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Focused on the Future: Jimmy Lee on How AI and ESG Will Impact Financial PlanningFocused on the Future: Jimmy Lee on How AI and ESG Will Impact Financial Planning

Wealth Consulting Group founder and CEO Jimmy Lee discusses the ESG debate, use cases for AI in financial planning and more.

Suzanne Siracuse, CEO

November 15, 2023

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In the latest episode of Focused on the Future, veteran industry leader Suzanne Siracuse talks with Jimmy Lee, founder and CEO of Wealth Consulting Group, on focusing on “where the puck is going,” the debate around ESG and its future, and the many applications and use cases of AI in financial planning.

Specifically, Jimmy discusses:

  • The shift in the way clients want to be communicated with

  • Why and how his firm is attracting top female advisor talent

  • His important advice to firms looking to acquire other firms

  • The various ways AI will transform the wealth management industry

  • How his firm’s new ESG screened portfolios will help capture the investor of the future.

  • His philosophy on providing financial planning as an added value

  • Understanding what your “genius” is not just for yourself but also for your team

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About Our Guest:

Jimmy Lee is the Jimmy is the Founder and CEO of The Wealth Consulting Group (WCG). He began his career in 1995 and has been self-employed from the very beginning and has grown WCG as an entrepreneur into a wealth management firm with a national presence. After almost two decades of managing branch offices and supervising other financial advisors for two Fortune 100 financial companies, Jimmy founded WCG’s current business as a SEC Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) in Oct. 2014 and also became affiliated with LPL Financial for brokerage services. Financial Advisor Magazine recognized WCG as the 5th fastest growing RIA in 2016 and WCG was awarded the InvestmentNews for Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion in 2018*

The financial media call on Jimmy for his knowledge in investing and the advisory industry. He appears regularly on CNBC, Fox Business, Yahoo Finance, and TD Ameritrade. He has been profiled and quoted in the Wall St. Journal, Marketwatch, Bloomberg, Financial Planning, Forbes, and many other financial publications.

 

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About the Author

Suzanne Siracuse

CEO, Suzanne Siracuse Consulting Services

https://www.suzannesiracuse.com/

Suzanne Siracuse, Founder and CEO of Suzanne Siracuse Consulting, LLC, specializes in advising financial services firms on innovative business strategies, distinctive marketing programs and impactful advocacy initiatives around diversity, financial literacy, and next gen talent.

Ms Siracuse is also the Creator and Host of The Big Reveal Podcast Series and the Creator and Host of The Focused on the Future Podcast Series.

Ms Siracuse is a founding member of the Invent Elite consulting consortium, which focuses on developing, launching, branding and operationally supporting broad based technology initiatives for financial services firms.

In addition, Ms. Siracuse is on the Board for the non-profit, Savvy Ladies, is an Independent Board member for ASYMmetric ETF’s, is a member of the Council of Ambassadors for the IWI’s Thrive Center for Diversity and Inclusion, is an Advisory Board member of Diversitas and is an advisory board member of the American College’s Center for Women.

In Nov 2020, Ms. Siracuse was recognized by InvestmentNews with the Women to Watch “Trailblazer” award for her commitment to DEI initiatives within the financial services industry and in November 2022 was honored as a Think Advisor Luminary for her contributions on Diversity Equity and Inclusion in the wealth management industry.

Prior to starting her own firm, Ms Siracuse was the CEO and Publisher of InvestmentNews.