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Optimize The Growth and Profitability of your Business with LPL Financial – With Guest Rich Steinmeier



In this episode, David Armstrong, editor in chief at WealthManagement.com, talks to LPL Financial’s Rich Steinmeier. Today, Rich discusses the firm’s tech strategy for business owners and independent advisors. While it allows business owners to reach their business goals, it allows advisors to secure their and their client’s financial path.  

LPL is a three-category finalist for 2020’s WealthManagement.com industry awards.

In this conversation, you’ll learn:

  • The firm’s CFO Solutions as a tool for advisors and business owners designed to cut expenses and maximize profit 
  • LPL Financial’s technological approach and its benefits for independent practices 
  • How these tools increase advisor flexibility 
  • Affiliation Models as independent LPL Financial employee models
  • And more!

Tune in to discover how these platforms can effectively help you outsource achieving efficient practice results! 

Resources:  WealthManagement.com | LPL Financial | Rich Steinmeier 


Addressing Systematic Volatility with Hercules Investments – With Guest James McDonald



In this episode, David Armstrong, editor in chief at WealthManagement.com, talks to Hercules Investments’ James McDonald. Today, James not only discusses all things volatility but also explains different risk-related techniques professionals can use to keep clients comfortable with their portfolios in the market.  Hercules Investments won a 2020 Wealthies Award for being the top Alternative Asset Manager.

In this conversation, you’ll learn:

  • How Hercules Investments capitalizes on systematic volatility  
  • The company’s risk hedging technique designed to help financial advisors and clients  
  • How James McDonald’s firm helps financial advisors grow their prospects 
  • Hercules Investments’ ideal client as those who got aggressive growth goals  
  • And more!

Tune in to discover different ways that Hercules Investments can provide you with overlay strategies while giving you market volatility protection! 

Resources: WealthManagement.com | Hercules Investments | James McDonald


Laserfiche’s Award-Winning Vault and Cloud System –– With Linda Ding & Justin Pava



Laserfiche provides intelligent content management and business process automation to boost productivity, scale your business, and deliver a digital-first customer experience.

In this episode, David Armstrong, editor-in-chief at Wealthmanagement.com, talks to Linda Ding and Justin Pava about Laserfiche’s award-winning vault and cloud platform and how it helps financial professionals with their document management.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

  • How Laserfiche’s vault and cloud system can better archive, automate, and organize your financial practice  
  • Why broker-dealer compliance is a breeze with the firm’s vault integration 
  • About the company’s AI automatic capture platform and its similarities to IPhone’s face-recognition feature 
  • About Laserfiche’s workflow bots and their ability to simplify manual tasks  
  • And more!

Tune in as Linda and Justin reveal how financial advisory firms and aspiring leaders can better integrate their vision towards an improved digital ecosystem!  

Resources:  WealthManagement.com | Laserfiche


New 401(k) Fee-for-Service Advice Program with Cetera –– With Jon Anderson & Kaci Skidgel



The new Fee-for-Service Advice Program at Cetera Financial Group provides financial professionals with holistic tools to help and support clients with their retirement-related finances. 

In this episode, David Armstrong, editor in chief at Wealthmanagement.com, talks to Jon Anderson and Kaci Skidgel. Today’s guests discuss their award-winning platform while providing insight into their firm’s financial wellness programs and how they can help improve financial outcomes while reducing its stress implications.  

In this episode, you’ll learn:

  • How the 401(k) Fee-for-Service Advice Program enhances the client-advisor relationship
  • How financial professionals can set their service charges and receive online payments 
  • About the benefits of Cetera’s financial wellness programs 
  • The role of advisors when financial issues impact employee performance 
  • And more!

Tune in to learn about Cetera’s 401(k) Fee-for-Service Advice Program! 

Resources:  WealthManagement.com | Cetera Financial Group  | Your Summit | Kaci Skidgel


Advanced Technology for Advisors with Practifi



With headquarters in Australia and a branch in Chicago, Practifi is a company that’s all about developing convenient technology for all busy financial advisors out there.

Listen in as David Armstrong, Editor and Chief at Wealthmanagement.com, and Practifi’s Co-Founder & Chief Commercial Officer, Adrian Johnstone, talk about his company’s technological customer relationship management (CRM) approach and the advanced platform-building experience.  

In this episode, you’ll learn:

  • How Practifi can help financial advisors achieve an integrated professional experience
  • Ways the firm’s technology better connects remote-located workforce 
  • The company’s automation and customization approach  
  • And more!

Tune in as Adrian discusses the financial services technological ecosystem in both the American and Australian markets! 

Resources:  WealthManagement.com | Practifi


Simplify Your RIA Life — With Yang Xu of TradingFront



In this episode, David Armstrong, Editor and Chief at Wealthmanagement.com, speaks with Yang Xu, CEO of TradingFront, a white label robo-advisor solution.  TradingFront was a finalist in two categories at this year’s Wealthies in the categories of Client Onboarding and Client Portal Technology. Yang has also been recognized as one of the “Ten to Watch for 2021” by wealthmangement.com.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

  • How the idea came about for the creation of TradingFront
  • What exactly does TradingFront do for RIA’s
  • Which type of advisors are ideal clients for TradingFront
  • What does TradingFront have in the works for the future
  • And more!

Listen now to get insight into how wealth management will be delivered in the future. 

Resources:  Wealth Management | TradingFront