Tag: Compliance

What Advisors Should Do When Your Broker-Dealer Sells (Ep. 18)

What Advisors Should Do When Your Broker-Dealer Sells (Ep. 18)

When your independent broker-dealer sells, it can change everything about how you serve clients and run your business.

In this episode, Daren Blonski and Carmine Corino break down what happens when your firm sells or changes direction and what you can do about it. From evaluating alignment and fiduciary responsibility to exploring independence, they share hard truths about how these transitions impact advisors and their clients.

They discuss: 

  • How advisors should assess whether to stay with a sold firm, move to another, or go independent
  • Why private equity ownership often creates misalignment between advisors, clients, and shareholders
  • How the concept of fiduciary duty gets distorted within broker-dealers
  • The consequences of compliance and “selling away” rules that protect firms, not clients
  • Why true independence may be the only way to gain long-term alignment and control
  • And more!

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Breaking Free with AI and Smarter Tech for Advisors (Ep. 14)

Breaking Free with AI and Smarter Tech for Advisors (Ep. 14)

Advisors today must decide whether technology will hold them back or propel them forward. Big firms often utilize AI to reduce costs, while independent advisors can leverage it to enhance efficiency and the client experience.

How can AI empower advisors instead of replacing them? How do you build a tech stack that supports growth rather than restricts it?

In this episode of The Broken Dealer, Carmine Corino and Daren Blonski delve into how AI and automation are transforming the role of advisors. They share real examples of tools that work, discuss why independence offers more autonomy, and explain how technology can elevate both practice management and client service.

Key takeaways include:

  • How AI is giving small-town advisors the capabilities of big firms
  • Why large broker-dealers restrict innovation to protect the “lowest common denominator”
  • Practical examples of AI streamlining tax planning and client onboarding
  • How independence creates wider highways for adopting tech that benefits advisors and clients
  • Why even basic tools like online scheduling can dramatically improve efficiency
  • And more

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