John O'Connell was recently interviewed by Wealth Management about Cybersecurity adoption among RIAs. Adoption has remained low, and the reason isn't awareness, most firms have outsourced IT and assumed that covers cybersecurity, when in reality it's a distinct, multi-part discipline spanning employee training, endpoint security, email security, cloud security, and field hygiene for traveling...
John O'Connell wrote this piece for Wealth Solutions Report on why RIAs facing Schwab's new $5 block trade fee should look at trading discipline before touching their pricing. Most firms can reduce their fee exposure through trading discipline alone, before any conversation about pricing strategy becomes necessary, he argues. Re-balancing frequency, drift bands, and...
Wealth management firms are grappling with an increasing demand for transparency, personalization, and efficiency. To navigate these demands, they rely on a robust set of technology solutions, more commonly referred to as their technology stack.
Wealth management firms are grappling with an increasing demand for transparency, personalization, and efficiency. To navigate these demands, they rely on a robust set of technology solutions, more commonly referred to as their technology stack.
The RIA technology landscape is evolving rapidly - it seems like there are new platforms popping up daily to support nearly every aspect of an RIA’s operations. How do you evaluate new tech vendors?
TradePMR has issued a warning in a new white paper to Registered Investment Advisors (RIAs) – it's time to understand who owns your client data or lose access to valuable data and potential firm valuation.
RIA firm data can influence everything from operations to client service to firm valuation. But before advisors can look to analyze and utilize that data, they need to figure out what data they have.
Do you own your data? That may sound like a strange question. Why wouldn’t you own it? It’s yours after all!
Are you ready to unlock the power of data for your RIA? First things first, let’s figure out what data you have access to and what data your firm actually owns?
The Department of Homeland Security has set up a page warning of cyberattacks emanating from Russia, and both the SEC and FINRA echoed those concerns in notices to the public.
