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RIA+

Hosted by Mark Bruno · business · EN-US

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About this Podcast:

RIA+ is a podcast for leaders of large, enterprise Registered Investment Advisory firms. Specifically, RIA+ provides insights into how some of the most successful RIAs are creating, maintaining and accelerating growth - while also ensuring their firms are appropriately developing talent and creating businesses that are culturally set up for long-term success.

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Selective

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Questions about RIA+

What is RIA+ about?

RIA+ is a podcast for leaders of large, enterprise Registered Investment Advisory firms. Specifically, RIA+ provides insights into how some of the most successful RIAs are creating, maintaining and accelerating growth - while also ensuring their firms are appropriately developing talent and creating businesses that are culturally set up for long-term success.

Who hosts RIA+?

RIA+ is hosted by Mark Bruno. The show has published 30 episodes to date.

What has RIA+ covered recently?

Recent episodes include "Ray Sclafani's 10% Rule: Turbocharging Your Organic Growth (Part 2)" (15 June 2026, 36 minutes), "Reinventing the Model: Jim Dickson on the Future of Partnership" (5 May 2026, 32 minutes), and "The “Dangerous Middle”, And How RIAs Can Scale Through It" (23 March 2026, 57 minutes).

How often does RIA+ publish?

RIA+ publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 40 minutes across 30 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on RIA+?

Booking probability for RIA+ is 37%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. RIA+ requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. RIA+'s contact route on record: public web form.

Who should pitch RIA+?

The strongest fits for RIA+ are Investing & Wealth Management. RIA+ has a business audience.

About the host

Mark Bruno hosts RIA+, a business podcast with 30 episodes published.

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Recent episodes

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  • Episode #13

    Ray Sclafani's 10% Rule: Turbocharging Your Organic Growth (Part 2)

    Jun 15, 202636 minS2

    It's been well-documented and researched: While valuations in the RIA industry have skyrocketed over the last decade, the large majority of firms are not proactively growing. Organic growth rates remain anemic when the...

  • Episode #12

    Reinventing the Model: Jim Dickson on the Future of Partnership

    May 5, 202632 minS2

    What if today’s RIA partnership models aren’t solving the right problems? In this episode of RIA+, Jim Dickson explains to Emigrant's Mark Bruno why he launched Elevation Point in 2024 and the structural gaps he...

  • Episode #11

    The “Dangerous Middle” — And How RIAs Can Scale Through It

    Mar 23, 202657 minS2

    Emigrant Partners' Mark Bruno sits down with Andrew Leonard, founder of Geometric, to explore what true specialization looks like in the RIA space. By focusing exclusively on partners at the top management consulting...

  • Episode #10

    Differentiation by Design: One-on-one with Abacus Wealth Partners' Neela Hummel

    Feb 12, 202645 minS2

    While there are thousands of RIAs, only a small portion have truly differentiated their businesses and their "why" in a way that allows them to create a unique brand identity. Abacus Wealth Partners, led by CEO Neela...

  • Episode #9

    The Big Picture: How AI Will Re-Shape the Business of Wealth Management

    Dec 16, 202554 minS2

    This episode of RIA+ provides a macro view of how artificial intelligence is likely to transform the business of the wealth management business. Neil Abromovage and Abbe Galvez Cordon from TD Securities sat down with...

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  • Episode #8

    An RIA Marketing Playbook: How Three Top RIAs are Re-Writing the Rules of Advisor Marketing

    Oct 15, 202555 minS2

    In this episode of RIA+, Emigrant's Mark Bruno interviews three of the top marketers in the RIA industry: Michelle Panzera, Director of Marketing at Evensky & Katz | Foldes; Tyler Resh, Chief Growth Officer at SteelPeak...

  • Episode #7

    The 10% Rule: The New Rule of Organic Growth (Part 1)

    Aug 13, 202533 minS2

    Ray Sclafani, Founder & CEO of Clientwise, joins Emigrant Partners' Mark Bruno on this episode of RIA+ for some "real talk" about organic growth. More specifically, Ray and Mark discuss what meaningful organic growth...

  • Episode #6

    How Artificial Intelligence is Re-Shaping the Business of Wealth Management

    Jul 17, 202542 minS2

    Increasingly, RIAs are embracing Artificial Intelligence as more firms look for ways to improve their productivity and efficiency - and particularly as more purpose-built tools enter the RIA marketplace. In this episode...

  • Episode #5

    Pure Financial Advisors: Aligning an Organic Growth Machine with Strategic M&A

    Jun 26, 202527 minS2

    Pure Financial Advisors is widely recognized across the RIA industry as an organic growth machine. But the firm also closed two significant acquisitions in the first several months of 2025, and has now completed six...

  • Episode #5

    Inside the Mind of the NextGen Advisor: Novare Capital

    Apr 29, 202550 minS2

    In this episode of RIA+, Mark Bruno goes “Inside the minds” of four Next Generation advisors who are with Novare Capital, Emigrant’s newest partner firm. With a growing number of RIA founders looking to attract and...

  • Episode #4

    The Future of Financial Advice? How Fruitful is Reshaping the Role of Advisors

    Mar 19, 202540 minS2

    In this episode of RIA+, Emigrant's Mark Bruno sits with Sam Lewis, the founder and CEO of Fruitful, a financial wellness solution that provides its clients, or its "members", with high-touch advice that is delivered in...

  • Episode #3

    From Good to Great - Then from Great to Elite: Inside the Stratos Growth Story with Jeff Concepcion

    Jan 8, 202527 minS2

    In this episode of RIA+, Jeff Concepcion – founder and CEO of Stratos Wealth – one of the fastest-growing, sits down with Emigrant's Mark Bruno to discuss the strategies and tactics that have fueled of one of the...

  • Episode #2

    Gibson Capital: An 'Uncommonly Attentive Advice' Strategy

    Dec 10, 202437 minS2

    This episode of RIA+ features two key leaders at Gibson Capital – which recently celebrated its 35th anniversary and now manages roughly $2.5B for 200 families across the country. While a number of strategic decisions...

  • Episode #1

    FL Putnam's Tom Manning: An Inside Look at One of the Nation's Fastest-Growing RIAs

    Nov 18, 202429 minS2

    FL Putnam is one of the fastest-growing RIAs in the nation, and crossed $10B in assets earlier this year after successfully acquiring and integrating a number of businesses and teams over the last 24 months. The firm...

  • Episode #14

    An Inside Look at Pure Financial - An RIA Organic Growth Machine

    Aug 7, 202450 minS1

    In this episode of RIA+, Emigrant's Mark Bruno goes "under the hood" of Pure Financial - one of the most sophisticated and strategic RIAs in the industry. Mark talks with Joe Anderson, President and CEO of Pure, and...

  • Episode #13

    The Truth About RIA Organic Growth: Schwab's Lisa Salvi

    Jul 18, 202435 minS1

    The top-performing firms in the RIA industry have experienced organic growth rates that are more than double the typical firm - and Charles' Schwab's new RIA benchmarking study provides a close-up of the strategies and...

  • Episode #12

    The State of RIA M&A: Beyond the Numbers with Fidelity's Laura Delaney

    Jul 1, 202440 minS1

    In this episode of RIA+, Mark Bruno talks with Fidelity's Laura Delaney - one of the leading RIA M&A researchers - about dealmaking activity in the first half of 2024. While overall volume and valuations remain strong...

  • Episode #11

    Verdence's Leo Kelly: Building an RIA with the 'client as the architect'

    Jun 19, 202442 minS1

    While it's been years since Leo Kelly, CEO and founder of Verdence Capital Advisors, left the wirehouse world for the independent channel, a simple governing principle continues to anchor his vision for leading one of...

  • Episode #10

    Talent as a Driver of Strategic Growth: Charlie Rocco of Moneco Advisors

    May 31, 202436 minS1

    There's often a direct correlation between an RIA's growth and its approach to talent recruitment, development and advancement. There's no better example of this than Moneco Advisors, which joined Emigrant as a Partner...

  • Episode #9

    Wealth Management 3.0: Max Lane on the Future of Talent, Transition & Technology

    May 7, 202442 minS1

    Several "megatrends" are rapidly re-shaping the dynamics of the wealth management industry -- seemingly in real-time. A massive intergenerational transfer of wealth, the emergence of new technologies, and the need to...

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