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265: How Prime Quadrant Is Solving the Biggest Problem in Financial Services with Mo Lidsky

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Nov 20, 2025
Mo Lidsky, CEO of Prime Quadrant, sheds light on the trust issues between affluent families and financial advisors. He reveals how traditional wealth management often prioritizes corporate incentives over client needs, leading to poor advice. Mo shares insights from his research, including interviews with 300 industry professionals, highlighting a gap in services for families controlling $10–200 million. Discover how Prime Quadrant's unique model provides institutional-quality financial guidance at an affordable cost, empowering families to make informed decisions.
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INSIGHT

Incentives Drive Bad Advice

  • Financial advice is often biased by compensation models like AUM, which steer advisors to keep assets in-house.
  • Mo Lidsky argues this creates capital-placement behavior rather than genuine, conflict-free advice.
INSIGHT

Information Gaps Hurt Clients

  • Informational asymmetry lets sellers dominate financial outcomes, producing mediocrity or worse for clients.
  • Mo references Akerlof's "Market for Lemons" to explain why clients often get poor results.
ANECDOTE

Loss Fueled A Quest For Better Advice

  • Mo recounts building businesses, having liquidity events, then losing 85% of his net worth around 2008–2009.
  • That experience drove him to study wealth management and discover industry structural failures.
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