The Advisor Lab by CION

Jessica Polito is the founder and principal of Turkey Hill Management, an M&A advisor for wealth managers. We sat down with Jessica to discuss how the growing landscape of independent fiduciaries and RIA aggregators is fueling M&A activity in the wealth management space.

Carolyn Bare is the founder and CEO of Trust Matters Financial, a financial advisory focused on investment management and wealth transfer for special needs heirs. We sat down with Carolyn to discuss tax-efficient estate planning strategies, and how advisors can use them to better serve clients with special needs scenarios.

Chris Cherry is the Head of Partnerships at Future Proof. We sat down with Chris at Future Proof Citywide to talk about how industry partnerships are the key to creating opportunities for advisors at Future Proof events.

Devon Drew is the CEO of AssetLink, a distribution platform leveraging data intelligence to connect advisors with investment solutions that meet their needs. We talked to Devon at Future Proof Citywide about data as the driving force behind AI, and the capabilities of AI in the wealth management space.

Shannon Spotswood is the CEO of RFG Advisory, a visionary RIA platform empowering independent financial advisors to build and scale their own practices. We sat down with Shannon at Future Proof Citywide to discuss succession planning, women and investing, and strategies for serving multigenerational families through the wealth transfer.

Sean Allocca is the Executive Editor of The Daily Upside, a leader in business journalism delivering economic and financial insights to over 1 million investors. We talked to Sean at Future Proof Citywide about the opportunity for advisors and their clients to invest in alternatives, and how advisors can stay informed on private market assets.

Caleb Silver is the Editor-in-Chief of Investopedia, a pivotal education resource for advisors and their clients. We sat down with Caleb at Future Proof Citywide to discuss financial education as an integral component to investing, particularly in the alternatives space. Caleb shares his insights on recent market volatility, the concerns of individual investors, and the crucial role that education...

Larry McDonald was a Vice President at Lehman Brothers in 2008, and out of that experience he produced a framework of twenty one indicators of economic health that can also detect early signals of opportunity and danger. His most recent book, How to Listen When Markets Speak, released last year, was early in connecting the dots between past, present and the future that is now. Larry and his resear...

XY Planning Network (XYPN) founders Michael Kitces and Alan Moore saw a need to do financial planning differently. They developed XYPN to make financial planning more accessible by creating a turnkey advice and planning platform that currently supports and empowers more than 2,000 independent financial advisors to serve whomever they want, however they want. Arlene Moss, lead executive business co...

Callie Cox is the chief market strategist of Ritholtz Wealth Management and the author of OptimistiCallie, a newsletter of Wall Street quality research for everyday investors. Callie has spent the past decade providing investors with rational, evidence-based insights on the markets and economy. On this episode, we get into how advisors can balance empathy and understanding with a scientifically-gr...

George Kinder, founder of the Kinder Institute of Life Planning, is internationally recognized as the Father of the Life Planning Movement. Life planning focuses on the human side of financial planning. It puts people, not products, at the center of analysis and advice, helping clients meet unique goals and unlock the greatest meaning in their lives. George has a new book, The Three Domains of Fre...

Martinelli Financial Services has been acting as a fiduciary for clients since 1981. Michael Martinelli joined his father Ernie 11 years ago, and together they've leaned into expanding the role of alternatives in HNW client portfolios. We get into how they approach it, what the pain points are, and where they see the industry going. 

We sat down with Gabe Rissman, co-founder and President of YourStake. Gabe has created a firm with a vision of simplifying advisors' work and enhancing the client journey to drive personalized investing. YourStake began with the " NoScore " data approach in 2020 to offer a transparent alternative to traditional ESG data. Today, it offers a suite of AI-driven solutions for every part of the advisor...

We sat down with Dr. Shay Harris-Pierre, a certified Financial Therapist and consultant with a Master's degree in Marriage and Family Therapy, and a PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision. Dr. Shay's work focuses on supporting advisors in strengthening their relationships with their clients and integrating interior finance concepts into their practices. She helps advisors work through generati...

Jonathan Foster, President and CEO at Angeles Wealth Management, has a created a stratgic vision for his firm that taps into his deep understanding of family wealth dynamics and the unique wealth management needs of ultra-high-net worth families and individuals. As co-founder of Angeles Wealth, Jonathan played a key role in developing the platform that offers comprehensive wealth advice and instit...

Michael Kitces needs no introduction. One of the foremost voices in the industry, he's a financial planner in his role at Buckingham Wealth, and also a commentator, speaker, blogger, podcaster and educator. From Kitces.com, to his Nerds' Eye View blog and Advisor Success podcast, Michael leads the conversations that change the industry. XYPN, the integrated support system for independent financial...

Matt Middleton is CEO of Future Proof, the most innovative and disruptive event in the wealth management industry. Only in its third year, Future Proof's events, starting with the Festival in Huntington Beach, are already the foundational and definitional events for where wealth management is going. Matt gets into his vision, and how keeping it tech-enabled and human-centered has meant both massiv...

Dr. David Kelly is the Chief Global Strategist and Head of the Global Market Insights Strategy Team for J.P. Morgan Asset Management. David provides valuable insight and perspective on the economy and markets to the institutional investor and financial advisor global communities. David's research focuses on investment implications of an evolving economic environment. He has developed a unique abil...

Robert Russo has built a powerhouse firm around the concept of helping independent advisors identify where they need support to grow, and providing that support. From the complexities of business ownership, to gap analysis to grow a practice, his firm, Independent Advisor Alliance, has a process in place. The best part? They also provide a community focused on creating peer learning, growing and r...

Julia Healey, the CEO of United Charitable (unitedcharitable.org) has spent a career working with non-profits. She helms a nonprofit organization that works closely with wealth advisors and their clients to increase a donor's ability to do more with their contributions while minimizing their tax liability through Donor Advised Funds. We get into how giving has become central to how people think ab...

Derrick Kinney is a successful advisor who has become one of the top advisor coaches with his Advisor Accelerator program. He focuses on bringing meaning to money, for both clients and advisors. Along the way, he teaches advisors how to take back time, own problems to drive to solutions, create a strategic brand and rethink events and sponsorships so they are memorable and bring results. We get in...

Michael Clarke, author of A Firm Worth Building , has figured out the balance between doing the work of an advisor and the work of running a business. Advisors can be prisoners of their own success, and Michael has created a framework and mindset for coaching advisors that covers everything from branding to firm culture to growth strategies, and that allows Advisors to focus streamline their own w...

Masha Hodi, Partner and Client Experience Officer at Cerity Partners, has worn a lot of hats in her career, and she brings that knowledge to a conception of client experience that is built on and continually references growth. She breaks down how Cerity stays in front of an ever-changing industry, and the importance of creating and maintaining a strong culture. 

Stephanie Bogan, Chief Possibility Officer for Limitless Advisor, makes redefining success upwards - for herself and the advisors, leaders and founders she partners with - look easy. But there's a career's worth of insight, intelligence, method and practice in her coaching. Stephanie gets serious about the inspiration and the hard questions in this episode. 

Adrian Johnstone, CEO of Practifi, has spent a career harnessing technology to optimize growth. Gathering data isn't enough; it's about unlocking knowledge to create a customer experience that helps firms grow at every stage. Moving from insight to action is the challenge for advisors. Doing it consistently and at scale can seem impossible. Adrian breaks down how Practifi thinks about a rapidly ev...