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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From AI advancements to greater access to private markets to the forces shaping retirement, six experts share their hot takes on what's just over the horizon in wealth management.
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Dr. Marla McLaughlin serves as chief medical officer at Apree Health, the parent company of Castlight Health and Vera Whole Health. With decades of experience as a primary care physician, she partners with employers to design high-value benefits strategies that combine advanced primary care and digital navigation, driving measurable ROI while improving employee health outcomes.
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Mary Kate Gulick's case was dismissed with prejudice, a year after the case's allegations against a major RIA drew significant attention across the industry.
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Financial advisors and their clients have a range of options to consider for traditional IRA holdings — but also a finite deadline.
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Popular retirement withdrawal strategies like the 4% rule assume a steady rate of spending for retirees. But new research from J.P. Morgan shows that premise is often disconnected from reality.
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The loss of a $129 billion team for Merrill set the high-water mark in a year that also saw the departure of huge teams from UBS, JPMorgan, Wells Fargo and Oppenheimer.
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Thomas Rauschen is Global Industry Lead for CGI's insurance sector, where he helps strengthen the company's role as a trusted partner to insurers worldwide. With 20+ years of leadership experience across financial services, insurance and consulting, he brings deep expertise in strategy execution, business transformation, and operational excellence — guided by a strong focus on technology innovation. Drawing on a global perspective shaped by work across property and casualty, life and health, reinsurance, and brokerage markets, Thomas delivers strategic insights that help clients achieve measurable results.
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent outlined how Trump accounts could be opened, managed and used for children's savings and future retirement. Here's what advisors should know.
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Madhu Nadig is the co-founder and CTO of
Flagright , a provider of transaction monitoring and AML compliance software.December 26












