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Who We Serve
Who We Serve – At a Glance

We provide broker-dealers and Registered Investment Advisors (RIA) with insights and resources to support their vision for guiding clients to a place of greater confidence about their life goals.

Advisors

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Registered Investment Advisors
Advisors

Whether you’re looking to join another broker-dealer, you’re ready to break away to start your own RIA or join an existing Registered Investment Advisors (RIA) practice, we can help you to evaluate your options, find the right solutions and support your goals.

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Broker-Dealers

We know what it means to serve financial advisors serving clients. Combining our personal, consultative approach with a comprehensive wealth management suite, we can help you drive business growth and productivity to achieve your vision.

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Registered Investment Advisors

The Registered Investment Advisors (RIA) model is blazing new paths through the traditional advisor landscape, offering new opportunities, resources, support and true independence. We’re here to help you create the client experience you desire and the legacy you deserve.

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What we offer
What we offer
What We Offer – At a Glance

We’re not your typical custodian. With us, you’ll have access to a comprehensive wealth management suite, thoughtful insights and flexible technology.

Clearing, Custody, Settlement

Practice Management & Strategy

Research

Technology & Integration

Wealth Management
Clearing, Custody, Settlement

Our experience working with businesses like yours for more than three decades has garnered us a reputation for providing quality custodial, trade execution support and more designed to help you address all aspects of your business.

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Practice Management & Strategy

Effective growth requires superior support and innovative approaches to how you manage your business. We engage with you to understand your unique needs to help leverage your time and enable the growth and sustainability of your business.

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Research

Keeping up with the latest research, industry trends and market analysis is an important part of helping you confidently deliver investment advice. Our platform provides access to the latest research from the Wells Fargo Investment Institute (WFII) as well as research from other top-rated research providers.

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Technology & Integration

Whether you are looking for a turnkey, single sign on advisor workstation, or the flexibility to build your own solution, we’re here to partner with you to build the right solution for your business so you can spend more time creating the client experience you want.

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Transition Services

Transition means change and change can be challenging. We work with you every step of the way to make the transition process as seamless as possible, whether that’s transitioning your entire business, moving over your book of business, onboarding new clients or new advisors.

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Wealth Management

You provide clarity and guidance through thoughtful planning, we provide access to comprehensive wealth management suite that help you address both sides of your clients’ balance sheet. We connect you with subject matter experts, turnkey investment solutions and insights to help meet your clients’ complex and evolving expectations.

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Insights & Resources
Insights & Resources

In a world increasingly driven by technology and awash in data, the ways in which we relate to one another are being altered. In this disruptive landscape, advisors have the opportunity to evolve their role beyond providing financial advice through the power of conversations, connections and confidence.

The Next Frontier Overview

The Next Frontier Digest

The Next Frontier Podcast

The Next Frontier Webcast

Featured Content

Vaughan Scott: Enhancing Your Value Through Empathy and Emotional Intelligence
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articles

Creating “The Happiness Portfolio” for Clients: The Lessons of Getting Older and Post-Traumatic Growth
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Conversations Advisors Can’t Afford to Avoid with Clients and their Families
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Guiding Clients Through the Perfect Storm
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How to Start Long-Term Care Planning Conversations
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Illumination: The Other Value of “Stay-at-home”
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Living in the Post-Truth Covid-19 Era: Becoming Your Best You
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Research
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Vision Investing
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The Future of Globalization
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Q3 2021 Market Charts “Turning Data into Knowledge”
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Understanding Cryptocurrency – Special Report – November 2021
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Policy, Politics & Portfolios – November 30, 2021
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Speaker Series
Speaker Series

In our ever changing world, coming together as a community to share, learn and connect can be quite meaningful. We’ve invited three thought leaders to join us for a series of virtual presentations all around the topic of performance.

Speaker Series
The Next Frontier Digest

The Next Frontier Digest provides a monthly recap of our own well-being content along with a sampling of content from other thought leaders that we think you will enjoy.

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The Next Frontier Podcast
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Welcome to The Next Frontier podcast where we’ll break down and analyze the forces at work in our world, our culture and our businesses. Our goal is to unlock the challenges to reveal the opportunities and what it means to provide advice in the 21st century.

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Featured Content

John Lawton: 21st Century Leadership for an Ever-Changing Landscape
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The Next Frontier Webcast
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The Next Frontier Webcast Series brings together voices, resources and our community to help you move your practice into the next frontier. We hope you’ll join us for meaningful insights and actionable content – or listen to any of the recorded webcasts in our library.

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The Next Frontier Digest

Featured Content

Building Resilience in Uncertain Times
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Topics

Browse our most popular topics for insights and resources to help you build greater connections with your clients and move your practice into The Next Frontier.

Caregiving & Family

Longevity

Industry

Wellness
Videos

The Next Frontier: Coaching Tips
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Matt Oechsli: Changing Investor Expectations – Are You Ready?
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Dr. Robert Biswas-Diener: Can Money Buy Happiness?
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Dr. Joseph Coughlin: Making the Most of Our Bonus Years
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Carolyn McClanahan: What’s Next for Financial Advisors?
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Tim Ursiny: Building Better Relationships with a New Kind of Coaching
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Whitepapers

Home Sweet Home: Helping Clients Navigate Where to Live for a Lifetime
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Best Practices of Today’s Elite Advisors
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Digital Disruption: Is the Financial Advisor’s Value Under Siege?
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Gen Y Is Ready To Invest… Are You Ready To Advise Them?
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Helping Clients Navigate Longevity
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Sustaining Your Practice and Reclaiming Your Life
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Meet Gen C – Generation Caregiver
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The Next Frontier: Conversation, Connection and Confidence
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Understanding Today’s Affluent
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