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Paul Bryant is partner of advocacy, equity and engagement at Plante Moran.

Cost segregation could reap real real tax advantages when it comes to IRA-to-Roth IRA conversions — but advisors must know if the pricey initial study makes it cost effective.

Josh Jones is Chief Revenue Officer at Kapitus, one of the most reliable and respected names in small business financing. With over 15 years of experience, Josh has a specialization in building brands and has a proven track record of successfully establishing, reorganizing, and scaling businesses within FinTech. Kapitus provides growth capital to small businesses and has provided over $6 billion to over 50,000 small businesses since 2006.

Portfolio managers are shifting to platforms that offer an all-in-one, single point of entry for making different portfolio transactions. Cerulli reports the trend is picking up steam.

With brokerages, consolidation, lawsuits and more, independence ain’t what it used to be. Advisors who want to break away must contend with ever-changing options and obstacles to define their own version of independence.

Instead of shying away from fraught interactions as the presidential race heats up, financial advisors say it's important to face them head-on.

While she has promoted the Biden administration's policies, she has campaigned on ideas that are more far-reaching in scope than the president's plans.

Gilles Gade is the founder and CEO of Cross River Bank, or CRB, and has served as its chairman, president and CEO since its inception in 2008. Gilles possesses over 20 years of experience in investment banking and venture capital including co-founder and managing director of Chela Technology Partners and Chela Internet Ventures, a boutique investment bank and venture fund focusing on emerging technologies and telecommunications; technology investment banker at Barclays Capital; and FIG investment banker at Bear Stearns. Gilles started his career in 1990 at Citicorp Venture Capital. Gade graduated from the MBA Institute IMIP (Groupe IPESUP) in Paris with an M.S. in international management.

Daniel Brockley is the head of content at Vanilla, where he and his team support advisors and clients with the resources they need to have more powerful estate planning conversations.

Prior to joining Vanilla, he led an industry-leading content program for TaxJar, a sales tax compliance platform, which was acquired by Stripe. Previously, he led brand, advertising, visual design and content as the director of brand creative at Axon. Before that, he worked as a writer and creative leader on the agency side for clients such as Microsoft, Amazon, Hulu, Starbucks, Homestreet Bank and more.