AFO|Wealth Management Forward

Rob and Rory speak with Ted Denbow, the VP and Head of Sales at Right Capital , an industry-leading financial planning software provider. With over 25 years in the financial services industry, Ted discusses the challenges he observed in the field and how Right Capital seeks to solve them. Ted also explains the innovations that have taken place in the industry over the last decade, the challenges i...

Rob and Rory speak with CPA Eric Pierre, who Forbes has listed as a Top Tax Twitter account to follow, and who is the CEO, Owner, and Principal of Pierre Accounting which provides tax and financial services to clients of all sizes. Eric’s long history in the field includes work at Delloite and Fortune 500 companies. Eric speaks about his firm’s shift from compliance to advisory services and highli...

Rob and Rory speak with Scott Tarra of Connexian who works with broker-dealers and with both SEC and State Registered Investment Advisors on registration and compliance needs. Scott talks about the new marketing Rule 206(4)-1 which will go into effect May 4th 2021 which sets new guidelines for solicitors and modernizes the marketing rules to reflect today’s landscape of technology and social media...

Rob and Rory speak with markets reporter Amrith Ramkumar of The Wall Street Journal to discuss Specials Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) . In this episode, we touch on the SPAC craze that has hit the financial markets in 2020 and continued into 2021. Amrith discusses the history of SPACs from a niche product used by a group of wealthy individuals to it now utilized by most of Wall St. and Sil...

Dr. Sean Stein Smith joins Rob and Rory on AFO|Wealth Management Forward podcast to talk about blockchain, cryptocurrency, the pending IPO of Coinbase, and NFT’s. Dr. Smith is a Professor at Lehman College and Forbes Crypto, contributor. Dr. Smith breaks down how crypto and NFT’s are taxed and the many common issues taxpayers are running into when it comes to reporting and filing taxes. You’ll be...

Licensing and Compliance Episode:   Arrowroot Family Office CEO Rob Santos and Director Rory Henry discuss Licensing and Compliance Basics for accounting firms adopting Holistic Wealth Management. They go over each of the licensing requirements, from outsourcing to partnering to building your own Registered Investment Advisory Firm in house. They touch on easy ways to Get Started and technolo...

Investment Advisory Episode:   Arrowroot Family Office CEO Rob Santos and Director Rory Henry discuss implementing Investment Advisory into your firm. They cover various solutions from outsourcing, partnerships, to building your own Registered Investment Advisory Firm In House. They discuss technological innovations in the space that have solved most of the operational and compliance problems...

Estate Planning Episode:   Arrowroot Family Office CEO Rob Santos and Director Rory Henry discuss how to implement Estate Planning into your firm. They cover the importance of having an estate plan to avoid the problems of Probate and technological innovations in the space that allow non-attorneys to be able to service clients with Estate Plans.   Estate Planning and Holistic Wealth Mana...

In this episode: Arrowroot Family Office CEO Rob Santos and Director Rory Henry introduce Wealth Management Forward and explain how accounting firms can implement a Holistic Wealth Management Strategy to transform the way they do business. They discuss the history of Investment Advisory from the "cliche" historical stockbroker to the current Registered Investment Advisor who is bound by a fiduciar...