Wealth Management Executive Forum and Industry Awards 2017 | Penton | 8 March 2017 | Plaza Hotel  , 768 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10019, United States

Now in its 3rd year, the 2017 Executive Forum and Industry Awards recognize the companies and organizations that support financial advisor success. It has as been expanded to include an afternoon program filled with keynote speakers, CEO panel discussions and breakout sessions covering prevalent issues around technology, asset management, broker/dealers and marketing — followed by our evening industry awards gala. Over 350 professionals attended the galas in 2016.

401(k) Retirement Plan Support Services:
Envestnet
Envestnet Retirement Services (ERS)

401(k) Retirement Plan Support Services Technology:
Betterment for Business

Asset Managers – Alternatives:
361 Capital
The New Core Allocation: Long/Short Equity

Corporate Social Responsibility/Diversity:

Charles Schwab Investment Management
CSIM’s Women’s Advancement Initiatives

Socially Responsible Investing (SRI)/Impact Investing:
Envestnet

Asset Manager – Social Media Leadership:
J.P. Morgan Funds

Asset Managers – ETF Strategists:
CLS Investments
Outcome Based Investment Approach

Asset Managers – ETFs:
John Hancock Investments
ETF Research and Education Portal

Asset Managers – Equities:
Blackrock
Minimum Volatility Challenge Tool

Asset Managers – Fixed Income:
Eaton Vance
Laddered Investing Interest Rate Scenario Tool

Asset Managers – Real Estate (including REITs):
Cole Capital
Advisor Educational Resources: FINRA 15-02

Asset Managers – Separate Accounts:
Pershing
Lockwood – Managed360

Asset Manager – Thought Leadership – Product:
T. Rowe Price

MarketScene App for Financial Advisors
Asset Manager – Thought Leadership Education:
State Street Global Advisors
Addressing the Value Equation

Broker/Dealers (less than 1,000 Advisors) – Social Media Leadership:
Wedbush Securities
Wedbush Social Media Engagement Campaign

Broker/Dealers (less than 1,000 Advisors) – Transition Support:
Summit Brokerage
eLaunch

Broker/Dealers (less than 1,000 Advisors) – Service:
NEXT Financial Group
Advisor Training and Coaching Program – ELITE (Essential Lessons for Investment Training Excellence)

Broker/Dealers (less than 1,000 Advisors) – Technology:
Janney Montgomery Scott LLC
Financial Aggregation

Broker/Dealers (less than 1,000 Advisors) – Practice Management:
The Investment Center
Advisor Marketing Coaching Program

Broker/Dealers (1,000+ Advisors) – Corporate Social Responsibility/Diversity:
Commonwealth Financial Network
Birthday Wishes

Broker/Dealers (1,000+ Advisors) – Practice Management:
Securities America
Next Level with Revenue Diagnostics

Broker/Dealers (1,000+ Advisors) – Technology:
Raymond James
Client Reporting Edward Jones
Two-way Texting with Clients

Broker/Dealers (1,000+ Advisors) – Service:
Kestra Financial
Effortless Experience
Broker/Dealers – Thought Leadership:

Charles Schwab
The Schwab ETF OneSource 2016 ETF Industry Outlook
Compliance/Law Firms:
MarketCounsel
MarketCounsel and the Hamburger Law Firm + MarketCounsel Summit

Custodians (Emerging – Less Than $25 Billion) – Technology:
Millennium Trust Company
MAIN

Custodians ($25 Billion or More) Corporate Social Responsibility/Diversity:
TDAmeritrade
NextGen Initiative

Custodians ($25 Billion Or More) – Practice Management:
Charles Schwab: Schwab Advisor Services
Schwab Advisor Services Insight to Action Program – Creating a Referral Culture (CRC)

Custodians ($25 Billion Or More) – Transition Support:
Pershing LLC, a BNY Mellon Company
Strategic Banking and Liability Management Solutions to Manage Clients’ Wealth

Custodians ($25 Billion Or More) – Technology:
Pershing, a BNY Mellon company
Pershing’s Retirement Plan Network

Custodians ($25 Billion or More) – Custodian Social Media Leadership:
SEI
Practically Speaking – SEI Social Media Program

Custodians ($25 Billion or More) – Custodian Thought Leadership:
Fidelity Investments
Fidelity Helps Industry Build an Army of eAdvisors

Disruptors – Technology:
Artivest
Artivest Platform Enables Financial Advisors to Better Serve HNW with Private Alts
Disruptors – Industry:
United Capital Financial Advisers, LLC.
FinLife Partners Platform
Family Offices – Thought Leadership:

Fidelity Investments
Fidelity Provides Research and Insights on Family Office Executive Compensation
Industry Associations:
IMCA
New IMCA Applied Behavioral Finance Certificate Program

Hedge Funds/Private Equity:
CAIS
CAIS strengthens partnership with Fidelity to offer increased access to PE and hedge funds; adds Mercer institutional PE from Mercer to platform

Insurance Service:
Transamerica
Financial Planning in the Shadow of Dementia

Insurance Technology:
MetLife
Interactive Income Tool

Investment Banks/Lenders/Succession Planning Consultants:
Live Oak Bank
Advisor to Owner: Enabling internal succession

TAMPs:
Envestnet
Envestnet’s Platform

Trusts:
TD Ameritrade Institutional
Advisors Private Wealth Trust
Account Aggregation:
SS&C Advent
Black Diamond True Client-Ready Data

Client Portals:
eMoney Advisor
Innovation – New Application and Innovation – Platform

Compliance:
First Rate, Inc.
ExecView – Managing Oversight of Client Outcomes Firm-wide

Corporate Social Responsibility/Diversity:
First Rate, Inc.
First Rate Living – Making an Impact with Corporate Values

Technology Providers – CRM:
Salesforce
Transforming the Client-Advisor Relationship for the Digital Age with Salesforce Financial Services Cloud

Digital Advisors (Robo):
FolioDynamix
FolioDynamix/VisX Solutions: Integrating a ‘robo’ offering in a single platform with UMA, SMA, MF/ETF and Rep as Manager accounts

Financial Planning:

PIEtech, Inc.
myMoneyGuide Planning Experience

Document Management:
Laserfiche
Laserfiche 10
Innovation – New Applications

Vestmark
Vestmark Manager Marketplace
Innovation – Platform:

eMoney Advisor
eMoney Platform
Portfolio Management, Accounting and Performance Reports:

Orion Advisor Services
Orion Business Intelligence
Rebalancing:

Envestnet | Tamarac
Envestnet | Tamarac Advisor Rebalancing

Risk Tolerance/Client Profiling:
Riskalyze

Technology Social Media Leadership:
Hearsay Social
Hearsay Social: Predictive Social Media Technology for Advisors
Technology Thought Leadership:
Morningstar
Financial Services Observer: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Fiduciary Rule for Advisors Could Reshape the Financial Sector

Wealth Reporting/Personal Financial Managers:
Wealth Access, Inc.
PFM for Advisors