For most of the past two decades, prediction markets were treated as academic toys. Now, regulated prediction markets are emerging as a credible new financial category. This shift deserves serious attention from the wealth management community.
In this article from Wealth Solutions Report, John O'Connell and other wealthtech experts share their expectations on AI in the wealth management industry in 2026. John shares how he thinks that the wealth management industry stands at an inflection point.
John O'Connell authored this article for Advisor Perspectives by VettaFi, covering how smaller firms can achieve meaningful, defensible data lineage using tools they already own — if they understand what lineage actually means in practice.
While your compliance team debates whether to allow the latest LLMs, most of your advisors are already using it on their personal phones. They are entering client data, portfolio ideas, and internal research into systems your firm has never reviewed. How will you take control of it before regulators and cybercriminals do?
In this article by Marie Swift published in Wealth Solutions Report, she discusses brand voice standards in the age of AI and reflects on insights gleaned during a recent conversation with John O’Connell, discussing how The Oasis Group approaches brand voice using modern tools including Claude Enterprise.
John O'Connell authored this piece for WealthManagement.com, discussing how prediction markets have moved from academic curiosities to regulated financial venues - but the regulatory environment that governs them is still evolving.
In this video interview with industry reporter Chris Latham, John O'Connell discusses the major wealthtech and AI trends of 2025 in the wealth management industry, as well as trends to watch out for in 2026 and 2027.
John O’Connell authored this article in Wealth Solutions Report, sharing how Kalshi has brought prediction markets into regulated finance by becoming the first U.S. Designated Contract Market for event contracts and warning wealth management firms that even if they never offer event contracts directly, they must understand these products.
In our latest Peaks Perspective article, we delve into the rise of prediction markets and event contracts in the wealth management industry and give a clear engagement strategy framework for advisors beginning to see signs of prediction market activity in their client base.
John O'Connell was published in Advisorpedia discussing how FanDuel has become a household name in sports wagering, but its newest move reaches well beyond sports. FanDuel, in partnership with CME Group, is preparing to launch a regulated prediction-markets platform that will allow users to trade event-based financial contracts.
