Caitlin Cook
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Caitlin Cook is responsible for educating advisors about cryptocurrencies and digital assets’ potential for integrating with bread-and-butter aspects of financial advice, like goals-based planning and estate planning.
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Ben Cruikshank
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In September, Ben Cruikshank oversaw the launch of Flourish Crypto, which now sits inside MassMutual, the sixth largest insurance company in the world, with more than 7,000 financial professionals and $554 billion in assets—a testament to the mainstream adoption of the technology.
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James Dilworth
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About 3 1/2 years ago, James Dilworth and colleague David Beatty, CEO of RIA Daintree Advisors, caught on to what was then a nascent trend—direct indexing.
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Gurbir S. Grewal
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As the new director of the Enforcement Division at the Securities and Exchange Commission, Gurbir S. Grewal hopes regulators and registrants alike will convince investors that the deck is not stacked in favor of the powerful and that the markets work equally for all.
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Shachar Kariv
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The path that led Shachar Kariv to the economics department at the University of California, Berkeley, and then to a startup creating risk evaluation software, began as an accident.
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Kristen Kimmell
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Kristen Kimmell spent 25 years at RBC Wealth Management U.S., most recently as head of advisor recruiting and field marketing. She’s been tasked with creating a more seamless onboarding experience for FAs moving to Advisor Group, a network of six independent broker/dealers.
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Melanie Senter Lubin
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2022 looks to be particularly eventful as Melanie Senter Lubin said she expects forward momentum on a number of NASAA’s priorities, from reducing the frequency of expungements on brokers’ records to helping senior clients who may be victims of fraud.
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Matt Reiner
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While his startup may not yet be a household name among financial advisors, it has still been a big year for Benjamin CEO and co-founder Matt Reiner.
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Gabe Rissman
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Gabe Rissman says YourStake addresses the controversy of “greenwashing”—when a company or a fund’s sustainability claims and marketing outpace its actual sustainability practices—which is a top concern among investors.
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Niharika Shah
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Niharika Shah moved into her role as CEO of Clout, an automated marketing platform for financial advisors, just eight months ago. But her long background in marketing for financial services prepared her for the job.
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