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Practifi, a business management platform for high-performing wealth institutions, broker-dealers and RIAs, today announced Tim Highland has joined the company as head of professional services. In this role, Highland will lead Practifi’s professional services team in onboarding clients, implementing new projects and enhancing the client journey.

Dynamic Advisor Solutions dba Dynamic Wealth Advisors, a professional services provider for wealth advisors, has partnered with FeeX to provide a Premium Service option that integrates held-away accounts. Partnering with FeeX allows Dynamic’s network of advisors to actively manage and trade on their clients’ 401(k), 403(b) and other held-away accounts without triggering custody, empowering advisors to actively manage some of their clients’ largest accounts as part of a comprehensive, balanced plan.

STP Investment Services (STP), a global, end-to-end investment operations service provider that services more than $330 billion in total assets, today announces the launch of its BluePrint platform designed to minimize wealth managers’ operational pain points and free them up to focus on their ever-changing and increasingly complex client demands.

At this week’s OneVoice event, held in Orlando Florida, discussions that were both part of the formal agenda and informally among attendees contained a truly elevated sense of purpose and urgency on a wide range of topics – Including technology.

Those concerned after Bitcoin and many altcoins lost more than 50% of their value in the late spring and early summer months have their eyes on the wrong bird, said Jahon Jamali, chief marketing officer for Sarson Funds, a crypto asset manager and educational resource for financial advisors.

Gideon Strategic Partners, a wealth management and financial planning firm that oversees over $500 million in assets and provides concierge-style services to high-net worth individuals and businesses, today announced that its financial advisors have affiliated with The Leaders Group, a leading national, independent broker-dealer located in Littleton, Colo. The transition is effective immediately.

Advisor Group, the nation's largest network of independent wealth management firms, today announced the significant advancement of its growth strategy with the appointment of Kristen Kimmell as the company’s new Executive Vice President, Business Development. In this role, Ms. Kimmell will integrate and lead recruiting, transitions and onboarding for Advisor Group’s network of firms, encompassing FSC Securities, Royal Alliance Associates, SagePoint Financial, Securities America, Triad Advisors and Woodbury Financial Services.

Wedbush Securities, one of the nation’s leading independent financial services providers, is pleased to announce it has joined the Paxos Settlement Service, the blockchain stock settlement network powered by Paxos Trust Company. Paxos is the first regulated blockchain infrastructure platform that uses technology to tokenize, custody, trade and settle assets.

Technology’s role is supplemental to that of the advisor. It can’t replace the expertise and personal nature of the relationship, but it can add much-needed efficiencies that keep an advisor on-task and better able to focus their time on a client’s needs. Nowhere is that more necessary than the race to attract and retain the attention of high net worth clients.

Vestwell, a digital recordkeeping platform, and Bambu, a global robo-advisory technology provider, are teaming up to provide customers with an even more robust retirement plan experience. By leveraging Bambu's wealth management API, Vestwell and its partners will be able to offer personalized investment strategies to help their clients better prepare for retirement based on actionable retirement goals.