James Louw is Head of Advice Solutions, leading Morningstar’s strategic business initiatives and partnerships in the financial advice and wealth management sector.
James has approximately 25 years of financial services experience in professional advisory firms, primarily with firms specialising in investment and wealth management services. He has held senior leadership and executive positions in these firms, including advising key clients. James’ previous role was the Head of Shadforth based in Tasmania, a leading national financial advisory firm. Prior to relocating and taking the Shadforth role, James’ career in Australia began at Morningstar as the Head of Institutional in the investment management business. Before that, James was the Head of Implemented Consulting at Acsis, where he set up and led the firm’s investment advisory and management business to institutional clients and wealth management partners.
James is a graduate of Oxford University where he was awarded an Oxford Blue and studied Economics and Politics. He has also graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce, Honours degree and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Financial Planning Law. James is also a qualified Chartered Accountant with the institute of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CANZ). Outside of business, James has also previously been a Non-Executive Director of Cricket Tasmania.
Starting out as a professional basketball player representing England, Andy went on to become a High School teacher of Physical Education and basketball coach. He extended his love of teaching to educating the people and families he works with at Maher Brownsword about investments and managing their financial lives. He is passionate about everyone’s right to achieving their dreams and goals, no matter how big or small. Andy’s commitment to helping people plan for the future and for a happy and fulfilled retirement, is what drives him and his team on a daily basis. Through innovation and commitment to providing an excellent service, he has maintained a loyal client base, and his successful company has an enviable growth rate. Andy applies over 25 years’ expertise in financial services to making motivational and educational speeches for fellow financial advisors. He has spoken at prestigious international events such as the Adelante stakeholders’ dinner in Dublin, several Morningstar UK conferences, and to 11,000 delegates at the MDRT conference in Miami. Bespoke investment company Gravis invited Andy to contribute to one of their educational videos. More recently, he has reached out to a larger worldwide audience, participating in virtual conferences streamed to the US, Europe and Asia, even appearing as the face of the new Aviva platform. Andy is a longstanding advocate of Morningstar and applies their insight and investment wisdom for his clients’ benefit in the form of their managed portfolios and their increasingly popular Environmental Social Governance funds, integrating sustainable and ethical investing into their everyday lives. Andy is always open to new challenges and puts new technology into practice to inspire and motivate his clientèle in the form of virtual seminars, video conferencing and study groups. Outside of work, Andy returns to his sporting roots as a keen amateur footballer, playing in goal for a local team and bringing his coaching skills to his son’s team. He regularly travels to the US to watch basketball and recently attended the Houston Final Four.
With 20+ years’ experience in finance Industry and knowledge across all areas of financial planning and practice management, you will see Michelle’s passion for supporting advisers and their teams to provide better advice outcomes for their clients. Michelle works alongside her high-quality advice firms to deliver goals based investment solutions to their clients and optimise their practice by building efficiencies and scale to grow their business.
Michelle has in recent years worked closely with a professional services firm and regulator which has given her additional insights and experience on advisory best practices. This experience and Michelle’s passion for client centric service means she well positioned as Senior Manager in the Adviser Solutions team to help advisers optimise their practice by building modern advice business.
Patrick Ashby is Head of Sales for Morningstar Office, Morningstar’s transactional portfolio accounting system for RIAs in the U.S. Morningstar Office is the only practice management system for RIAs that integrates core capabilities – performance reporting, fee billing, trading, rebalancing, and more – with Morningstar’s robust investment data, research, and portfolio analytics.
Patrick began his career at Morningstar twelve years ago as a Customer Success Manager for Morningstar Office. Since 2012, he has worked across a variety of sales roles, first representing Morningstar's research, technology, and data solutions to financial advisors, asset managers, and consultants in New England. He later moved to the National Accounts team, where he facilitated key client relationships with broker/dealers, asset managers, regional banks, insurance companies, and other financial institutions. And most recently he managed a team of Business Development Executives that focused on software and data sales across mid-market accounts in the U.S. Patrick has a BA in political science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an MA in international commerce and policy from George Mason University.
Patrick Ashby is Head of Sales for Morningstar Office, Morningstar’s transactional portfolio accounting system for RIAs in the U.S. Morningstar Office is the only practice management system for RIAs that integrates core capabilities – performance reporting, fee billing, trading, rebalancing, and more – with Morningstar’s robust investment data, research, and portfolio analytics.
Patrick began his career at Morningstar twelve years ago as a Customer Success Manager for Morningstar Office. Since 2012, he has worked across a variety of sales roles, first representing Morningstar's research, technology, and data solutions to financial advisors, asset managers, and consultants in New England. He later moved to the National Accounts team, where he facilitated key client relationships with broker/dealers, asset managers, regional banks, insurance companies, and other financial institutions. And most recently he managed a team of Business Development Executives that focused on software and data sales across mid-market accounts in the U.S. Patrick has a BA in political science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an MA in international commerce and policy from George Mason University.
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Cindy Galiano is the managing director of the U.S. Wealth Platform, responsible for product development, sales, marketing and operations efforts supporting financial advisor-oriented products such as Morningstar Office and Morningstar’s turn-key asset management platform.
Previously, Cindy served as global Head of Product for Morningstar Investment Management LLC, a registered investment adviser and subsidiary of Morningstar, Inc. overseeing investment product and subsequently digital wealth platform design and development for Morningstar's managed portfolios business globally. From 2012 to 2014, Cindy led the investment team of the retirement solutions group within the investment management division, responsible for directing the team delivering our Fiduciary Services and custom target-date solutions to plan providers and sponsors. From 2006 to 2012, Cindy was a portfolio manager for the investment advisory group, developing fund-of-funds and other asset allocation programs for institutions such as asset managers, broker/dealers and insurance companies. Prior to joining Morningstar (Ibbotson) in 2006, Cindy was a vice president and the asset allocation strategy analyst for the investment policy committee at Northern Trust Global Investments. Cindy holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Chicago. She also holds a master’s degree in business administration from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. Her areas of concentration were finance, management & strategy, and analytical consulting.
Jonathan Goetz is Director of U.S. Wealth Platform Success at Morningstar. Since joining the company in 2016, he has held various roles in the company's independent advisor software business. Prior to joining Morningstar, Mr. Goetz held roles in enterprise software consulting, and received a J. William Fulbright award to teach at the Europaeisches Bildungszentrum in Germany. Mr. Goetz earned a B.A. in Economics and German from the University of Notre Dame, and an M.B.A with High Honors from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
With more than 25 years of industry experience, John provides Morningstar Wealth with expertise in client service, sales, marketing, and practice management. Prior to Morningstar Wealth, he was the head of advisor sales for Envestnet Inc. In previous roles, John worked as a Regional Consultant for AssetMark and worked in the recruiting division of H.D. Vest Financial Services. John holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Oklahoma and earned the Certified Financial Planner designation in 1998. He has successfully completed the Series 7, 24, and 53 license exams.
Kunal Kapoor, CFA, is chief executive officer of Morningstar. Before assuming his current role in 2017, he served as president, responsible for product development and innovation, sales and marketing, and driving strategic prioritization across the firm.
Since joining Morningstar in 1997 as a data analyst, Kapoor has held a variety of roles at the firm, including leadership positions in research and innovation. He served as director of mutual fund research and was part of the team that launched Morningstar Investment Services, Inc., before moving on to other roles including director of business strategy for international operations, and later, president and chief investment officer of Morningstar Investment Services. During his tenure, he has also led Morningstar.com® and the firm’s data business as well as its global products and client solutions group.
Kapoor holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and environmental policy from Monmouth College and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation, is a member of the CFA Society of Chicago, and served on the board of PitchBook, a private firm that provides a comprehensive private equity and venture capital database, prior to its acquisition by Morningstar in late 2016. Kapoor is also a member of the board of trustees of The Nature Conservancy in Illinois. In 2010, Crain’s Chicago Business named him to its annual 40 Under 40 class, a list that includes professionals from a variety of industries who are contributing to Chicago’s business, civic, and philanthropic landscape.
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Andy Kunzweiler, CFA is a Portfolio Manager on the Direct Indexing team at Morningstar Investment Management. He specializes in implementing portfolios that enable investors to achieve their unique investment, tax, and risk objectives. Prior to joining Direct Indexing at Morningstar Andy was a Senior Portfolio Manager at Northern Trust where he managed direct indexing portfolios for clients ranging from foundations and endowments to corporations and nuclear decommissioning trusts, to family offices and ultra-high net worth individuals. Andy began his career in the analyst program at UBS Investment Bank and graduated from Boston College. He is a CFA charterholder and a member of the CFA Institute and CFA Society of Chicago.
Samantha Lamas is a behavioral researcher at Morningstar. She is a recent recipient of the Montgomery-Warschauer Award for her research in financial planning. Lamas' research focuses on investor engagement and the factors that drive people's decision-making about investing and money. Her work delves into how people think about their financial goals, what they look for when seeking financial advice, and what kinds of mental shortcuts people use when making decisions about their personal finances. Lamas joined Morningstar in 2016 as a product consultant working directly with the individual investor and advisor audience segments before moving into a research role.
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Ryan O. Murphy, Ph.D., is Global Head of Behavioural Insights for Morningstar Wealth. Murphy’s research is interdisciplinary, bringing together methods from experimental economics, cognitive psychology, and mathematical modelling. The focus of his research is to better understand how people make decisions, especially about risk and money. His current work centres on measuring people’s preferences, dynamic goal-centric portfolio choice, and developing methodologies and frameworks that improve decision making quality.
Before joining Morningstar in 2016, he was the chair of decision theory and behavioural game theory at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich Switzerland, and a visiting professor at the University of Zurich economics department. Previously, he served as associate director of the Centre for the Decision Sciences at Columbia University in New York.
Murphy has published extensively regarding human decision-making and has papers in Management Science; Experimental Economics; Uncertainty and Risk; Judgment and Decision Making; Personality and Social Psychology Review; and the Journal of Behavioural and Experimental Finance. He’s taught university courses in decision theory, behavioural economics, negotiation analysis, experimental game theory, and statistics.
Daniel Needham, CFA, is president of Morningstar Wealth, which includes software and aggregation capabilities from Morningstar Office and ByAllAccounts, and the individual investor experience across Morningstar.com, and Morningstar Investment Management. 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, a unit of Morningstar, Inc., that provides managed portfolio services, retirement, and investment advisory for financial institutions, plan sponsors, and advisors through investment management entities around the world.
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, including Ibbotson Associates Australia, where he led the group’s business and investment activities in the region.
Needham joined Morningstar in 2009 through the company’s acquisition of Intech Pty Ltd., where he served as chief investment officer. He also held other investment roles including analyst, portfolio manager, and head of multi-strategy. Before joining Intech in 2002, Needham worked for Zurich Financial Services in Sydney. Needham holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce from the University of Sydney, where he majored in finance and economics. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation and is an interested trustee for the Morningstar Funds Trust.
Marta Norton oversees the Americas investment team, working with advisers and institutions to help them deliver investment offerings to investors. This investment team is part of Morningstar Wealth, which unites capabilities across Morningstar's business, including managed portfolios from Morningstar's Investment Management group.
Norton is a member of the Global Investment Policy Committee, which directs the unit’s global investment capabilities, committees, and processes. She is a named portfolio manager on the Morningstar Global Opportunistic Equity Fund, the Morningstar Global Income Fund, and the Morningstar Alternatives Fund.
Before assuming the position of Chief Investment Officer – Americas, Norton was a portfolio manager and the head of the U.S. outcome-based strategies team. In 2008, she joined the investment management team from Morningstar, Inc.'s, manager research team.
Norton joined Morningstar in 2005, after a working as an economist with the Bureau of Labor Statistics and as a research analyst at LECG, LLC.
Philip Straehl is global head of research at Morningstar Investment Management LLC for Morningstar Wealth. In his role, he oversees the research and risk capability for all global investment offerings. Straehl joined Morningstar in 2007, and prior to his current role, he was head of capital markets and asset allocation, and a portfolio manager and senior researcher responsible for managing asset allocation portfolios.
He is a member of the Global Investment Policy Committee and Morningstar's Research Council. His research has been published in the Financial Analysts Journal and Journal of Asset Management and has been featured in a variety of media publications, such as The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times. Straehl received a Graham and Dodd Scroll award from the CFA Institute for his research.
Straehl holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland and a master’s degree in business administration, with honors, from the University of Chicago – Booth School of Business with concentrations in analytic finance and economics.
Mike joined the Illinois Branch of Equitable Advisors in 2005 upon earning his Bachelor of Science Degree in Finance from Eastern Illinois University. As a financial consultant, he built a successful practice around the Chicagoland area accumulating over 2,400 clients and $115 million AUM. He achieved National Leader Corps for the first time in 2008, and multiple times since then. Mike also achieved many other production awards including the prestigious Centurion award for the outstanding work he has done with clients. In 2011, Mike was promoted to Regional Vice President and led a team of 27 advisors producing 1.5 million dollars in commissions. He earned the Management Development Award in 2012. Since then he has earned multiple Management Leadership Awards which recognize the growth and development of his team.
In October of 2015, Mike was asked to lead the Kansas City Branch. As the Regional Executive Vice President of the Kansas City Branch, he was responsible for the recruiting and development of advisors and leaders; as well as the growth of the entire organization. In January 2017, Mike was named the Regional Executive Vice President of the Boston Branch which covers Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, and Maine. In Boston, Mike led the branch to consecutive President Trophies finishing in the Top 5 organizations nationally. He then received the opportunity to return home to the IL Branch in January 2019, where the branch earned 4th place in the Presidents Trophy for that year and 5th place in 2020.
In addition to his B.S. in Finance from Eastern Illinois University, Mike holds FINRA registrations for the Series 7, Series 66, Series 24, and Series 53 as well as a license for Life, Accident, Health and Long-Term Care Insurance in multiple states. He has been awarded the title of Retirement Benefits Specialist - Tax Sheltered Plans from Equitable Advisors. In October 2011, he received the Chartered Financial Consultant designation (ChFC) from the American College. Earning this title, he studied and passed examinations in financial planning, investments, insurance, taxation, and estate planning. He is currently in the process of completing the curriculum for the Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) and Certified Financial Planner (CFP).
Kyle Zake is a Financial Advisor who joined his current broker-dealer, now Equitable Advisors, in 2002. He has spent his entire career serving public sector employees who primarily work for schools and municipalities. Since 2002, Kyle has demonstrated leadership within his firm and spent 8 years in the role of Vice President. The Vice President position allowed Kyle to recruit, coach, and mentor financial professionals while simultaneously continuing to serve his clients. Kyle views his tenure in the Vice President position as a great “season” and deeply meaningful. It provided Kyle unique perspective and experience on what it takes to build a truly effective organization.
Kyle holds FINRA Series 7, 66, and 24 securities registrations as well as health, life, and long-term care insurance licenses, including AR Insurance License #7362025 and CA Insurance License #0F52454.
Kyle has been presented with many achievement awards over his career and is most proud of being recognized as Top Management Leader (Nationally) during his tenure as Vice President and being recognized in the top 1% of all Equitable Advisors financial professionals. Kyle presents to many school and municipal organizations throughout the State of Illinois on subjects related to financial planning, 403(b), and 457(b) plans. Kyle is often called upon by Public School and Municipal Leaders as it relates to retirement planning, retirement plan design, and financial education programs for employees.
Kyle believes that serving his client’s needs is best done through goals based/comprehensive financial planning, ongoing communication, and with a team of dedicated advisors/staff. Kyle’s clients have goals and dreams that include children, grandchildren, or other passions that may require planning and attention over the course of generations. That’s why Kyle has put in place a team and organizational structure to help client’s needs are never reliant on one single person.
Kyle’s mission is to understand your purpose then identify and implement tailored financial strategies that propel you towards this purpose. A commitment to providing continuous and outstanding service not only during life’s most joyful moments but also during life’s most challenging times will demonstrate his everlasting dedication to you. He is resolved to remain loyal to you and yours….to truly be a “Life Loyal Advisor”..
Experienced Chief Executive Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the investment management industry. Strong business development professional skilled in Investor Relations, Securities, Investment Advisory, SMAs, Hedge Funds and Trading Systems.
Marshall McCormick CFP® is the President of Fingerlakes Wealth Management and Socially Responsible Investing with Fingerlakes Wealth Management. Marshall is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional, holds a Series 65 securities license, and oversees the development of Fingerlakes Wealth Management’s impact investing opportunities and socially responsible portfolios. He believes that individual investors have a unique ability to create positive change throughout the world through careful planning and responsible investments.
Marshall holds a B.A. and a B.S. from the University of Utah and a Masters degree in Regional Planning from Cornell University. An active member of the community, Marshall volunteers with local organizations promoting community cohesion and a sense of place. Marshall is an active Rotarian and supports the local Youth Exchange program. You’re likely to see Marshall riding his bicycle around town, sailing on the lake, or enjoying any of the wonderful area waterfalls. Marshall, his wife Amalie—a teacher at Ithaca High School—and their three kids enjoy life by Six Mile Creek in the city of Ithaca.
Mel Horne has been in the banking and finance industry 2003, holding various roles including Commercial Lending, Branch Manager and Financial Planning. Since 2007 Mel has been a Financial Planner and Paraplanner, working with the team of Indigo Financial Planning.
Troy is the principal financial adviser of Country Wide Wealth. He has been a financial planner since 2010 and has over 20 years in the financial services industry. He began his career as a business banker for one of the big four working out of locations in Chatswood, Sydney CBD and Erina.
Country Wide Wealth was founded as a mobile financial planning service in 2010 – as the business grew the need for a permanent office became apparent and Country Wide Wealth opened its first office in Ettalong in January 2014. With the office now boasting a total of 12 staff across the home loan and financial planning divisions. A key component of Troy’s financial plans is to work with other professionals in the community such as Accountants, Mortgage Brokers and Solicitors in order to bring advice to his clients that is well rounded and comprehensive.
Troy is an active member of the financial advice community and is regularly invited by the licensee for input regarding policy development.
Liz has been the Dealer Principal at Precise Advice Financial Services and Principal Financial Advisor for over 27 years, she focuses on delivering quality financial planning and advice solutions across a broad range of financial planning activities to retail clients.
Liz specialises in providing retirement planning advice, superannuation advice and investment solutions to people who are planning for their retirement, have already retired or have been retired long-term and extends her advice to aged care planning for her clients.
Liz focuses on explaining everything clearly and in plain language, helping her clients make educated and informed decisions about their financial future. Precise Advice Financial Services has held its own Australian Financial Services Licence, or the equivalent, since 1994 and is a family-owned financial planning business that was first established in 1984.
Dean Denaro has been in the banking and finance industry since 1985, holding various roles including lending and financial planning. Since 1999 Dean has been a Financial Planner and in Lending as a MFAA member since 2012.
Dean continues to manage his Financial Planning business but is also fully qualified as a Mortgage Broker and has accreditation to write loans.
Justin began his career in Financial Services 1996, with Citibank in Sydney CBD. It was at Citibank that he recognised his interest and talent for helping people plan for their financial futures and is where he began the education journey that he continues today.
The next step in his career was with Aon, where Justin developed his skills and sharpened his technical knowledge and financial planning strategies.
After 10 years he took the leap of faith out of Employee land and established his own firm where he continues to provide exemplary services for his clients, some of whom have been with him for more than 15 years, testimony to his commitment to his clients and the financial services community.
His focus is on building long term relationships with his clients in order to enhance their Family Wealth Plans as tax effectively as possible in order to live a life built on purpose – whilst dealing with the ‘doom and gloom’ to ensure their families are protected from the worst of life’s challenges.
The numbers guru at Swinbourne. Yvonne has a solid career in Finance, Audit and Accounting Management.
Starting her career back in Scotland with KPMG as an auditor and completing her CA, she made the move to Australia at the start of the GFC where she carried on in the world of audit until she took the leap into commerce and translated her audit skills to managing finance teams in many industries over the years.
Her current role as CFO with Swinbourne has been a swift transition into managing all of the financial aspects of the business in a complex industry that has seen much turmoil and change over the last years. Yvonne’s experience and know-how compliments our financial advice, making sure our clients are heading in the right direction.
Tony is the Managing Director and the Responsible Manager of Plan 2 Pty Ltd’s Australian Financial Services License.
Tony has a proactive approach to developing long term relationships which are based on high levels of personalised service, coupled with sound professional advice. He has been in the financial services industry since 1990, working primarily as a Senior Financial Advisor but also enjoyed 4 years as a Business Development Manager for a global fund manager and insurance company.
Tony's contagious enthusiasm for the financial services profession provides the clients he works for, with a sense of confidence and positive direction for their financial future.
I have been a Financial Adviser in Western Australia for 35 years this year. During this time I have been self employed in my own practice. I have clients I’ve serviced for over 30 years and of my 4 staff, 2 have been employed by me for over 20 years. I provide holistic advice to my clients specialising in insurance, investments and retirement advice. I am now preparing my business to transition to my retirement or to reduce my hours in 5 years-time. I am married with 3 children the youngest finishing her last high school year before entering University. My wife Sandra and I are looking forward to begin travelling as our focus has been our children. We look forward to seeing more of the US and the world!
Tony has been with Sigma Financial Corporation since 1994, where he has held various roles, including managing the Trading and Operation divisions, and is a registered principal of the firm. In 1998 he launched the financial planning division, Case Planning, at Sigma and is currently the Sr. Vice President of this division. In this role, Tony oversees the firm's financial, investment, and insurance planning activities. He also oversees corporate investment and financial planning training initiatives. Along with his duties at Sigma, he enjoys providing comprehensive planning, investment advice, and wealth management solutions to individuals, families, and small business owners. Before joining Sigma, Tony was a registered representative with Robert Thomas Securities, an affiliate of Raymond James Financial.
He earned a Bachelor's of Arts degree in Management from Siena Heights University, graduating with Cum Laude honors and received an accounting accreditation. In addition, Tony holds the Series 7, 24, 63, 65, and Life Insurance licenses and the Accredited Investment Fiduciary (AIF), the Certified Wealth Strategist (CWS), and Certified Fund Specialist (CFS) designations.
In his personal life, he enjoys spending time with his family participating in several outdoor activities, including snow skiing and wake surfing. In addition, Tony has been piloting general aviation aircraft as a hobby since 2008.
Jim has spent his entire career analyzing investment opportunities for both institutional and retail investors. He began his investment management career in 1984 as an analyst with Duff & Phelps Corp., specializing in the telecom industry. Jim was a Sr. Vice President and member of the executive management team of Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co. when he left in 2000 to establish Pinnacle Financial Group with Larry Uitermarkt. The most gratifying aspect of working with individuals and couples is helping clients overcome their financial challenges to meet their financial dreams. Whether helping them recover from the emotional and financial shock of losing a spouse, or simply providing clients with the confidence that they are financially ready for retirement, our advice provides peace of mind during some of the most stressful times in anyone’s life. In addition to personal financial planning and investment management, while at Pinnacle Financial Group, Jim has developed specific expertise in establishing and managing charitable trusts and advising families in the use of Family LLCs to manage their business activities and minimize estate taxes.. Jim has been quoted by the Wall Street Journal and New York Times and has appeared on the Nightly Business Report and CNN. He has spoken before numerous civic organizations on the topics of financial planning and investment management. Jim received his BBA in Finance from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA from the University of Chicago. He is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP), a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), and a member of the CFA Institute, the CFA Society of Chicago, the Financial Planning Association (FPA), and the FPA-Illinois. An avid Notre Dame fan, Jim also enjoys reading, sports, boating, and staying physically active. He and his wife have six children, two still at home with them in La Grange. Jim has been a resident of Western Springs/La Grange for more than 30 years. Jim also cherishes quiet times spent at his lake home in Michigan, relaxing with family and friends..
My focus is on freeing people from financial concern so they can live even happier and healthier lives. I’m about aligning people’s capital with their values so they can maximise their ROL (return on life) as opposed to just their ROI (return on investment). People want to live rich; they don't want to die rich.
My curiosity enables me to navigate through the surface based questions and help people understand the underlying question – “Am I OK?”
I’m all about helping people make intentional decisions, and to avoid the blind spot they're naturally going to go down.
Knowledge is not power; applied knowledge is power. This creates clarity and simplicity – an action plan.
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Session One | U.S. managed portfolios landscape: Trends in managed portfolio adoption, collaboration and partnering | Jonathan Linstra, Managing Director, Wealth Americas, Morningstar Wealth |
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Session Two | Maximising business success: Insights on U.S. advice and platform technology | Cindy Galiano, Managing Director, U.S. Wealth Platform, Morningstar Wealth |
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Session Three | Empowering investor success: U.S. managed portfolios and platform integration | Marta Norton, CFA, Chief Investment Officer – Americas, Morningstar Wealth |
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Session Four | Independent Advisors in the U.S. – Trends, Risks, and Technology |
Patrick Ashby, Head of Sales, Office and Wealth - U.S. Distribution, Morningstar Wealth Jonathan Goetz, Director of U.S. Wealth Platform Success, Morningstar Wealth |
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Session Five | U.S. TAMPs industry overview: Efficiencies, scale and technology insights | John Harris, Head of Platform Distribution, U.S., Morningstar Wealth |
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Session One | Global Wealth group insights: What we're seeing around the globe in the rise of the modern adviser | Daniel Needham, President, Morningstar Wealth |
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Session Two | Direct indexation in the advice practice: Using personalisation to align to client values | Andy Kunzweiler, Portfolio Manager, Direct Indexing, Morningstar Wealth |
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Session Three | Revving up the data and research engine: Systematic strategies to empower investor success |
Philip Straehl, Global Head of Research, Morningstar Wealth Vito Gala, Global Head of Systematic Equity Strategies, Morningstar Wealth |
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Session Four | Applying behavioural science to your practice |
Ryan Murphy, Global Head of Behavioural Insights, Morningstar Wealth Samantha Lamas, Senior Behavioural Researcher, Morningstar Wealth |
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Session One | Investment strategy and behavioural coaching: Maintaining client confidence in their goals | Dan Kemp, Global Chief Investment Officer, Morningstar Wealth | Presentation, recording and transcript coming soon |
Session Two | U.S. advice practice and principal engagement: Session 1 |
Mike Bleke, Equitable Advisors Kyle Zake, Life Loyal Advisor | Recording and transcript coming soon |
Session Three | U.S. Advice practice and principal engagement: Session 2 | Tony Bacarella, Bacarella Wealth Consultants | Recording and transcript coming soon |
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Session One | U.S. advice practice and principal engagement: Session 3 | Jim Stork, Pinnacle Financial Group | Recording and transcript coming soon |
MICUS Session | The X factor: Hear from some of the fastest-growing advisors in the business |
Mac O'Brien, Head of Investment Distribution, Morningstar Wealth Tony Bacarella, Owner Bacarella Wealth Consultants, LLC Christopher A. Fisher , Co-Founder, ISTO Advisors Derek Notman, Founder & CEO. Couplr | Recording coming soon |
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MICUS Session | A dynamic dialogue on key client questions |
Marta Norton, Chief Investment Officer, Americas Morningstar Wealth Tyler Dann, Head of Research, Americas Morningstar Wealth John Owens, Senior Portfolio Manager, Morningstar Wealth Alfonzo Bruno, Associate Portfolio Manager, Morningstar Wealth | Recording coming soon |
MICUS Session | Portfolio strategy panel: Help deliver top quartile “Alpha” with direct indexing |
Marta Norton, Chief Investment Officer, Americas Morningstar Wealth Michael Laughlin, Head of Portfolio Specialist Team, Morningstar Wealth Andy Kunzweiler, Portfolio Manager, Direct Indexing Morningstar Wealth | Recording coming soon |
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MICUS Session | Pairing portfolios: Actionable ideas for Investors in today’s environment | Michael Laughlin, Head of Portfolio Specialist Team, Morningstar Wealth | Recording coming soon |
MICUS Session | Data is your most valuable asset: Adapt to new regulations and drive better client conversations |
Brian Costello, Head of Data Aggregation Strategy and Governance, Morningstar Wealth Craig Iskowitz, CEO and Founder, Ezra Group Tara Unverzagt, Founder and Chief Advisor, South Bay Financial Partners | Recording coming soon |
MICUS Session | Building trust to build your business |
Ryan Murphy, Global Head of Behavioral Insights, Morningstar Wealth Samantha Lamas, Senior Behavioral Researcher, Behavioral Sciences, Morningstar Wealth | Recording coming soon |
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