Integrations, analytics and measured innovation are the guidelines the former AssetMark CEO will follow in stitching together the firm’s bundle of businesses into a unified wealthstack.
Gregory Gardner relies in large measure on technologies from Orion Advisor Solutions to run and manage his $85 million in AUM RIA, but has gone a different route with some of his tech.
Firms will have to be transparent, provide adequate guardrails and deliver impactful strategies to succeed because while AI won't replace humans it is not going away.
Ron Chandler, president of Summit Investment Management, provides an honest assessment of the technology tools used by the $75-million-AUM firm to work with clients and drive business.
Industry leaders speaking at AdviceTech.Live said they have spent significant sums of money on the development of AI to increase both automation and scale, but the human advisor remains central.