for gaining tax efficiencies, such as when making charitable contributions.

Executives from some of the largest firms in the channel — Ameriprise, Kestra Financial, Cetera, LPL Financial and Osaic — discuss how clearing and custody fits into their approaches to recruiting and retaining financial advisors.

Nash Qadri is the Vice President of Product Management & Development at Applied Systems, where he leads product and engineering teams focused on financial management, automated accounting, and payment solutions like Applied Pay.

Julia Jakimenko is the founder and CEO of Cyberette, an Amsterdam media forensics company backed by Rabobank and a member of NVIDIA Inception.