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What we see in wealth management.
The technology and process challenges that come up in nearly every engagement we run in this industry.
01
Book transitions and M&A integrations
When advisors move firms or when firms acquire books, getting client data, history, and relationships transferred cleanly is the difference between a great or terrible advisor onboarding experience.
02
Compliance and supervisory review at scale
SEC and FINRA expectations grow every year. The firms that scale have automated supervisory review, audit trails baked into every workflow, and compliance evidence ready on demand.
03
Advisor productivity drag
Senior advisors lose hours every week on meeting prep, client communication, and admin work that AI can handle. The opportunity cost of not deploying these tools compounds quickly.
04
CRM that does not match advisor workflow
Generic CRM does not understand household structures, advisor team assignments, fee schedules, or compliance review queues. Salesforce Financial Services Cloud done right does.
05
Custodian and TAMP integration sprawl
Schwab, Fidelity, Pershing, plus TAMPs and reporting tools — every integration is its own snowflake, with edge cases that break under load.
06
Client portal experiences that feel dated
Wealthy clients expect digital experiences that match their best banking apps. Most advisor portals look like 2014 and clients notice.
How We Help
What we deliver for wealth management firms.
Salesforce Financial Services Cloud configured for wealth
FSC implementations done right — household modeling, fee schedules, supervisory review queues, advisor team assignments, performance reporting integration.
Book transition playbook
Proven methodology and toolset for moving advisor books — client data, household relationships, transaction history, compliance trail — with zero downtime and full preservation of context.
AI advisor productivity stack
Claude and Agentforce-powered meeting prep, client communication drafting, intelligent document processing, and AI-augmented client research. Tested across hundreds of advisor seats.
Compliance and supervisory automation
Automated communication surveillance, supervisory review workflows, audit-ready compliance trails, and SEC-ready exception reporting.
Custodian integration patterns that scale
Proven patterns for Schwab/Fidelity/Pershing data sync, reconciliation, and exception handling — built to handle the edge cases that break most builds.
Modern client portals on Experience Cloud
Mobile-first client portals with portfolio visibility, secure document exchange, e-signature workflows, and AI-augmented self-service.
Regulatory & Compliance Matters
What we navigate in wealth management.
Compliance is not a separate workstream — it is embedded in every workflow we deliver. The major frameworks we work within:
SEC Rule 17a-4 (Books & Records)
Retention, immutability, and supervisory access for electronic communications and trade records.
FINRA 2210 / 3110 / 4511
Communications with the public, supervision, and books and records — all of which need evidence in your CRM.
Reg BI (Regulation Best Interest)
Disclosure tracking, conflict-of-interest evidence, and care obligations documented at the account level.
DOL Fiduciary Considerations
Rollover analysis, fiduciary status tracking, and disclosure workflows that survive an exam.
State RIA / IAR Registrations
Multi-state Form ADV updates, IAR registrations, and notice filings tracked in workflow.
Cybersecurity Rule (S-P / Reg S-ID)
Customer data safeguarding, identity theft program evidence, and breach notification workflows.
Signature Service Categories
The major wealth management practices our team runs.
Each category represents a deep specialization with dedicated playbooks, accelerators, and experienced practitioners.
01
CRM & Practice Management
Full Salesforce FSC deployments, advisor productivity systems, and integrated practice operations.
02
Compliance & Supervisory Infrastructure
SEC-ready audit trails, supervisory review workflows, and compliance evidence automation.
03
M&A and Book Transitions
Clean book transfers, data migrations, advisor onboarding playbooks, and post-merger integration.
04
AI for Advisor Productivity
Meeting prep automation, client communication drafting, and intelligent document processing.
05
Client Experience & Portals
Modern client portals, mobile experiences, secure document exchange, and digital onboarding.
Platforms & Tools
The technology stack we typically deploy here.
Salesforce Financial Services Cloud
Schwab / Fidelity / Pershing custodian integrations
Black Diamond / Orion / Tamarac
DocuSign for financial documents
AdvisorEngine / Envestnet
Anthropic Claude for advisor productivity
Salesforce Agentforce
Tableau for AUM analytics
Compliance management platforms
Integration Ecosystem
The platforms we connect to in wealth management.
Our team carries hands-on experience across the systems your firm already runs. Integration is rarely the bottleneck.
Salesforce Financial Services Cloud
Orion Advisor Tech
Black Diamond / Advent
eMoney Advisor
MoneyGuidePro
Riskalyze / Nitrogen
Schwab Advisor Services
Fidelity Wealthscape
Pershing NetX360
Albridge / BNY
DocuSign / Smart Forms
Wealthbox
Redtail CRM
Holistiplan
PreciseFP
Snappy Kraken
Calendly / SavvyCal
Microsoft 365 / Outlook
Recent Engagements
Real work for wealth management clients.
A few examples of how these capabilities show up in practice — drawn from recent and active engagements (client names anonymized where appropriate).
01
Book transition for a $3.2B AUM RIA acquisition
Migrated 4,200 households from a legacy Schwab-integrated CRM into Salesforce Financial Services Cloud with zero compliance gaps and full preservation of advisor notes, household relationships, and 7 years of activity history. Completed in 9 weeks with no advisor downtime.
02
AI-powered meeting prep for a multi-office advisory firm
Built a custom Claude-powered agent that pre-summarizes each upcoming client meeting using FSC data, recent emails, and portfolio performance — saving senior advisors 3-5 hours of prep time per week. Now in production across 80 advisors.
03
Compliance and supervisory review automation
Replaced manual SEC supervisory review of advisor communications with an automated workflow that surfaces only the items needing principal attention. Reduced supervisory hours by 60% while improving exception-catch rate.
04
Client portal redesign for a $1.8B AUM RIA
Replaced an aging client portal with a Salesforce Experience Cloud platform featuring portfolio dashboards, secure messaging, document vault, and meeting scheduling. Client portal adoption moved from 22% to 71% in six months.
05
Custodian reconciliation automation for a 12-advisor firm
Built a reconciliation workflow handling Schwab and Fidelity daily feeds with exception flagging, automated investigation, and CPA-ready audit logs. Daily reconciliation time dropped from 3 hours to 20 minutes.
How Clients Engage Us
Four ways to work with us on wealth management initiatives.
From short diagnostics to fractional leadership, every engagement model is designed around the client's stage and needs.
Model 01
Discovery & Strategy
A 2-4 week diagnostic engagement to assess current state and recommend a roadmap.
Model 02
Fixed-Scope Implementation
Defined-deliverable projects with milestone-based pricing — typical for FSC implementations and book transitions.
Model 03
Managed Services
Ongoing administration, enhancement, and support for your wealth management technology stack.
Model 04
Fractional RevOps & Technology Leadership
National practice management expertise on a fractional basis for firms not ready for a full-time CTO.
Outcomes We Deliver
The metrics we actually move for wealth management clients.
Engagements are measured by movement on the numbers that matter. These are the directions of travel we commit to.
01
Advisor admin time per week
Reduce 5-12 hours
02
New account opening cycle time
Reduce 40-65%
03
Client meetings prepared with AI
Increase 3-5x
04
Compliance exam findings
Reduce to zero material
05
Advisor onboarding (book transfer)
Reduce 50-70%
06
Client portal adoption
Increase to 70%+
Signature Frameworks
Proprietary methodologies for wealth management work.
Every engagement leverages reusable assets — frameworks, blueprints, and diagnostics built up over hundreds of client projects.
Framework 01
The Advisor Day Audit™
A two-week diagnostic that maps where advisors actually spend their time, which becomes the basis for every automation decision.
Framework 02
Practice Stack Blueprint™
Our reference architecture for connecting CRM, planning, performance reporting, custodial, and document systems in a way that scales past the founders.
Framework 03
Book Transition Playbook
A repeatable, tested process for moving advisor books between firms without losing data, clients, or compliance evidence.
Framework 04
Reg BI Readiness Review
A targeted assessment of how Reg BI disclosure and care obligations are evidenced in your platform — and what would happen in an exam.
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AI Automation in Wealth Management
How leading RIAs and broker-dealers are using AI within their CRM, planning, and operations stack to reclaim advisor hours and grow AUM.
A practitioner-level look at where AI is genuinely moving the needle inside wealth management — meeting prep automation, client communication drafting, document intelligence, and supervisory workflows — with concrete adoption patterns, governance frameworks, and ROI benchmarks drawn from real implementations.
Inside the report:
- ✓Where AI is creating measurable advisor leverage right now
- ✓CRM-embedded AI patterns that actually move retention and AUM
- ✓Compliance and supervision considerations under SEC and FINRA
- ✓A 90-day pilot framework you can run with your existing platform
Featured Insight
Insight & analysis from our wealth management team.
Practitioner-level analysis from the consultants delivering the work.
AI Implementation
What it actually takes to ship a production AI agent in 2026
AI Implementation
Case Study
Recent wealth management success story.
Systems Integration
Three CRMs consolidated into Financial Services Cloud for a multi-office wealth firm
A multi-office RIA migrated 12 years of client history into Financial Services Cloud, cutting quarterly reporting time by 70%.
-70%
Reporting time
92%
Adoption
12 yrs
Data migrated
Our Capabilities
How we help wealth management clients.
Systems Integration
Connect the systems that run your business — CRM, ERP, billing, data, AI, analytics — into one cohesive architecture.
Learn more →Custom Development
Custom applications, platform extensions, integrations, and engineered solutions built when off-the-shelf software won't fit.
Learn more →AI & Technology Consulting
Strategic guidance from certified architects plus production AI deployments. System selection, roadmaps, audits, Agentforce, custom agents, and AI strategy — all under one practice.
Learn more →Revenue Operations
Align marketing, sales, and customer success into one revenue engine. Process, forecasting, attribution, and tech-stack optimization.
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