Swift Chats in the Financial Services Industry

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Welcome to "Swift Chats" in the Financial Services Industry, a podcast brought to you by Impact Communications, where your hosts Marie Swift and Jonny Swift speak with interesting people in the financial services industry and the financial planning profession. Our podcast spotlights independent financial advisory firms, allied financial services institutions, and "fintech" companies that we think are adopting "Best Practices" in the industry. We also share our own tools and ideas aimed at helping independent financial advisors throughout the various conversations. Learn more at https://www.ImpactCommunications.org

  1. Jul 16

    Building Trust Through Education-First Financial Planning with Beth Mosshart

    In this Swift Chat conversation, show host Marie Swift speaks with Beth Mosshart, co-founder and Chief Operating Officer at StraightLine, an award-winning Registered Investment Adviser (RIA), about how their education-first philosophy, a disciplined planning process, and research-driven investment approach help clients feel more confident about their financial futures. Mosshart explains how StraightLine's "Educate, Plan, Invest" framework shapes everything from client conversations to portfolio construction. She offers practical steps anyone can take to simplify their finances, protect their loved ones, and build toward long-term goals. Learn more about Beth Mosshart and StraightLine at www.StraightLine.com.

    Building Trust Through Education-First Financial Planning with Beth Mosshart

  2. Jul 6

    Humanizing Financial Advice in the Age of AI with Frank Corrado

    ​In this Swift chat conversation, Marie Swift sits down with Frank Corrado, a fiduciary financial advisor whose career has spanned public accounting, two decades at JP Morgan, over 20 years running his own independent RIA, and founder of Pivot Point, which partners with financial advisors and their clients as a "Chief Behavioral Officer" to help people move from insight to action at life's pivotal decision-making moments. Corrado shares the pivot points that shaped his path, from leaving Wall Street after 9/11 to earning his CFP, becoming a Registered Life Planner through the Kinder Institute of Life Planning, and now pursuing the Certification Financial Transitionist through the Financial Transitionist Institute. Corrado highlights his new white paper, The Strategic Power of Humanization in Modern Wealth Management, which makes the case that the advisory profession is shifting from product and service-centric models toward a deeply human-centered practice. The conversation digs into the difference between personalization and humanization, why "soft skills" are in fact core skills, and how AI can free advisors to spend more time being guides rather than mechanics – without ever replacing genuine empathy and listening. He also touches on the benefits of being a member of the Alliance of Comprehensive Planners (ACP) and how that methodology and community of like-minded financial planning and wealth management professionals has been an important part of his success.   Whether you're a financial advisor looking to deepen client relationships, build enterprise value, or simply rethink your value proposition in the age of AI, this conversation offers a thoughtful, experience-tested perspective on what it really means to put people first.   Connect with Frank Corrado on LinkedIn or learn more at www.GoPivotPoint.com.

    Humanizing Financial Advice in the Age of AI with Frank Corrado

  3. Jun 8

    Bringing Transparency to Alternative Investment Data with Stacy Chitty and Henry Zelikovsky

    In this Swift Chat conversation, Marie Swift speaks with Stacy Chitty of Blue Vault and Henry Zelikovsky of Softlab360 to discuss how better data and modern technology are transforming the way financial advisors and asset managers evaluate alternative investments.   The conversation explores Blue Vault's new research portal, built to bring greater transparency, usability, and depth to alternative investment data. With a Snowflake-backed data infrastructure and standardized performance metrics, the portal helps users analyze and compare offerings across non-traded REITs, BDCs, interval funds, tender offer funds, DSTs, and more.   Chitty shares his thoughts on why the market needed a better way to access alternative investment research and how Blue Vault has been collecting and vetting performance-based data since 2009. He emphasizes that the portal makes it easier to access standardized performance metrics, compare offerings, and evaluate risk, leverage, distributions, and other details that matter when assessing alternative investments. Zelikovsky highlights how Softlab360 helped build the portal's underlying technology and data architecture to support more flexible, scalable, and granular analysis. He sees the portal as a foundation for future capabilities like comparative analysis and more interactive, conversational ways to work with the data.   Learn more about Stacy Chitty and Blue Vault at www.BlueVaultPartners.com.   Learn more about Henry Zelikovsky and www.Softlab360.com.

    Bringing Transparency to Alternative Investment Data with Stacy Chitty and Henry Zelikovsky

  4. May 21

    T3 Hot & Happening 2026 – Part 3: Data, Workflows, and the Human Side of AI

    The 2026 T3 Technology Tools for Today Conference brought the buzz, the breakthroughs, and the big ideas to New Orleans, where financial advisors and fintech leaders gathered to cut through the noise and get practical about what's next in the financial services industry. From AI University to can't-miss conversations on the latest wealthtech trends, the Hot & Happening Podcast series captured the energy and insights from this year's conference.   In the final part of this three-part special series, Shawna Ohm of Content 151 sat down with a variety of fintech executives, consultants, and thought leaders – many of whom were speakers at #T32026 – to explore how AI is reshaping the wealthtech landscape, major product and platform themes that aim to improve advisor efficiency, and why advisors need thoughtful adoption, stronger data foundations, and human oversight.   Guests include: Bob Veres – Inside Information: 0:47 – 9:30 Ned Dane – AdvisorEngine: 9:31 – 17:08 Darren Tedesco – Advisor360:  17:09 – 23:21 Jeff Coyle – Libretto: 23:22 – 30:19 Paul Gilbert – Myriad Advisor Solutions: 30:20 – 38:33 Mike Bennett – EncorEstate Plans: 38:34 – 43:57 Paul Ehrlichman – Flextion AI: 43:58 – 50:30 Henry Zelikovsky – Softlab360: 50:31 – 58:34 Check out Part 2 for even more great conversations!

  5. May 4

    T3 Hot & Happening 2026 – Part 2: AI, Automation, and the Future of Advice

    The 2026 T3 Technology Tools for Today Conference brought the buzz, the breakthroughs, and the big ideas to New Orleans, where financial advisors and fintech leaders gathered to cut through the noise and get practical about what's next in the financial services industry. From AI University to can't-miss conversations on the latest wealthtech trends, the Hot & Happening Podcast series captured the energy and insights from this year's conference.   In part two of this three-part special series, Shawna Ohm of Content 151 sat down with a variety of fintech executives, consultants, and thought leaders – many of whom were speakers at #T32026 – to explore how firms are using AI more practically, why unified data and better workflows matter, and what advisors need to do now to scale, market effectively, and stay relevant as technology and client expectations evolve.   Guests include: Joel Bruckenstein – T3 Technology Tools for Today: 0:47 – 6:34 Robb Baldwin – TradePMR: 6:35 – 12:52 Kevin Hughes – Advyzon: 12:53 – 19:02 Sean Sandys – Syntax Data: 19:03 – 25:14 Babu Sivadasan – JIFFY.ai: 25:15 – 30:56 Christophe Gauthron – Kwanti: 30:57 – 39:35 Gerard Michael – Smartleaf: 39:36 – 46:07 John O'Connell – The Oasis Group: 46:08 – 55:08   Stay tuned for Part 3 with even more great conversations!

  6. Apr 7

    T3 Hot & Happening 2026 – Part 1: Building Smarter Advisor Relationships with Maximizer

    The 2026 T3 Technology Tools for Today Conference brought the buzz, the breakthroughs, and the big ideas to New Orleans, where financial advisors and fintech leaders gathered to cut through the noise and get practical about what's next in the financial services industry. From AI University to can't-miss conversations on the latest wealthtech trends, the Hot & Happening Podcast series captured the energy and insights from this year's conference.   In part one of this three-part special series, Shawna Ohm of Content 151 sat down with Alex Ackermans, Vice President of Product & Engineering at Maximizer, who was the sponsor of the T3 Podcast Station at the 2026 T3 Conference. Their discussion explores how Maximizer's CRM and AI-powered IQ Boost tool are helping advisors streamline workflows, unify data, and strengthen client relationships in an increasingly AI-driven industry. They also discuss how advisors can use technology more effectively without losing the relationship-centered value that defines great advice.   Stay tuned for Part 2 with even more great conversations!

  7. Jan 13

    Agentic AI, GenAI, WealthTech Knowledge, T3, and more with John O'Connell

    John O'Connell of The Oasis Group and Marie Swift of Impact Communications dig into predictions for 2026 when it comes to AI and technology for wealth managers, investment advisors, and financial planners. They cover AI Meeting aids, Agentic AI, Brand Voice Guidelines and custom GPTs, prompt engineering, and so much more. John and Marie will both be at the 2026 T3 Technology Conference happening in New Orleans March 9-12, 2026. John will also be doing a live Agentic AI demonstration from the stage on Monday March 9 as a part of T3's AI University, a daylong experiential and engagement opportunity that will open your eyes to a wider array of AI and tech applications. John's BOGO, which runs until 11:59pm ET on January 31, 2026 + 2 other special discount codes are highlighted at the end of the conversation and can be found below. Learn more about John and his webinars, keynotes, CTO roundtables, AI Tech Map, white papers and more at www.TheOasisGrp.com. The Oasis Group's T3 Technology Conference discount codes: $50 off AI University day pass: T3OASISAIU50 $200 off a full conference ticket: T3OASIS26 Buy-One-Get-One offer for the full conference: T3OASIS26BOGO

    Agentic AI, GenAI, WealthTech Knowledge, T3, and more with John O'Connell

  8. 12/09/2025

    Unpacking 45 Years of Financial Planning Evolution with Bob Veres

    In this Swift Chat conversation, Marie Swift speaks with renowned industry commentator and author Bob Veres to explore his sweeping new book, "A Behind the Scenes History of Financial Planning and the Profession: My 45-Year Journey as an Insider." Veres shares how he went from knowing almost nothing about financial planning in the early 1980s to chronicling the evolution of the profession from sales-driven roots to a true fiduciary calling, including vivid stories from the early IAFP days, the rise of NAPFA, and the ongoing tug-of-war between product pushers and client-centric planners. The conversation traces the profession's major inflection points, the collapse of limited partnerships, the tech wreck, the Great Recession, and the COVID pandemic, and how each crisis exposed weaknesses, tested advisor–client relationships, and ultimately elevated the value of real planning over pure asset management. Veres also offers candid views on regulatory capture, the SEC's treatment of fee-only advisors, and why higher, self-imposed standards remain the true engine of professionalism and public trust in advice. He reveals the "secret formula" he has observed among the most enduringly successful advisors: a willingness to think, read, and continuously adapt early to new realities, from fee-only models to modern planning standards and emerging technologies, rather than waiting until change becomes a threat. Whether you are a seasoned practitioner or newer to financial planning, this conversation delivers a rich mix of history, hard truths, and hopeful direction for anyone who cares about where the profession has been and where it needs to go next. Get the book and learn more about Bob Veres at www.BobVeres.com.

    Unpacking 45 Years of Financial Planning Evolution with Bob Veres
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Welcome to "Swift Chats" in the Financial Services Industry, a podcast brought to you by Impact Communications, where your hosts Marie Swift and Jonny Swift speak with interesting people in the financial services industry and the financial planning profession. Our podcast spotlights independent financial advisory firms, allied financial services institutions, and "fintech" companies that we think are adopting "Best Practices" in the industry. We also share our own tools and ideas aimed at helping independent financial advisors throughout the various conversations. Learn more at https://www.ImpactCommunications.org

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