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A Chat With HankA Chat with Bill Kieffer, Founder of Kieffer & AssociatesToday’s chat is with Bill Kieffer. Bill is the Founder of Kieffer & Associates where he specializes in military veteran career transition, executive coaching, and strategic talent management. His recently authored “Military Career Transition: Insights from the Employer Side of the Desk”, debuted as the #1 New Release in Amazon’s Job-Hunting Category in July 2021. Besides some personal banter, we discuss his background and how he has helped coach veterans through their military to civilian transition. He also shares wonderful insights that benefit businesses looking to better understand and enhance engagement with current and future veteran employees. To find out more about...2022-03-291h 03A Chat With HankA Chat with Erika DeBlasi, President and Founder of Advisor ExpressionsToday’s discussion is with Erika DeBlasi. Erika is the President and Founder of Advisor Expressions which is a marketing partner for financial professionals who lack the time to market their own practice that acts as your marketing coach and quarterback, all in one. She provides advisors with a broad spectrum of marketing and communication strategies and then implements and monitors them for the firm. To find out about Advisor Expressions, we have a link on our Outside Resources page or you can visit them at Advisor Expressions. 2022-03-1545 minA Chat With HankA Chat with Richard Heft, President of Extension MarketingToday’s discussion is with Richard Heft. Richard is the Co-Founder and President at Extension Marketing. Extension Marketing is dedicated to marketing specifically to financial services companies, which includes asset and investment managers, wealth managers, RIA’s, hybrids, broker-dealers, and numerous other financial institutions and business models. Extension Marketing delivers a wealth of experience and bring a fresh approach or a new angle to make an engaging impact to your target audience. We talk a bit of his personal journey, the trends in the industry to delivering marketing solutions and other valuable marketing insights. To find out more about Exte...2022-03-0756 minA Chat With HankA Chat with Christian Hyldahl, Founder and President of Varium Investment PartnersToday’s discussion is with Christian Hyldahl. Christian is the Founder and President of Varium Investment Partners, an “in-sourced” CIO solution for independent RIA’s. With over 150 years of investment experience, Varium Investment Partners created a method that focuses on managing investment solutions which is designed to maximize the ROI in the investment process. Advisors' clients receive an integrated and institutional caliber investment solution so advisors can accelerate AUM growth by focusing on client service and business development all while capturing substantial amounts of "lost" value normally transferred to third party investment solutions. We discuss the differentiating factors when comparing...2022-02-2158 minA Chat With HankA Chat with Elysabeth Alfano, CEO at VegTechToday’s discussion is with Elysabeth Alfano, CEO at VegTech. VegTech is a new ETF in the sector of plant-based innovation. Elysabeth is also the Founder of Plant Powered Consulting, which is a boutique firm crafting powerful brand stories and identities in the expanding plant-based marketplace. Besides the investment side and the consulting work, she also hosts the weekly Plantbased Business Hour where she interviews leaders in the plant-based arena for a deeper dive into the trends of the sector. This business hour is also supplemented by The Plantbased Business Minute, which is a weekly show that gives a brief...2022-02-1151 minA Chat With HankA Chat with Susan Danzig, founder of Susan Danzig, LLCToday’s discussion is with Susan Danzig founder of Susan Danzig LLC , where she focuses on business development coaching for professionals in the financial services industry. For over 20 years, Susan has worked with financial services professionals by helping them understand, appreciate, and clarify their true value, define their specialization, and create effective marketing strategies. We discuss her personal path, the driving factors that guided her to where she is today and more importantly, how one can better utilize proven strategies to enhance a practice that is more efficient resulting in increased revenues. You can find out more about Susan and...2022-02-0238 minA Chat With HankA Chat with Adam Green, CEO at YieldXToday’s discussion is with Adam Green, Adam is the CEO at YieldX which he co-founded with the present CIO, Steve Gross. Adam is no stranger to the entrepreneurial world. His first entrepreneurial venture was with Insomnia Cookies, which he helped develop while a student at Syracuse University. He teamed with friends to develop the concept into a business that has been a part of just about every college student’s late night culinary/munchie experience. In 2013, along with a team of leading technologists and financiers, Adam co-founded MoneyLion with Dee Choubey. MoneyLion is a mobile finance platform that empo...2022-01-1144 minA Chat With HankA Chat with Mark Schoeff Jr. Senior Reporter with Investment NewsToday’s discussion is with Mark Schoeff Jr. For nearly 12 years, Marks been a Senior Reporter with Investment News, where he writes about legislation and regulations affecting retail investment advisers and brokers. He been reporting extensively on the DOL’s fiduciary rule, on SEC’s REG B.I. and other investment-advice reforms of the most profound regulatory changes seen in a generation. Mark also covers FINRA, the House Financial Services Committee, the Senate Banking Committee and other Capitol Hill committees and regulators. Mark and I discuss some very timely topics, which includes SEC emphasis on ESG regulation, REG BI enforcement...2022-01-1142 minA Chat With HankA Chat with Bridget Venus Grimes, Co-Founder Equita Financial NetworkToday’s discussion is with Bridget Venus Grimes. Bridget is the Founder of WealthChoice, a financial planning firm focused on helping women turn their professional success into financial success and she’s also the Co-Founder of Equita Financial Network, a collaboration of women-led financial planning firms. In 2018, she authored Corner Office Choices: The Executive Woman’s Guide to Financial Freedom, where she addresses the unique issues women face in business, from addressing common obstacles and reaching goals to protecting assets while nurturing personal passions She’s been featured online at CNBC, Forbes and Investor’s Business Daily. To find out more ab...2021-09-0840 minA Chat With HankExecutive Placement ServicesA brief review of the most commonly asked questions regarding executive placements, which includes the different compensations models for headhunters, fee expectations and avoidable mistakes. We also discuss, what to look for in a placement firm and how to determine if they are the right partner to help fulfill your hiring needs. Learn how we refined our existing placement services by developing a unique retainer model that is extremely low risk, but still provides all the benefits and is highly effective in terms of success and the quality of hire. To find out more about our Executive Placement services...2021-09-0122 minA Chat With HankA Chat with Chad Ramberg, President of Box Professional InsuranceToday’s discussion is with Chad Ramberg, President of Box Professional Insurance. Box Professional Insurance serves investment companies that are regulated by the SEC and state registered advisors and investment companies that are conditionally exempt. Clients include RIA’s, public funds (mutual funds, ETF’s, etc.) private funds, family offices and other business structures where the investment advice is deeply associated with a CPA, insurance agency, trust company or attorney. Chad and I chat about the firm, the different business models they serve and how his previous experience gives him a great perspective of those they serve. We also ge...2021-06-0958 minA Chat With HankA Chat with Kristi Sachs, CEO of WorkFlow MindfulnessToday’s discussion is with Kristi Sachs, she is the CEO of WorkFlow Mindfulness. Today we are discussing Mindfulness, what it means, how it can benefit not only individuals, but the clear influence on leaders, managers, customers as well as the benefits to the bottom line of a company. We also chat about how Mindfulness can help people take control of people’s lives, guide them towards their goals and to better understand how to balance a successful work life along a healthy personal life. You can visit her firm here. Podcast transcript available here.2021-06-021h 02A Chat With HankA Chat with Jerry Michael, Founder & CEO of Smartleaf Asset Management LLCToday’s discussion is with Jerry Michael, Founder & CEO of Smartleaf Asset Management LLC (SAM). SAM is an SEC-Registered Investment Advisor that leverages the advanced automated rebalancing workflow platform of its parent company SAM Inc. to provide customized, tax-optimized unified managed account (UMA) rebalancing and trade execution services. We discuss how wealth management firms, asset managers, and investment advisors can remove themselves from the portfolio workflow management and spend more time with their clients and prospects. We also discuss the industries deeply held belief that a model-based portfolio implies a “cookie cutter” approach, when instead models-based portfolios, through automation, allow c...2021-05-1743 minA Chat With HankA Chat with Derek BrutonToday’s chat is with Derek Bruton, who is well known and respected in our industry. In his 30 plus year career, he’s had the ability to “see and understand where the puck is going” in the financial services industry. His understanding of trends, best practices and experience has allowed him to create competitive advantages for all the businesses he has led. Presently Derek is the host of “Can You Hold My Attention” podcast, where he’s had such noted guests as William Sharpe (Sharpe Ratio), Chris Dudley & Detlef Shcremp from the NBA and Jeff Kleintop and Fran Tarkenton just to name a f...2021-05-1143 min
A Chat With HankA Chat with T.J. Gardner of GeoWealthToday’s discussion is with TJ Gardner , SVP, Business Development at GeoWealth. GeoWealth is a leading financial technology and turnkey asset management platform (TAMP), combining a comprehensive and fully integrated platform with best-in-class portfolio solutions for both third-party and advisor-managed model portfolios. We discuss how their customizable open-architecture platform, and their proven spectrum of investment strategies address all essential needs of investment advisors at any size or stage by helping them grow faster and serve their clients more efficiently. To find out more about GeoWealth, click here.2021-04-1933 minA Chat With HankA Chat with John Vekich of ForesideToday’s discussion is with John Vekich, Managing Director at Foreside. Foreside solutions covers the fund, broker-dealer, and advisor compliance landscapes. They are dedicated to delivering innovative services that not only meet current requirements but also anticipate emerging regulatory and marketplace developments. Clients rely on Foreside to provide the information, operational support and strategic advice that are needed to thrive in today’s complex arena of investments, compliance, and risk management. We discuss their breakaway broker platform and core services available to those practices breaking away from the traditional brokerage affiliation and running their own RIA. You can visit them...2021-04-0524 minA Chat With HankA Chat with Brent Owens, President of cfd Investments & Creative Financial DesignsToday’s chat is with Brent Owens, President of the cfd Investments and Creative Financial Designs. Their mission is to provide financial advisers with the necessary support, tools, techniques, quality financial products, and technologies for the achievement of their clients’ goals and objectives through a team of home office personnel committed to serving advisers in a Christ-like manner. They believe that you cannot push someone to the top of the mountain without getting there yourself. To find out more about cfd, you can visit them here. Podcast transcript available here. 2021-03-3132 minA Chat With HankA Chat with Steve Zuschin of LifeYieldToday’s chat is with Steve Zuschin, Executive V.P. at LifeYield. LifeYield utilizes technology to optimize asset location, make tax-smart withdrawals and maximize Social Security to manage household wealth. LifeYield looks across all accounts and holdings to show advisers how to improve overall tax efficiency, identify intelligent withdrawals and maximize Social Security benefits for clients. To visit LifeYield, click here.2021-03-2620 minA Chat With HankA Chat with Shauna Mace, Founder of Inspire GrowthToday’s discussion is with Shauna Mace, Founder of Inspire Growth , a business consulting firm specialized in sales. Shauna partners with financial advisors, asset managers and businesses in financial services who are ready to uncover and act on their best opportunities through holistic growth plans, project-based engagements, and workshops. Take inspired action towards your goals to drive tangible results. You can visit her site here.2021-03-0232 minA Chat With HankA Chat with Mac Bartine, CEO of SmartRIAToday’s discussion is with Mac Bartine, CEO of SmartRIA. SmartRIA is the industry’s leading provider of SaaS automated compliance software solutions for Registered Investment Advisors, wealth and asset managers and their staff. To find out more about SmartRIA, click here.2021-02-2529 minA Chat With HankA Chat with Jason Ford, CEO of Steel Patriot PartnersToday’s discussion is with Jason Ford, CEO of Steel Patriot Partners. Steel Patriot Partners provides outsourced IT, simplified cybersecurity, and compliance services to remove the burden of day-to-day technology operations with a focus on information security as businesses navigate digital transformations. Steel Patriot Partners works primarily with financial practices and firms struggling to figure out where to start with managing their IT, cybersecurity operations, and implement solutions to protect businesses from security events. You can find out more about them here. Podcast transcript available here.2021-02-1820 minA Chat With HankA Chat with Derren Burrell, Founder & President at Veteran Ventures CapitalToday’s discussion is with Derren Burrell, founder and president of Veteran Ventures Capital, a service-disabled veteran owned business. To acknowledge the value of experience, sacrifice and character, Veteran Ventures Capital invests in vetted investment opportunities in qualified veteran-affiliated businesses that have military veteran leadership. Derren is a 21-year veteran of the USAF. Previously he was the COO at TAG resources, a fiduciary outsourcing company that managed over $1B in assets. Derren’s last active-duty tour was as the Resources Director of the White House Communications Staff.2021-01-2023 minA Chat With HankLearn about Principal Agent RelationshipsLearn about how an Agent, can develop a structured roadmap and manage the projects more resourcefully through due diligence, comparative analysis, communication effectiveness, and recognize likely risks, while eliminating the emotionally based decisions and underlying mistakes that exist in these projects. This allows business owners, the Principal, to think clearly and remain focused on the motivations for change and stay engaged to the core competency of their practice without fretting about the added damaging impacts and disruptions to existing workflows and revenues. Transcript available here.2021-01-0718 minA Chat With HankWhite Label SolutionsLearn how our White Label Solution is customized with your brand, logo, and identity and how it can consolidate and distribute all your business development efforts, marketing content, podcast, webinars and social media posts into a single platform along with the powerful ability to deliver compatibility matching between prospective advisers and all the uniquely different business models and locations represented by your firm either regionally or nationally. Transcript available here.2021-01-0713 minA Chat With HankA Chat with Sage Rutty & Co...105 years and counting!A candid discussion with Wayne Holly and Trevor Holly from Sage Rutty on how the financial firm has not only survived 105 years, but continues to grow, prosper, and remain relevant in this ever-changing industry. To find out more about Sage Rutty, click here. Podcast transcript available here. 2020-12-0934 minA Chat With HankOverview of our Outside ResourcesThis is a brief overview of our Outside Resources section which is dedicated to product and service groups that provide either business solutions or insights that benefit the investment community. 2020-12-0707 minA Chat With HankWhat is "A Chat with Hank"?Since this is the first installation in this podcast, we wanted to give you the listener an outline of our firm and the intention of the upcoming podcasts. To find out more about Adviser First Partners, click here. Transcript available here.2020-12-0112 min