Built for Financial Services

AI is changing how clients find — and choose —
advisors.
Caidance gets your firm ready.

Because the advisor AI recommends is the one that gets the meeting.

Take a free 5-minute check of how your firm holds up in today's AI-powered wealth-management landscape. Get a clear fix-it plan tuned to how advisory practices actually lose clients — slow prospect responses, market commentary bottlenecked at compliance, annual reviews eating Q1 and Q4, archiving gaps the SEC examiner will find. Then put the real AI stack to work — with Marketing Rule and archiving discipline built in.

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10 industries covered 100 AI playbooks 154 stack-specific rules
What's changing

Your prospects aren't the only ones deciding who to trust with their money.

Investors are asking ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity "am I paying too much in fees?" and "what should I ask a financial advisor?" before they ever call a firm. AI assistants are reading Form ADVs, BrokerCheck records, fiduciary disclosures, and Google reviews — then recommending the advisor with the clearest fee structure, credentials, and client-communication cadence. By the time a prospect clicks Book a Call, you're already on the short list. Meanwhile, the client who emailed Thursday about the market drop hasn't heard back yet — and the other advisor their neighbor recommended is already drafting a proposal.

AI is already reading your Form ADV

ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity are reading Form ADVs, BrokerCheck, fiduciary disclosures, and fee schedules — then recommending the advisor with the clearest structure and alignment. The firm at the top isn't always the biggest AUM. It's the one whose fees and value proposition are obvious on the first page.

Market events don't wait for CCO review

When markets drop, clients call every advisor they've ever met. The advisor who replies with compliant market commentary within 2 hours keeps the client. The one who drafts by hand — or waits for CCO review on Monday — doesn't.

The SEC exam finds what you didn't archive

Every text. Every email. Every AI-drafted market commentary. SEC Rule 17a-4 and FINRA Rule 4511 require archiving — and the examiner will find what you didn't capture. The AI stack that generates compliant content archives it automatically, before the CCO has to chase it.

A clear path — at your pace.

The Caidance path is the same for every industry — Measure, Fix, Monitor — tuned to how financial services businesses actually work.

Measure: 5-minute CDI Score (free). Fix + Monitor: the Caidance Pilot ($9.95/mo) bundles all 10 industry fixes with checklists, the AI playbooks, weekly checks, and a Performance Advisor.

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AI agent recipes

AI playbooks built for financial services.

Each playbook is a step-by-step recipe — which AI tools to use, how to wire them up, what to measure. Not theory. Not generic advice. The real stack real financial services operators are deploying right now.

Fix 1 playbook

AI Compliant Content Engine (market commentary, educational blogs, client newsletters)

Publish weekly thought leadership that builds trust with prospects — without spending Friday afternoon staring at a blank page.

Tool stack
FMG Suite Broadridge Advisor Stream Claude Projects + Smarsh archiving
8–12 hours for CCO-approved workflow setup; 2-3 hours per week ongoing $125–$400/mo (FMG/Advisor Stream) or ~$70/mo DIY (Claude + Smarsh)
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Fix 5 playbook

AI Lead Response Agent (compliant draft + human send in < 2 hours)

Be the advisor who responds within hours — not the one who replies three days later with a generic "let's schedule a call."

Tool stack
Wealthbox AI Hearsay Social Redtail + compliant integrations
6–10 hours setup + CCO approval + archiving; 2-3 weeks of tuning $59–$99/user/mo depending on platform
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Fix 10 playbook

AI Compliance + Client-File Drift Auditor

Catch where client files and firm practices have drifted from your compliance manual — before an SEC/FINRA/state exam does.

Tool stack
ComplySci MyComplianceOffice Claude Projects (de-identified only)
12–20 hours for first audit (includes compliance-procedure documentation gaps); 4-6 hours for quarte $20/mo (de-identified DIY) up to $500+/mo (ComplySci/MyComplianceOffice enterprise)
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10 full playbooks per industry unlock with the Caidance toolkit. Start with the free check to see which matter most for your business.

AI-ERA PLAYBOOK DIGEST

Get the AI-era playbook for your industry.

One thoughtful email a month. Industry-specific recipes, compliance updates, and what's actually working right now. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.

The 10 fixes, tuned for financial services.

Each fix closes a specific gap between your business and the people — and AI tools — trying to find you. Plain-English checklists, concrete examples, and an AI advisor to walk you through each one.

Fix 1 Free preview

Strengthen Trust-Building Content

Improve the content prospects see first so credibility, fit, and trust are established before they decide whether to reach out.

Fix 2 Free preview

Clarify Offer and Client Fit

Make it easier for prospects to understand what you offer, who you help, and whether your process is the right fit for them.

Fix 3 Free preview

Improve Consultation Conversion Path

Tighten the path from interested prospect to consultation request so more qualified opportunities convert into conversations.

Fix 4 Full toolkit

Standardize Handoffs

Standardize how prospect notes, discovery details, client records, and service tasks move between advisors, admin staff, and operations.

Fix 5 Full toolkit

Tighten Response Workflows

Improve how consistently and quickly inquiries, follow-ups, document requests, and client questions receive a response.

Fix 6 Full toolkit

Improve Team Visibility

Make client status, pipeline movement, pending service items, and open blockers easier to see without relying on scattered updates.

Fix 7 Full toolkit

Strengthen Scheduling Discipline

Reduce friction around meetings, reviews, follow-ups, and document deadlines by improving how they are scheduled and tracked.

Fix 8 Full toolkit

Clarify Ownership

Make it clear who owns each part of prospect conversion, onboarding, service delivery, compliance support, and client communication.

Fix 9 Full toolkit

Build Better Reporting Rhythm

Create a repeatable rhythm for reviewing lead flow, active clients, outstanding requests, service delivery, and operational issues.

Fix 10 Full toolkit

Reduce Process Drift

Reduce inconsistency in how prospects are handled, clients are serviced, and recurring work is executed across the team.

Four bands. Four different starting points.

Your CDI Score places you in one of four readiness bands. Each one comes with a different set of priorities — so you're never guessing what to fix first.

Starter
0 - 15

Running on Heroics

Your business depends too much on individual effort and memory. Systems are the priority.

Builder
16 - 30

Pieces in Place

You have some structure, but gaps in handoffs and follow-through are costing you.

Operator
31 - 45

Solid Foundation

Your operations work most of the time. Targeted fixes will compound fast.

Leader
46 - 60

Ahead of the Pack

You're running better than most. Monitoring keeps you there and catches drift early.

SEC-Aware Findings for RIAs, Advisors, and Financial Planners

Your change process is part of your books-and-records obligation.

CDI scores how AI agents see your firm. The Caidance Alignment Score scores what they do not see — how your CRM, custodian feed, financial planning software, and compliance archive treat client communications, marketing materials, and account changes. For SEC-registered firms, the gap between those systems is where Rule 17a-4, FINRA 4511, and Marketing Rule violations are born.

Website Intelligence
CDI
0–60 readiness
+
Systems Intelligence
Alignment
0–60 alignment
Alignment Review compliance frames built in for financial services
SEC Rule 17a-4 record retention FINRA 4511 archiving SEC Marketing Rule (Rule 206(4)-1) Household-of-accounts model Wealthbox / Redtail / Financial Services Cloud
Sample finding from the Alignment Review engine
Gap Critical Impact · Q14 · Financial Services

For an SEC-registered firm, change-process documentation is part of your books-and-records obligation under SEC Rule 17a-4 and FINRA 4511. Spreadsheet checklists and verbal handoffs do not satisfy regulatory record-keeping requirements — every material data change should have an audit trail showing who, what, when, and why, preserved for the regulator-required retention period.

How to fix: 2-3 days to design, ongoing zero once adopted. Tools: compliant document management system (Smarsh, Global Relay, similar archiving) plus change-log workflow tool (your CRM, Notion, Asana). Pricing: $25-100/month for compliant archiving on top of existing tools. Steps: list every material data change category, document required approval chain (CCO, supervisor, compliance review), implement change log with full audit trail…
Take the Alignment Assessment → See sample findings

The Alignment Review is $149 one-time. 21 questions, 10 minutes. Findings calibrated to your declared industry, stack, revenue, and team size.

The advisor you get

An advisor who knows financial services.

Not a generic chatbot. An advisor that knows how financial services businesses actually work, remembers your past conversations, and gets smarter about your specific business over time.

Fix Advisor
On every fix page
How do I strengthen trust signals for a financial advisory firm?
C
Financial clients need credibility before they share personal details. Display your credentials (CFP, CPA, Series 65), client testimonials with specific outcomes, and your fiduciary status prominently. Add a "Book a Free Consultation" CTA — the word "free" removes the risk of a first conversation.
✓ Knows your specific fix and industry
✓ Step-by-step implementation guidance
✓ Available on every fix page
Performance Advisor
Remembers your history
My uptime check failed briefly — should I worry?
C
Your site had a 30-second downtime window on Tuesday. For a financial services site, even brief downtime during business hours can lose a prospect who is ready to book. Check with your hosting provider if there was maintenance, and consider uptime monitoring alerts so you know in real time.
✓ Sees your actual score and health data
✓ Remembers past conversations
✓ Weekly AI-powered recommendations

Simple, Transparent Pricing

Start free. Pay only when you're ready to go deeper.

Free check
$0

See where you stand.

  • ✓ 5-minute industry assessment
  • ✓ Your CDI Score
  • ✓ Band placement
  • ✓ Top 3 fixes, free
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$79 once

Prefer to own it one-time? Every fix, plus your advisor.

  • ✓ Everything in Free Check
  • ✓ All 10 prioritized fixes
  • ✓ Plain-English checklists
  • ✓ AI Fix Advisor
  • ✓ Progress tracking
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Every fix, the playbooks, and an advisor that gets smarter every week.

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Questions financial services operators ask

How is AI changing how customers find financial services businesses?

Investors are asking ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity "am I paying too much in fees?" and "what should I ask a financial advisor?" before they ever call a firm. AI assistants are reading Form ADVs, BrokerCheck records, fiduciary disclosures, and Google reviews — then recommending the advisor with the clearest fee structure, credentials, and client-communication cadence. By the time a prospect clicks Book a Call, you're already on the short list. Meanwhile, the client who emailed Thursday about the market drop hasn't heard back yet — and the other advisor their neighbor recommended is already drafting a proposal.

What's the first AI-era fix most financial services businesses need?

AI is already reading your Form ADV. ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity are reading Form ADVs, BrokerCheck, fiduciary disclosures, and fee schedules — then recommending the advisor with the clearest structure and alignment. The firm at the top isn't always the biggest AUM. It's the one whose fees and value proposition are obvious on the first page.

How does Caidance measure AI-era readiness for financial services businesses?

Take a free 5-minute check of how your firm holds up in today's AI-powered wealth-management landscape. Get a clear fix-it plan tuned to how advisory practices actually lose clients — slow prospect responses, market commentary bottlenecked at compliance, annual reviews eating Q1 and Q4, archiving gaps the SEC examiner will find. Then put the real AI stack to work — with Marketing Rule and archiving discipline built in.

Five minutes. One honest answer.

See where your financial services business stands. Get your CDI Score and top 3 priority fixes immediately — no credit card, no sales call.

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