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The Winning Shot: Sports Wisdom in Wealth Tech (Ep. 13)

The Winning Shot: Sports Wisdom in Wealth Tech (Ep. 13)

How does the high-stakes world of sports mirror the world of financial technology and asset management? 

Discover this and more in the latest episode of ‘In the Money,’ sponsored by Flyer Financial Technologies. Host Rusty Sommer welcomes Steve Lewczyk, the esteemed Managing Director for Business Development at Flyer. With an impressive three-decade career in financial technology and services, Steve discusses leveraging technology for competitive advantage and innovating for the future of finance.

Key Highlights:

  • From Veteran to Visionary: Steve shares his journey in finance, emphasizing his diverse experience and innovative tech approach
  • Parallel Playbooks: Explore the similarities between sports, particularly basketball, and finance, highlighting teamwork and strategy
  • Tech-Driven Transformation: Discover how technology, like Advent Software’s early solutions, revolutionized asset management
  • Overcoming Market Hurdles: Learn how adapting sports strategies can inform financial market navigation
  • AI: Uncover AI’s impactful role in finance, its applications, and the need for reliable data
  • Revolutionizing Trading: See how a unified tech system can boost trader efficiency
  • Embracing Change: Understand the necessity of adaptability and innovation in finance, with lessons from asset management and sports strategy
  • Plus, many more insights!

 

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About Steve Lewczyk: 

Steve is a leader in buy side technology, wealth management systems, trading platforms, and data management solutions. With over 25 years experience at leading fin tech and securities firms, Steve has worked at Fidelity Investments, Advent Software (SSNC), Envestnet and co-founded Nirvana Solutions. Steve’s expertise is in building and scaling successful sales organizations.

In his role at Flyer, Steve is focused on buy side asset managers that require solutions that allow for integration, ease, scale and future proofing operations.

The Future of TAMPs with Morningstar’s Daniel Needham (Ep. 7)

The Future of TAMPs with Morningstar’s Daniel Needham (Ep. 7)

From giving time back to advisors, to reaping the benefits of outsourcing, there’s no denying the advantages of a TAMP. As the industry’s gold standard for data and research, not to mention 2022’s top TAMP of the year, the team at Morningstar’s Wealth Management Solutions knows a thing or two about building a wealth management platform.

In this week’s episode, Daniel Needham, president of Wealth Management Solutions, joins Shannon Rosic to discuss TAMP trends. Daniel shares some of Morningstar’s data, research, and insights with listeners so they can build investment solutions for their clients.

Daniel discusses:

  • The biggest threats to the TAMP industry 
  • The latest trends in TAMPs and wealth management platforms 
  • Why Morningstar chose to invest in the Wealth Management Solutions group
  • Rolling out Morningstar Direct Indexing 
  • And more

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About our Guest: 

Daniel Needham, CFA, is the president of Morningstar’s Wealth Management Solutions. After the recent acquisition, he also oversees the U.K. and international business of Praemium and their core products, which were re-branded to Morningstar Wealth Platform and Wealthcraft, a Morningstar company.

Prior to his current role, Needham served as president and global chief investment officer since 2015 for Morningstar’s Investment Management group. In 2013, Needham stepped into the global chief investment officer role for the Investment Management group, and he also assumed responsibility for Morningstar’s investment management operations in Europe. Previously, Needham was chief investment officer and managing director for Investment Management in Asia-Pacific.