Even in 2022, wealth managers and financial advisers are using poorly integrated technology. It is a problem that creates needless delays and hassle, leaving us with one foot stuck in the twentieth century.

This time on The WealthTech Show we speak to Ian Hutchinson and Emma Napier, both part of the business development team at Bravura Solutions. We look at the hassle caused by technology that does not communicate with the rest of your tech stack, and we discuss the potential for microservices to power bespoke and flexible propositions in advice and wealth.

Lavinia Osbourne, named as a LinkedIn Top Voice in 2021, has quickly become a renowned advocate for blockchain and its potential to create a better and more inclusive platform for financial services.  

In this episode, we look at the opportunity to educate ourselves about decentralised finance, as well as the possibility of lowering the barriers to entry for financial services. Further, we get Lavinia’s take on celebrity NFTs, such as those launched by William Shatner, Jay-Z and Lindsay Lohan.  

Financial inclusion is a little misunderstood. On the surface it's a chance to make advice and wealth more inclusive and friendly, so it gets lumped in with philanthropy.

This week we speak to Shan Millie, a member of TechNation's delivery panel, to look at the bigger picture. Sure, financial inclusion is ethical and righteous, but is it not also a massive opportunity for wealthtech adopters and innovators? With the right tech, can we create business models that are sustainable and profitable as well as inclusive?

London-based IFA Simon Bullock has spent his career building close connections with clients. Even so, he was a little surprised when one of them presented a tech solution to him, which could help him offer better investment and planning insights.

We speak to Simon about what has happened since, and how he's devoted time and effort to refining the tool so that it works seamlessly for clients. If you're a wealth or advice professional with aspirations of building your own tech, this one is a must listen.

The money being spent on NFTs is ludicrous. But when you think about it, what’s new? Artist Eric Drass joins The WealthTech Show to discuss parallels between the physical and digital worlds, and what’s driving the demand for non-fungible tokens.  

Eric tells us about the NFTs that he’s created and sold, and the dubious ethics involved in using certain cryptocurrencies for the transaction. This is an open and lively chat about a confusing new trend, and an unexpected reflection on the relationship between art and capitalism.  

Award winning journalist and broadcaster Misha Glenny joins The WealthTech Show for a 20-minute chat, following his presentation at the 2021 Wealth Manager Retreat. We touch upon cybercrime, decentralised finance, international relations, and cryptocurrency.  

Listen in to hear Misha’s thoughts on Bitcoin becoming a ‘speculative ponzi scheme’, how decentralised finance can help us spread risk, why the UK’s dated internet infrastructure may be problematic, and what leading organisations need to do to protect themselves from cyber threats.   

We need to distinguish between today’s tech boom and the Dot-com bubble says Gregg Guerin, senior product specialist at First Trust. In this episode of The WealthTech Show, he explains what investors should know about emerging technology trends, while also considering the things we don’t need to know. 

We take a walk on the wild side too, touching upon Gregg’s attempt to purchase a basketball NFT at a Citywire event, as well as the beautiful world that could be created by cobots – the friendly cousin of regular robots. What else would you expect from this podcast? 

As an angel investor, mentor, and guest lecturer, Simone Ishikawa has a keen interest in tech start-ups and their founders. In this podcast, she tells us what it takes for ambitious founders to achieve their goals.

We also look at fintech as a force for good, and how new tech innovators are helping to reinvent financial services. As we dive into these topics, Simone gives us an outline of what this could all mean for wealth managers and financial advisers.

What makes you pick a mortgage broker? In this episode, Jinesh Vohra explains that lots of people pick someone because they seem nice, rather than doing proper due diligence.  

Jinesh, the CEO of recently launched app Sprive, is on a mission to educate and empower the UK public to pay off their mortgages more quickly. This means helping us to overpay properly, and it also involves an endless search for the best rates available. This episode might enlighten you, and it may save you a fair chunk of money in the long run too. 

Georgia Stewart is the CEO of Tumelo, an investor engagement platform that lets you tell fund managers what they should vote for at company AGMs. In this episode of The Fintech Show, Ian asks if this is the start of a new era for ESG and relations with asset managers. 

The potential for change should not be understated. Since the roll-out of auto-enrolment in the UK, large swathes of the population could soon be empowered to tell fund managers what they want. Is this a catalyst for conflict? Maybe so, but Georgia also explains that Tumelo can build trust into the investment process too.