In|Vest Conference

Bradley Leimer, Moderator, Managing Director and Head of Fintech Strategy Explorer Advisory & Capital, Dann Bibas, CEO, Fountain, Deborah Owens, CEO, WealthyU, Saad Zariff, Vice President of North America, Wahed Invest LLC.

Bryan Mullin, CFA, Head, Alternative Investments, RBC Wealth Management, James Waldinger, CEO, Artivest

ESG goes mainstream

Alexandria Partners’ CEO asks InVest Conference attendees how much they assume they are being clear.

Panelists: Augustine SC Hong, CEO and Co-Managing Partner, Alexandria Capital; Peter Phelan, Founder & CEO, ValuesCulture; and Patrick Tucker, Founder, True Measure Advisors.

The makings of a true destination RIA

To teach its automated advice platform how to help advisers communicate with clients, the company has sought to develop a bank of knowledge about psychology and other expertise beyond traditional wealth management.

Advisors and clients would benefit acknowledging what's really driving financial decisions.

Advisors often fail to truly understand their clients' most vital goals, an advisor says at the InVest Conference.

Panelists: Danielle Fava, Director, Product Strategy and Development, TD Ameritrade Institutional; Andrew Manning, MBA, FCSI®, Head of Wealth Management Intermediaries Marketing, Americas Invesco; and Max G. Winthrop, CEO, Winthrop Wealth Management.

The challenge in automating cross-selling to customers online is figuring out how to integrate with the core banking platform.

City National is using digital tools to smooth the transition for clients and advisers. Here’s how the bank's doing it.

“I’m perennially scared of overwhelming our customers,” Acorns CEO Noah Kerner says at the InVest Conference.

Panelists: Randy Bullard, General Manager of Wealth Management, SigFig; Hannah Grove, Managing Director and Chief Marketing Officer, iCapital Network; Jon Stevenson, Head of Wealth Management & Banking, MoneyLion; and Kendra Thompson, Managing Director, NA Head of Wealth Management, Accenture.

High-powered portfolio simulations, security and client communication are among the most promising possibilities, say tech leaders at Morgan Stanley, D-Wave and Clovyr.

Analytics for retirement readiness.

Panelists: Hollie Fagan, Managing Director, BlackRock; Estee Jimerson, Managing Director – Head of Asset Manager Distribution & Engagement, Envestnet; Kunal Kapoor, CFA, Chief Executive Officer, Morningstar; Natalie Wolfsen, EVP and Chief Solutions Officer, AssetMark.

Envestnet sees asset management as poised for major changes as broker-dealers move to fee-based business.

Panelists: Amber Baldet, Co-founder, CEO, Clovyr; Vern Brownell, CEO, D-Wave; Salvatore Cucchiara, Head of Wealth Management Technology, Morgan Stanley; Aaron Spradlin, Co-Founder & CEO, cleverDome, Inc.

Perimeter security is broken, says Amber Baldet, former head of blockchain at JPMorgan Chase and founder of fintech startup Clovyr.