Focus Advice Technology & Platforms Association | Is API-First Advice Tech the Tipping Point for Wealth Management?

Adviser technology is at a crossroads. Industry leaders explore how seamless, API-first platforms are consigning legacy 'Frankenstacks' to history and unlocking true scale for wealth and advice firms. With real-world case studies, Dave Upton and David Moffat unpack how modern architecture, AI-powered automation, and robust compliance controls deliver more advice to more people (not just the HNWs). 

Speakers: 

• Dave Upton, CEO, Focus Advice Technology 
• David Moffat, Executive Chair, Platforms Association

Contact Peter Thompson for more information: [email protected]

Chapters

• 00:00 Intro to Dave Upton, Focus & API first tech, Intro to David Moffat
• 10:00 Legacy Software & AI driving change
• 17:00 Is this the next quantum shift in advice delivery?
• 20:13 Automated construction of advice, straight through processing
• 23:40 Vested interest, serve more clients
• 28:08 Calcs with AI
• 29:18 Highly connectable technology
• 31:57 End to end financial advice process
• 37:49 AI integration with Focus Tech & the advice model
• 43:20 Compliance, Control & Consumer Duty
• 47:47 Quick Fires: Disrupting the market, common objections, Focus ideal client, Pricing, Networks & Consolidators, How to contact Focus