Transforming wealth management from the ground up

Wealth Management

In the ever-changing marketplace, Equator keeps wealth management brands at the forefront of technology to engage effectively with all your audiences, from individual to institutional investors.

Customer-centric wealth management transformation 

We have created strategies, services and agile start-ups for major wealth management companies. These brands choose us for expertise that enables them to transform. We work with them to create innovation-focused teams, intelligent operations and human-centred customer experiences that transform their agility and the effectiveness of their customer relationships.

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How we enable wealth management brands to take on tomorrow

Wealth management industry challenges

Legacy systems

Transform Outdated Technology Infrastructure

Antiquated systems create data silos, restrict agility, and stifle innovation across wealth management firms. We migrate legacy platforms to MACH architectures and integrate client and portfolio systems whilst developing business logic layers that simplify modernisation without complete rebuilds, reducing your IT overheads and accelerating innovation.

Client Experience & Self-Service

Elevate Digital Client Journeys and Self-Service Capabilities

Seamless digital onboarding and advice journeys differentiate your firm from digital-first to hybrid white-glove experiences. We design secure self-service portals and streamlined client experiences that drive increased satisfaction, improved retention rates, and enhanced cost efficiency across all your service tiers.

Poor Data Utilisation

Unlock the Power of Unified Client Data

Fragmented data limits personalisation and meaningful insights for advisers. We streamline workflows with real-time insights, automate KYC processes and reporting, whilst embedding AI tools that enhance client engagement efficiency, resulting in higher adviser productivity and strengthened client relationships.

Data & AI Strategy

Harness AI for Intelligent Investment Management

Unified data platforms enable sophisticated analytics and evidence-based decision-making. Our AI deployment services optimise risk assessment, personalisation, and portfolio management whilst we deliver real-time insights that improve investment outcomes and accelerate decision cycles across your organisation.

Scalability of Advice & Service Models

Scale Profitable Service Delivery Across All Client Segments

High-value clients receive excellent service whilst others remain underserved or unprofitable. We introduce hybrid advice models using digital-first tools and AI-driven segmentation to automate service journeys, extending your reach whilst improving margins and ROI per client segment.

Change Management

Navigate Complex Organisational Transformation

Strategic vision requires translation into actionable business and technical requirements. Our change management expertise ensures cross-functional stakeholder alignment, governance frameworks, and transformation readiness plans that accelerate adoption, reduce resistance, and guarantee delivery success for your transformation.

Growth & Optimisation

Optimise Client Acquisition and Digital Performance

Enhanced CRM systems deliver tailored content across customer journeys whilst optimising conversion rates for acquisition and onboarding flows. We deliver performance-led campaigns across search, social, and partner channels, combined with strategic SEO, to improve your lead quality and reduce client acquisition costs.

Skills Gaps & Capacity Constraints

Access Expert Resources Without Permanent Recruitment

Critical skills gaps across strategy, technology, design, and marketing can stifle growth. We provide fractional CTO, CISO, and CPO leadership roles, combined with blended cross-functional delivery teams, to accelerate your project delivery whilst reducing dependency on internal resources and improving outcomes.

Some of our work that's transforming the wealth management sector

Wealth management: Transformation case studies

Future-proofing Britain’s biggest mutual society

Royal London

We worked with Royal London to build a more engaging, future-proof brand experience for direct customers and intermediaries.

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Embark

Transformation and future-proofing for one of the UK’s biggest pension providers.

Re-platforming with customer experience at the core.

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AdviserPlus

Transformation plus, for AdviserPlus

How we created scaleable and future-proof information architecture for a leading HR services provider.

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Standard Life

Increasing engagement and retention for pensions

Pension engagement has always been a complex challenge; we partnered with Standard Life to develop a strategy that empowered customers and brought business benefits with it.

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Church House

Finding the path to a dynamic new visual identity

When private wealth management company Church House asked us to refine and reposition their brand, we used dynamic graphics and engaging, story-telling imagery to create an engaging and progressive identity.

Ascot Lloyd

Transforming Ascot Lloyd's Investor and IFA experience

How we built a platform that enhances the IFA and investor experience - allowing IFAs to focus on providing advice while giving investors the flexibility to self-serve when preferred.

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Opinions, Insights & Research

Wealth

Opinion Paper

Above and Beyond Your Consumer Duty

This opinion paper is designed to help businesses strike a balance between meeting Consumer Duty requirements and adapting to evolving customer expectations, and doing it all without strangling growth or profit margins.

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Opinion Paper

Maximising M&A Value

Explore how Digital Transformation maximises M&A value by building scalable ‘landing zones’ that support buy-and-build strategies. Learn seven essential steps to drive growth, achieve operational synergies, and future-proof acquisitions through streamlined processes, customer-focused experiences, and technology integration for sustained success.

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Webinar

Using Consumer Duty as a Growth Platform

Pension engagement has always been a complex challenge; we partnered with Standard Life to develop a strategy that empowered customers and brought business benefits with it.

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Opinion Paper

Transforming for Efficiency or Experience

We explore the struggle, between experience and efficiency, that many are currently wrestling with as they seek to digitally transform their organisations.

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Opinion Paper

A Wealth Of Opportunities

We review PE-Backed Wealth and Asset Management businesses to uncover the post-pandemic potential in the sector.

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Opinion Paper

Do clients care about your digital transformation?

Wealth managers face a conflicting new reality. Digital disruption, shifting demographics, and evolving expectations are triggering dramatic transformations, which must also accommodate a constantly changing regulatory landscape. We look at how wealth management firms capitalise on these opportunities?

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Transforming wealth management for 25 years

Showcase wealth management clients

We are proud to have many long-standing relationships with businesses of all types in the Financial Services sector. For these brands we've created transformational strategies, game-changing digital services and even built entirely new businesses.