Anniversaries are important to us at WIS. This month we're featuring Michael Moody, Registered Representative. The celebration of anniversaries gives us an opportunity to remember why we are all here... (more…)
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In most states the legal age for alcohol consumption is 21. And you must actually be 21. When you hand your driver’s license (more…)
Tip – You need more than luck to attract high net worth clients. (more…)
Understanding why your clients make the financial decisions they do can assist you in training them to break the behaviors that (more…)
WIS Advisor Gino Chiappetta picked up a 1973 Ford Mustang from an estate in the Toledo, OH area 5 months ago, and shares how he (more…)
Tip – Better time management makes a better advisory practice. (more…)
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You are invited to an exclusive in-person financial planning event hosted by Producers Choice Network. (more…)
Invesco Investment Solutions (IIS) is the multi-asset solutions engine for Invesco. As of June 30, 2021, IIS manages $83.7 billion of (more…)
Tip – Intergenerational client retention is good business (more…)
Securities and Exchange Commission adopted amendments to Exchange Act Rule 15c2-11, an important component of the (more…)
Due to a missed reporting cut off time, NFS was unable to price GWG holdings for September statements. WIS has been working with (more…)
Mary Palmer, Administrator of Compliance, celebrated her birthday yesterday at the Pasadena home office. (more…)
Last Friday I had a great time on the Half Moon Bay Golf Links with Santa Rosa advisors Gerard Gloisten and Adam Wiatrak, and (more…)
Each year, National Financial and Pershing charge an inactive fee for accounts considered inactive between Jan 1 and Dec 31 (more…)
Meet Evelyn Rodriguez, the new administrative assistant to WIS representative Serge Barbir. She joined us at the beginning (more…)
Join us Thursday, September 9 at 1:30 pm PT as we chat with Linda Brosche and Mary Daniel. We’ll discuss all things New Accounts: (more…)
Long-term care planning is evolving, and modern solutions have changed. With healthcare costs rising, clients look to you for solutions. (more…)
The other day an advisor called us with an issue that comes up frequently, especially in these tumultuous times. His client (more…)
Tip – Publishing boosts your positioning and business development (more…)
In observance of Labor Day, WIS and all financial and fixed income markets will be closed on Monday, September 6, 2021. (more…)
It’s a beautiful day here in Newport Beach! Don Bizub and I spent some time with strategic partners Scott Heinila from (more…)
Effective September 7, 2021, Pershing will no longer accept buy orders in certain U.S. over-the-counter (OTC) securities (more…)
Please join us next week for an Advisor Forum hosted by QUODD. (more…)
If you were unable to attend our annual Advisor Satisfaction Survey Drawing, it's not too late to watch. (more…)
If you weren’t able to watch last week’s tech hangout featuring Linda Brosche, Vice President of Account Services – don’t worry! (more…)
Anniversaries are important to us at WIS. This month we're featuring Thomas Turpin, Registered Representative. The celebration of anniversaries gives us an opportunity to remember why we are all here... (more…)
Kevin BeardChief Growth Officer and Founding Partner |
Kevin is responsible for the firm’s overall growth and acquisition strategy and financial professional recruitment.
Kevin has more than 20 years of experience in the independent broker-dealer (IBD) industry. Before founding Atria, he led the Recruiting and Acquisition Strategy division for AIG Advisor Group, where he developed the firm’s advisor recruiting strategy and led the comprehensive planning process for all acquisitions. He also successfully led numerous IBD platform acquisitions and established an advisor recruiting team. Before his tenure at AIG Advisor Group, Kevin was a regional director with Rehmann and co-founded two companies: Innovative Advanced Resources, a specialized, high net worth investment distribution and business advisory firm serving financial advisors and asset managers, and Beard Management Inc., a wealth management consulting firm. Kevin earned a Bachelor of Arts in finance from Kent State University. He currently serves as Northeast Ohio Corporate Chair for the Arthritis Foundation and Secretary for the FSI Marketing Council. He is also a member of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee for the Bank Insurance & Securities Association. |
Eugene Elias Jr.Chief Operating Officer and Founding Partner |
Eugene has more than 20 years of experience in wealth management, leading businesses, technology and operations. He has focused his entire career on deepening the relationship between advisors and technology, empowering them to become more efficient and equipping them with the tools they need to grow their practices.
In 2017, Eugene and two partners founded Atria Wealth Solutions to provide financial professionals with a next generation set of tools, services and capabilities that would not only enable them to prosper in today’s environment but provide them with a clear path to the future of wealth management. He began his career as a financial advisor — an experience that gives him a unique perspective on creating advisor-minded solutions. Before founding Atria, Eugene was responsible for Morgan Stanley’s client and advisor platforms, leading key initiatives that included the rollout of client-facing mobile applications and redesigning the firm’s advisor workstation and client website. He spent six years in Europe running Morgan Stanley’s international technology platform for its EMEA and Asian International Private Wealth Management businesses. Eugene also served as CIO of Zions Bancorporation’s newly created wealth management unit, Contango Capital Advisors, where he designed and implemented the unit’s operating platform. |
Doug KettererChief Executive Officer and Founding Partner |
Doug has over 30 years of experience in the wealth management industry. Before launching Atria in 2017, he spent most of his career at Morgan Stanley, where he successfully led the firm’s entire U.S. financial advisor and branch office network as the Head of Field Management and was responsible for its Private Wealth Management business, focusing on ultra-high-net-worth clients.
Doug also held multiple leadership positions within Morgan Stanley’s wealth management division, including oversight of the product and services organization and development of the strategy and client segmentation organization. Beyond his wealth management experience, he served as a key executive in Morgan Stanley’s asset management division and spent many years in investment banking. Doug earned a Bachelor of Science in finance from The University at Albany and an MBA from New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business. He serves on the Board of Directors of Atria Wealth Solutions, the board of the Financial Services Institute and is the president of a 9/11-related 501(c)(3) focused on providing scholarships to college students in financial need. |
Bill MorrisseyPresident |
With extensive experience and a successful track record of designing a value proposition that drives growth for financial professionals and wealth management firms, Bill is an authority in combining the best elements of highly effective growth and practice management strategies that optimize the culture and quality of the financial professional community.
A proven background in executive leadership at prominent independent, wirehouse and regional broker-dealers gives him unmatched insight into developing an environment that best positions the independent financial professional for success in every area of a financial practice. |
