Aligning investments in technology with wealth management strategies
Gone are the days when a wealth advisor and their client primarily collaborated across a desk or on a phone call. Today’s investors are increasingly interested in the environmental, societal, and governance impacts of their investments, and they’re taking a more active role in managing their affairs leveraging technology. Javelin’s analysts consider investing today—including such things as the rise of cryptocurrencies and the emergence of private capital—and deliver insights that can improve the tech capabilities of advisors to give them greater flexibility, scale and digital investor collaboration in today’s markets.
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RIA Custody: Building Connectivity for Growth
On ongoing evolution in the RIA custody landscape represents a fundamental shift in how custodians support advisors and their clients. Technology and service have become intertwined pillars of modern custody offerings, with established players a...
Scaling Wealth Management as U.S. Household Financial Assets Grow
Wealth management professionals can now implement practical strategies for scaling high-touch services, leverage emerging technologies, and develop tiered service models that extend family office capabilities to a rapidly growing high-net-worth ...
Political and Social Event Markets: A New Intelligence Opportunity for Wealth Managers
Political event markets inform portfolio risk management and bolster client engagement. Strategies to incorporate these predictive tools into the investment process expand client relationships and risk management, bringing political, social, and...
Document Management Systems: An Opportunity for Accelerated Growth
Document management systems in wealth management are rapidly evolving beyond their traditional role as digital filing cabinets by taking on characteristics of CRM platforms and becoming central operational hubs for advisory firms. Javelin’s late...
2025 Wealth Management Trends
The wealth management and investor landscapes continue to move into the uncharted waters of rapidly changing technology, economic uncertainty, and political and social change. As advisor and investor behaviors evolve with workflow automation, th...
Art Meets Fintech: Curating the Future of Wealth Management
The world of art collecting and investment, once the province of ultra-high-net-worth investors, is being made more accessible by a range of fintechs offering a variety of ownership models and starting points. These offerings allow wealth manage...
T+1: Balancing Efficiency, Risk, and Global Coordination
As the United States implements a T+1 settlement cycle in securities transactions, the country is poised to achieve a significant milestone. Successful preparation for the cycle, which took effect on May 28, has engendered industry-wide collabor...
Financial Planning Platforms Get Savvy
Pressure is mounting for tech vendors that cater to registered investment advisors to grow market share while the pool of financial advisors remains relatively static. In tandem, the barriers to managing client wealth and segment complexity are ...
A New Model for Investor Engagement
This report, sponsored by Capintel, examines emerging investor dynamics that compel the reimagination of the client experience in wealth management. This research report was independently produced by Javelin Strategy & Research. Javelin Strategy...
Generative AI and the New Next Best Action
Financial advisors’ next best action (NBA) for clients is at the center of generative AI and predictive AI applications for wealth managers. New client analytics and automated generation of prompts is positioned to transform how advice is optimi...