Power Your Advice

Quinton Alston-Spratt is the Head of Advisor Practice Management at Franklin Templeton, a company that serves as a full-service broker-dealer and registered investment adviser. Doug and Quinton sat down at the Envestnet Advisor Summit and talked about how Franklin Templeton created the “Changing Phases of Wealth” program to help financial advisors prepare for the changing landscape.  They also dis...

Rick Pitcairn is the Chief Investment Officer at Pitcairn, a business that has partnered with some of the world’s wealthiest families to meet their needs and drive better outcomes – year-to-year, decade-to-decade, generation-to-generation. In today’s episode, Doug and Rick talk about the evolution of financial investments over the last 100 years and how Pitcairn helps families grow their inv...

Jaime Golden is the President of Acquisitions at Kingswood U.S., a n SEC-registered RIA and a FINRA-licensed broker/dealer that offers comprehensive wealth management and business-building services designed specifically for the independent financial advisor.   In today’s episode, Doug and Jaime talk about the importance of advisors finding the right fit and what they should take under consideratio...

Benjamin Hurn is the senior vice president of Channel Development at YieldX, an end-to-end digital platform with smart workflows, AI-powered analytics and a reimagined user experience for financial professionals and investors in the fixed income markets. Doug and Ben sat down at the T3 Advisor Conference and talked about the growing trend of advisors planning for income streams for their clients....

Lydia Pinnell Lawrie is the senior strategist at Clarity AI, a company that brings societal impact to markets. They build-in a customizable, scalable sustainability tech kit to your existing workflow, which empowers you to efficiently and confidently assess, analyze and report on anything valuable to your clients and everything required by law. Doug and Lydia sat down at the T3 Advisor Conference...

Axos Advisor Services is an RIA custodian that delivers individualized attention, intuitive technology, and knowledgeable consulting support to financial advisors. In his role as the head of RIA Custody there, Mike Watson is in a unique position to observe, understand and help advisors make sense of the constant evolution of client expectations and their own business models.  In today’s episode, D...

Danielle White is the owner of Myriad Advisor Solutions, a business consulting firm and one-stop shop for independent financial advisors.   Doug and Danielle sat down at the T3 Advisor Conference and talked about the continued migration of advisors and why they decide to change firms. They also discuss The fears/concerns that prevent advisors from moving The mechanical things advisors need to cons...

Drew Force is the founder and creative director of Force Brand Design, a brand development agency in Portland, OR.  Drew has been helping people and companies go beyond storytelling to tell the truth for decades.  In today’s episode, Doug and Drew discuss marketing – where they both see the industry doing well, and where they see room for improvement. They also discuss  Why it is important to be d...

Gerry Murphy is the CEO of Arcus Partners, a forward-thinking, fintech and service-focused company whose team and unique brands align with their clients, partners and investors to continuously improve how financial services companies run and grow their businesses. Doug and Gerry sat down at the T3 Advisor Conference and talked about his passion for new technology and why he joined Arcus Partners t...

Kristian Borghesan is the Vice President of Marketing and Growth at FutureVault, an industry-leading provider of secure document exchange and Digital Vault solutions for the financial services industry that enables institutions, advisors, and clients to manage information better, together.  Doug and Kristian sat down at the T3 Advisor Conference and talked about how technology can enable clients t...

Chris Field is the Chief Growth Officer at Holistiplan, a tax planning software solution that helps financial planners be more comprehensive and more efficient.   Doug and Chris sat down at the T3 Advisor Conference and talked about how taxes are part of every thing an advisor does for a client, and how Holistiplan can help advisors conduct forward-looking tax planning reports to better meet their...

Mike Nessim is the CEO and Managing Director of Kingswood U.S., a n SEC-registered RIA and a FINRA-licensed broker/dealer that offers comprehensive wealth management and business-building services designed specifically for the independent financial advisor.   In today’s episode, Doug and Mike talk about Kingswood’s extraordinary growth and how his leadership style and focus on working hard, trying...

Michael Scaplen is the senior vice president of sales and relationship management at Axos Clearing, a company that prides itself on delivering flexible solutions backed by innovative technology, experienced industry professionals and access to leading bank products.  In today’s episode, Doug and Michael talk about technology and innovation – how clearing houses in general should be thinking about...

Axos Advisor Services is an RIA custodian that delivers individualized attention, intuitive technology, and knowledgeable consulting support to financial advisors. In his role as the head of RIA Custody there, Mike Watson is in a unique position to observe, understand and help advisors make sense of the constant evolution of client expectations and their own business models.  In today’s episode, D...

Realto, through its partnership with Axos Clearing, became the first ever platform to have a fully electronic secondary transaction of an alternative investment.  In today’s episode, Michael Scaplen, Senior Vice President of Sales at Axos Clearing, LLC, and Brian King, CEO and Co-Found of Realto again join Doug for a discussion about the importance of choosing the right partner for now and into th...

Tony Leal is President at Envestnet | MoneyGuide, a resource that helps advisors’ clients define and prioritize their goals into needs, wants and wishes before meeting with them.  In today’s episode, Doug and Tony talk about the evolution of retirement planning over the last 20 years and how Envestnet, through the MoneyGuide Pro platform, helps advisors better discuss their clients’ retirement asp...

Rochelle Moulton is the President of Be Unforgettable Media, co-host of The Business of Authority podcast, and author of The Authority Code: How to Position, Monetize and Sell Your Expertise. In this episode of Power Your Advice, Doug and Rochelle talk about what it means to be an authority and how to capitalize on this superpower in managing your practice.  Examples of people who are authorities...

Douglas Blake is the managing director of investment solutions at Kingswood U.S., An SEC-registered RIA and a FINRA-licensed broker/dealer that offers comprehensive wealth management and business-building services designed specifically for the independent financial advisor. In this episode of Power Your Advice, Doug and Doug talk about one of the hottest asset classes around: alternatives.  The ba...

We love to hear, learn from and share advisor stories. What works for them, what challenges they face, how they continually up their game, and what they’ve learned along the way that has helped shape the advisor they are today. Today’s guest is Paul Lee from Kingswood U.S., an advisor with a rapidly advancing career who helps the next generation of investors make smart investment choices. In...

Mike Watson is the head of RIA Services at Axos Advisor Services, a hybrid custodian and financial services company that offers powerful, integrated custodial and banking solutions designed to enable RIAs to offer a wider range of services to their clients. In this episode of Power Your Advice, Doug and Mike talk about Mike’s 30+-year career in financial services and his perspective on some of the...

Frank Bonnano is a managing director and head of marketing at StoneCastle Partners, LLC. Stonecastle provides stable, cost-efficient funding to bank throughout the U.S. and harnesses this demand to create unique fixed-income cash products for institutional depositors.   In today’s episode, Doug & Frank talk about a subject we have not discussed on our more than one hundred podcasts at Advisorp...

Matthew Radgowski is head of Advisor Services at Morningstar. Morningstar Advisor Services helps financial advisors harvest the power of Morningstar data and research and integrate it in the way they work.   Doug and Matt sat down at the FSI OneVoice Summit and talked about Morningstar Advisor Services and their primary focus on discovering key trends that impact the delivery of advice and then de...

Tom Huddleston is the Chief Information Officer and managing director of Redi2 Technologies, the leading provider of hosted fee billing and revenue management solutions for asset and wealth managers.   Doug and Tom sat down at the FSI OneVoice Summit and talked about Redi2 and billing – not the most glamorous of topics, but one of the most practical and important to everyone in the industry. They...

Forest Harper is the President & CEO of INROADS,  a non-profit organization focused on offering talented, underrepresented youth a pathway from high school to college and throughout their career that breaks through the glass ceiling and closes the opportunity and wealth gaps. INROADS career development pathway extends a support system that can last a lifetime.   Doug and Forest sat down at the...

Brian Bleasdell is the Chief Product Officer at Flyer Financial Technologies.  Flyer Financial Technologies develops advanced technology for managing complex, multi–asset, institutional securities trading using highly scalable software and network technologies.   Doug and Brian sat down at the FSI OneVoice Summit and talked about what Flyer Financial Technologies actually does that makes them...