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News provided by Bridge Financial Technology | Jun 14, 2022, 10:00 ET | Read on PR Newswire Next-gen wealthtech providers collaborate to make it significantly easier and faster for financial advisors to accurately assess and manage investor risk CHICAGO, June…
How Tech Benefits Advisors and Clients The Great Recession of 2008 came as a wake-up call for advisors and investors who doubted the performance-shifting characteristics of risk. The historic crash was neither the first nor the last event that altered…
Included in this issue: – Webinar Replay: StratiFi Risk + CircleBlack – Product Enhancements – Kitces on What Advisors Really Want From Their Tech – Advisor Resource: Convince an Overly Aggressive Investor to Act Wisely WEBINAR REPLAY CircleBlack +…
Article written by Bob Veres in Inside Information, February 2022 (Volume 32, Number 2). Synopsis: Is it really possible that a portfolio risk assessment tool for wealth managers could be as sophisticated as the algorithms that institutional teams are using?…
Included in this issue: – Webinar: StratiFi Risk + CircleBlack – Bob Veres Inside Info Features StratiFi – Latest Product Enhancements, including Drift Exceptions Update (video below) – New RegBI Blog Article WEBINAR ON MARCH 2 @ 4PM EST…
Over the past two decades, the responsibilities of financial professionals have shifted from opening accounts and executing trades to providing advice through financial planning. During this period, it has come into question if financial planning advice is for the benefit…
Included in this issue: – StratiFi Product Enhancements (video below) – Integration with Charles Schwab is Coming Soon – Webinar: StratiFi Risk + CircleBlack Portfolio Management – MoneyGuidePro Enhancement StratiFi Product Enhancements New features are being released! Watch the…
As the year comes to a close, we’d like to wish you Happy Holidays from everyone here at StratiFi! Included in this issue: Join us at Valor Virtual Investment Conference Product Enhancement: Customized Asset Classification Webinar Replay: Transform Your Practice…
Included in this issue: – You’re invited! Webinar with UX Wealth Partners – Join us at #XYPNLive 2021 in Denver or online – Highlights from last month’s conferences Topic: Transform your practice with modern technology for the modern RIA Webinar…
Included in this issue: – Updates from Q3 + what’s coming soon! – Join us at Insider’s Forum in a few days – What is a Tail Event Risk Rating? We made several product enhancements and feature updates in Q3……
Concentrated Stock Positions: The Backroom Joke of Wall Street A concentrated stock risk rating gives an idea of how much of a concentration in a given stock exists in the portfolio. The world’s wealthiest people have the most concentrated stock…
If you are a financial advisor, you need to be aware of reverse churning. This little-understood issue might even be a Black Swan for the wealth management industry. Reverse churning is so pernicious that it could ensnare many advisors in…
A diversification risk rating gives an idea of the true diversification of a portfolio. This depends on the level of cross-correlation that exists within the portfolio but it is often a misunderstood indicator of effective portfolio diversification. To determine if…
Included in this issue: — Join us at Bob Veres’ Insider’s Forum! — Webinar Replay: Helping Advisors Build Better Portfolios and Cultivate Stronger Client Relationships —Envestnet | MoneyGuide Integration: Partnership aimed at empowering more advisors to improve clients’ understanding of…
A tail event risk rating gives an idea of how vulnerable a portfolio would be in the rare event of a market shock. The distribution of market returns is expected to be normally distributed with the bulk of returns in…
A volatility risk rating gives an idea of how vulnerable a portfolio is to systematic risk i.e. the risk inherent to the entire market or market segment. By using StratiFi, advisors can understand how the portfolio may be expected to…
StratiFi’s PRISM technology is designed to function as an in-house portfolio risk manager. Today, PRISM analyzes portfolios for exposures to four key dimensions that are widely acknowledged as leading indicators of risk, and thus reward volatility, diversification, concentrated-stock risk, and…
Most people understand that risk is what drives return, but the concept of understanding risk before chasing return barely exists outside of the rarified world of institutional money management. Due to the asymmetry between gains and losses, failure to understand…
Even after educating clients on “diversification” and managing client emotions and behaviors, advisors often find themselves in an uncomfortable position when portfolios have unexpected losses. The traditional notion that a diversified portfolio is less volatile rests on the belief that…
Included in this issue: — Webinar Replay: Build Better Portfolios and Cultivate Stronger Client Relationships— New Partnership with MoneyGuide— Webinar Replay: Client Risk and Its Impact on a Financial Plan— Insightful Article: How to talk about risk management to clients…
Of all the difficult conversations financial advisors must have with their clients, risk is one of the most challenging. That’s because when advisors think of “risk,” it doesn’t always match their client’s understanding of risk. Yet, advisors and clients need…
By understanding your client’s behavior and investment personality and using it to guide them towards portfolios that reflect acceptable risk levels, advisors can achieve one of the most difficult feats in investing: helping clients sit tight and strategically respond to…
SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Envestnet | MoneyGuide and StratiFi, developer of award-winning PRISM Rating™ technology for financial advisors, announced a new integration partnership to empower more advisors to discuss risks just like they discuss goals in the context of a client’s financial…
It is important to confront a key fact that is too little discussed. Investors have not amassed enough experience in the financial markets to be able to measure what is said to them against actual experience. Simply focusing on long-term…
We made several product enhancements and feature updates in Q2… Integration portal allows self-serviced client onboarding Portfolio compare & analyze makes it easy to edit, compare, and analyze portfolios Account setting & proposal enhancement – details like tax status and…
The most successful investors approach the market in different ways, but they have this in common: they never lose a lot of money. That simple fact is not part of the narrative that surrounds markets and investing. Individual investors, in…
To be sure, some will dismiss the idea of defining and proactively measuring investment risk. They will praise the merits of long-term investing. They will insist that the buy-and-hold approach makes extraordinary sense. Invariably, they will raise Warren Buffett’s name,…
At a Barron’s conference of the nation’s top financial advisors, a speaker noted that about 90% of all retirement accounts are in distribution mode. This reflects the fact that there are about 50 million people in America who are over…
June 15, 2021 10:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–StratiFi, developer of award-winning PRISM Rating™ technology for financial advisors, has been selected by UX Wealth Partners as the preferred risk profiling and proposal software for its RIA partners. UX…
Whatever your view on cryptocurrency, many of your present and future clients likely own, or want to own, digital currency. So, how do you manage a client with cryptocurrency investments, particularly if they are outside of your core business offering? Advisors…
Of the world’s many mysteries, Wall Street’s success at convincing Main Street to believe in the existence of long-term investors ranks high. Through incredible marketing campaigns and repetitive messaging, Wall Street has persuaded people who dispute the existence of Leprechauns…
KINGSTON, N.J., May 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — CircleBlack has joined forces with StratiFi, developer of award-winning PRISM Rating™ technology, to allow advisors using its wealth management platform to build better portfolios and cultivate stronger client relationships by integrating StratiFi’s risk analytics into their…
The investment year is divided into 252 days. On most days, investors know what will happen, but they don’t know how the financial markets will respond. A variety of analytical methods help anticipate how stocks will react to earnings reports…
The integration will provide shared users access to StratiFi’s PRISM Rating™ technology via single sign-on through their Redtail credentialsMay 05, 2021 10:08 AM Eastern Daylight Time SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–StratiFi, developer of award-winning PRISM Rating™ technology for RIAs, Investment Managers, and BDs,…
SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–StratiFi, developer of award-winning PRISM Rating™ technology for RIAs, Investment Managers, and BDs, has announced a new partnership with Wealthbox. The two firms are working together to combine StratiFi’s award-winning PRISM Rating™ technology with Wealthbox’s CRM to enable…
Our series on the five myths that put portfolios at risk examines the reality that many individual investors and advisors do not broadly understand the concepts and disciplines of portfolio risk. Current beliefs are often from outdated ideas that are…
On March 25th, 2021, StratiFi and Wealthbox hosted a webinar with presenters Chris Kopanski, Senior Product Specialist at Wealthbox, and Akhil Lodha, Co-Founder and CEO here at StratiFi. Integrating a CRM system with a risk management system can create a…
I recently sat down with Justin Lowry of Global Beta Advisors for a webinar to discuss the embedded risks in Low Volatility and Dividend Strategies that are overlooked and may be even misunderstood. If you invested in low volatility ETFs…
This series intends to illuminate a pathway that will help advisors safeguard their practices and investor accounts. At StratiFi, we believe in a much greater focus on defining and managing risk. A risk approach is widely used among institutional investors,…
SAN FRANCISCO, February 24, 2021—StratiFi, developer of award-winning PRISM Rating™ technology for financial advisors, asset managers and broker-dealers has hired Pershing, Invesco alumni Martin Plachko, CIMA® to lead its growth and expansion. Mr. Plachko is an industry veteran and entrepreneur…
SEC Regulation Best Interest (Reg BI) became effective on June 30, 2020, a little more than a year after the SEC formally adopted it. Reg BI established a “best interest” standard of conduct for broker-dealers when making recommendations to retail…
When visiting a new country, the best way to find your way around is to map out the directions. You will also want to make an activity plan for all you’ll do once you get there. Your financial future is…
It’s no secret that the Robinhood mobile app makes it easy for beginners to start investing. However, it’s unlikely that everyone understands the potential risks of using Robinhood to purchase investments. During periods where we have volatile markets, traders with…
When it comes to your client’s investment or retirement portfolios, there’s always some level of risk. Because of this, measures such as diversification, asset allocation, and dollar cost averaging are so important. But how can you teach your clients about…
The most successful people in the world have coaches. Top athletes, CEOs of major corporations, and entrepreneurs all have trusted advisors that help improve performance. So, how can you convey this to prospective clients that need help reaching their financial…
As a financial advisor, you already know how unprecedented it is for a global health pandemic to impact the U.S. stock market powerfully. The incredible volatility that we are experiencing due to COVID-19 has been gut-wrenching for many, and your…
As families all over the nation focus on the health of loved ones, financial advisors play a significant role in helping clients take financial control of their lives. Although our client’s job security, steady income levels, and stock market prices…
For the foreseeable future, face to face client interactions will not be an option, especially with the risk to immunocompromised and elderly clients. Unfortunately, online web and video conferencing, as well as phone conversations, are lower forms of communication. Keep…
There are so many existing platforms that are being used right now to bring previously in-person gatherings — conferences, meetings, celebrations — online. The wealth of options and feature variability may have you overwhelmed with choices. We’re diving into the…
Stay at home. No groups of more than two outside. Social events canceled. These are words financial advisors don’t want to see as they are trying to grow their business. Networking right now has changed, you are no longer able…
Over the last number of years, you likely had to tell your clients the importance of being defensive. This is despite markets rallying to new highs month after month, year after year (except for 2018, of course). Why were you…
These are stressful times. When the markets are strong, advisors can keep their client base on autopilot and can grow at the pace they want. However, at times like these, when markets are incredibly volatile, your client base is stress…
If you thought the last few weeks in the markets were bad, you did not go to bed very happy Monday evening on March 3rd. Market breakers got triggered, and it was a historic day in the stock market one…
When clients hire financial advisors, there’s an expectation that their advisor will work with them to develop an investment strategy that reflects their investment profile. That’s what advisors do. And, for that, advisors are evaluated based on how those strategies…
Warren Buffett has been accused of “investing like a girl,” a charge to which he has proudly professed his guilt. The world’s most successful investor is patient and exercises self-control, muted confidence, and discipline because he strictly adheres to his…
As regulatory activity in the wealth management industry hits a fever pitch, financial advisors and their firms are increasingly finding themselves at odds with compliance departments who are under increasing pressure to keep their firms out of trouble. In some…
There are few things more life-changing than a liquidity event. It takes extensive preparation – financially and emotionally – to ensure the successful transition of wealth so that it can be preserved and used in the pursuit of new ambitions.…
After a nearly 14% gain in the first four months of the year, the MSCI EAFE index slogged through a 3% decline in the month of May, triggering concerns by advisors that it may be over for international stocks. Our…
You are your brand. Your brand is you. You may never think that this is a top business priority as a financial advisor, but your clients – current and prospective – crave insightful information. If you provide this to them…
The future is now. Financial advisors who can see it, and grab it, have an advantage over their competitors. While it is popular for some financial advisors to lament the rise of robo-advisors, the fact is that robo-advisor firms control…
For many financial advisors, email marketing is an effective way to communicate with their target market. Advisors favor email because, once it’s set up, it is easy to manage – simply Define a campaign, create content, send it out, measure…
Most financial advisors begin their careers as generalists, offering a full range of investment and insurance products to anyone who will see them. Some remain as product salespeople while others develop the knowledge, skills, and credentials to perform comprehensive financial…
Today, the vast majority of a financial advisor’s potential clients reside in a parallel universe called social media – a digital cosmos that exists alongside the physical world. It’s a place where they commune with friends, including people they really…
Most financial advisors understand the value of an ideal client profile in helping them identify the type of prospects they should pursue to grow their practice. While that may have been useful in the past, it does very little to…
The greatest intergenerational transfer of wealth in history is underway. As a financial advisor, it represents either an unprecedented opportunity or a threat to your survival. It will ultimately come down to trust The financial advisory industry has a trust…
For much of the past decade, advisors have benefitted from market-driven growth. As the markets advance, assets under management increased. Now, as the bull market trounces onward in this, its 10th year, financial advisors are increasingly thinking about something that…
In February 2019, the Standard & Poor’s 500 index hit a new high, less than two months after one of the worst one-month declines on record. From its December 24, 2018 low, the S&P 500 has gained nearly 20%, brushing…
Many people struggle with choosing a retirement income strategy that assures they will not outlive their money without assuming significant risks. The optimum strategy is especially elusive for the so-called mass affluent – households with a net worth of $100,000…
For much of the past decade, investment profits have flowed to anyone who simply bought stocks and sat tight. But now the stock market is beginning to show signs of aging. Volatility is increasing, and many investors believe that a…
One of the key lessons of the 2018 investment year is that extreme volatility can wreak havoc on investment portfolios, even those that are thought to be relatively safe due to diversification. For some investors, the answer to those problems…
The recent stock market decline is a stark reminder to investors that there is risk in index funds. This is coming as a shock to many. After years of quantitative easing, artificially low-interest rates and, more recently, a “Trump bump,”…
In 2018, volatility in the stock market returned with a vengeance, catching most investors and many advisors off guard. Advisors, who have experienced at least a couple of market cycles, understand that volatility is normal and market pullbacks are temporary,…
One thing we can say for certain is that, after a 10-year bull run with minimal volatility, the market is due for a change. With the return of extreme volatility this year and a late year selloff, the market may…
You have an online presence, either intentionally or unintentionally, or both. Go ahead and “Google” yourself or the name of your firm. Does anything come up on the first page of search results? Keep looking, you’re there, somewhere. Hopefully it…
San Francisco, September 13, 2019 – StratiFi Technologies Inc., which is democratizing risk management to help financial advisors and their clients make better financial decisions, announced that it has won the WealthManagement.com 2019 Industry Award for the top Compliance Technology for Financial…
Leading RIA firms understand that the key to profitable growth is to optimize their ability to specialize in their core business functions of client management and business development, while effectively managing the complexity of growing investment and back-office operations. But,…
Call it what you will – cynicism, disillusionment, enlightenment – an increasing number of clients are no longer willing to tolerate product-centric recommendations masking as financial advice. Increasingly, they are beginning to question the value of investment advice that isn’t…
More than any other type of professional advisor – be it a doctor, a lawyer, an accountant or a counselor – financial advisors have an extraordinary opportunity to build a profitable business around unique abilities that can be shared with…
It may be the closest thing to a blind side that financial advisors will ever experience. The theme is becoming more commonplace: The husband of a couple you’ve worked with for 10 years dies suddenly from a heart attack. Within…
Anyone with an ambition of getting to the next level and beyond is bound to reach a critical juncture when they realize that what got them to where they are isn’t enough to propel them further. As a financial advisor, you…
Howard Marks, one of the world’s great money managers, has a simple message for financial advisors: focus on defining and managing financial risk for your clients or risk extinction. In an interview, Marks, co-founder of Oaktree Capital Management, said advisors…
The wild gyrations that have characterized the market this year should be a stark reminder to financial advisors of the importance of having a defined communications plan in place if they want to retain the assets of anxious clients. Timely…
The wild stock market gyrations this year have shocked investors who had been lulled into complacency during a largely uninterrupted rally over the previous decade. Suddenly, the word ‘volatility’ is dominating stock market discussions, and investors are being warned that…
It has been nearly a decade since the global financial crisis and, while investors are beginning to regain their confidence in the markets, many are still having difficulty overcoming the trust deficit created by financial advisors who treated them as…
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