More than 4,000 people have descended here for the Future Proof conference , a vast social gathering designed to give younger registered investment advisors and other investment professionals access to what they want.
What they want, apparently, is an intense desire to network with other RIAs and investment professionals and find ways to grow their business.
Reimagining the financial conference Future Proof is the brainchild of Barry Ritholtz, co-founder, chairman, and chief investment officer of Ritholtz Wealth Management, and CEO Josh Brown.
This is the third year for the conference, but Ritholtz and company have been doing conferences for 15 years.
Ritholtz describes it as an ongoing project to reinvent the financial conference concept, which he says is "moribund."
Persons:
Barry Ritholtz, Josh Brown, Ritholtz, Van Eck, Matt Middleton, Adarsh, Brett Rodgriguez, Delon Mansour, Mansour, Shyamsundar, Harris, Consulting's Brett Rodgriguez, Akash Shah, Shannon Saccocia, Raj Dhanda, Ares Management, John Christmas, RIAs, They'll, Mike Novogratz, Anna Paglia, Bryan Whalen, Saira Malik, Lauren Goodwin, Scott Wapner, DoubleLine Capital's Jeff Gundlach, CNBC's, Jan van Eck, Matt Hougan, DJ Mick, There's, Bob Pisani, Jon Maier, JP Morgan, Pisani, Jan Van Eck, Marlena Lee, That's
Organizations:
Ritholtz Wealth Management, JPMorgan Chase, Capital Group, Street Global Advisors, Funds, Polaris Capital Management, Graystone Consulting, Investments, Investment, Ares, HPS Investment Partners, Global, Life Investments, Bitwise, Management, Dimensional Fund Advisors
Locations:
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif, Los Angeles, Iowa, California, Huntington Beach, San Diego, Michigan, ETFEdge.cnbc.com