Managing portfolios better with wealth as a service

Financial Futures

Consumer banking, loan applications, car insurance - there are some financial services that no one was surprised to see go digital. But some others (until recently at least) seemed like they would always belong more in a mahogany-clad Wall Street office than on a phone screen. But as technology has advanced, and as consumer trends have changed, more and more services are meeting customers where they are and going digital.

And the world of wealth management is no exception to this new rule.

In this episode of Financial Futures, we learn how the as-a-service model is coming to wealth management and how this technology is democratizing this essential resource. We'll find out how demand for wealth as a service has grown in light of increasingly optimized user experiences across the tech sector and we'll learn why legacy technologies are hindering, rather than helping, wealth managers to provide the best value.

Joining us in this episode are head of wealth management at FIS Global, Luke McCabe, and head of wealth management consulting at NTT Data, Eric Bittel. They'll reveal how the wealth management landscape has evolved (and where it's going), and they'll discuss the current challenges wealth managers are facing, along with some potential solutions.

We'll also ask:

• What is wealth as a service?
• How is wealth as a service helping wealth managers to focus on higher-value work?
• What are customers demanding from the wealth management user experience?
• How can firms stay relevant and provide value to wealth management customers?
• What can wealth management professionals and firms do to prepare for WaaS adoption?
• How is WaaS making wealth management more scalable and allowing for flexible pricing models?