The second day of Wealth Administration EDGE on Wednesday included a sequence of firsts.
The primary-ever kayak outing, sport present, velocity painter, headshot sales space, InvestTours and extra.
Nonetheless, a number of the hottest components of the convention continued this 12 months as properly: Tech Excursions and demos, RIA Edge 100 wine tasting, next-gen meet up, mentor velocity courting and ice cream within the expo corridor.
In between all of the enjoyable and video games, the likes of Focus Monetary CEO Michael Nathanson, Rise Development Companions founder Joe Duran, TradePMR President and CEO Robb Baldwin and others took the stage in entrance of an viewers of 1,600 attendees, together with 1,000 monetary advisors, at The Boca Raton resort in Boca Raton, Fla.
Nathanson talked about “interdependence” and the way the trade has modified.
“We have now moved from a interval of fierce independence, which was successfully a response to wirehouses and suitability and folks trying to get nearer to shoppers, into interdependence,” he mentioned. “Now we are able to embrace one of the best a part of independence but additionally the advantages of working collectively.”
Duran and the trade’s self-proclaimed nerd, Michael Kitces, participated in a “Monetary Feud” sport present the place they debated matters akin to non-public fairness, succession planning and the worth of a model.
The duo disagreed on many of the matters, however did agree that the present custodial mannequin is damaged and has enormous fiduciary points.
Kitces mentioned that it was an advisor’s job to reduce conflicts of curiosity, and the present construction doesn’t enable that, whereas Duran urged advisors to be considerate concerning the multi-custodial mannequin.
View the next gallery for extra scenes from Day 2 at Wealth Administration EDGE.