The New Wealth Advisor Journal

Bloks. The Un-CRM.

The New Wealth Advisor Journal is where we write about the part of the job that happens after the client leaves: the notes, the files, the forms, the follow-ups, and the evenings they cost. It is written for financial and insurance advisors in Canada by the team building Bloks, after twenty years spent building productivity software.

Three kinds of writing: Advice you can act on this week, Insights on where advising is going, and News from Bloks. Conversations with advisors live on The New Wealth Advisor Podcast.

Every client, your only client.

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Advice

Insights

News

Ten products, one paragraph each

Ten products, one paragraph each

Ten products, one paragraph each

Insights

Insights

AI Tools for Financial Advisors: How to Choose Your AI Operating System in 2026

Financial Horizons and Bloks logos side by side

News

News

Financial Horizons Adds Bloks to Its Digital Marketplace

1 minute read

1 minute read

The Bloks team on the red stairs at the office

News

News

Bloks Named One of Canada's Top 100 AI & Tech Startups

1 minute read

1 minute read

What your regulator will actually ask for

What your regulator will actually ask for

What your regulator will actually ask for

Advice

Advice

The Compliance Guide to AI Note Takers for Canadian Financial Advisors: SOC 2, PIPEDA, and Client Confidentiality

6 minute read

6 minute read

Never walk into a meeting cold again

Never walk into a meeting cold again

Never walk into a meeting cold again

Advice

Advice

How Advisors Generate Pre-Meeting Briefs Automatically

6 minute read

6 minute read

A record you can defend

A record you can defend

A record you can defend

Advice

Advice

How RIAs Create Audit-Ready Client Meeting Notes and Defensible Records

5 minute read

5 minute read

Never update a client file again

Never update a client file again

Never update a client file again

Advice

Advice

How to Eliminate Manual CRM Updates for Financial Advisors

5 minute read

5 minute read

Compliance doesn’t care that it was automatic

Compliance doesn’t care that it was automatic

Compliance doesn’t care that it was automatic

Advice

Advice

How Financial Advisors Automate Meeting Notes Without Creating Compliance Risk

7 minute read

7 minute read

Renting is cheaper, right up until it isn’t

Renting is cheaper, right up until it isn’t

Renting is cheaper, right up until it isn’t

Insights

Insights

Canada Is Renting Its AI Future

4 minute read

4 minute read

Never write a follow-up from scratch again

Never write a follow-up from scratch again

Never write a follow-up from scratch again

Advice

Advice

Turn Conversations into Client Emails

2 minute read

2 minute read

A note taker, or a system?

A note taker, or a system?

A note taker, or a system?

Insights

Insights

Best AI Note Takers for Financial Advisors in 2026: What Actually Matters

13 minute read

13 minute read

Where does your client data live?

Where does your client data live?

Where does your client data live?

Insights

Insights

The Best AI Note Takers for Canadian Wealth and Insurance Advisors in 2026

13 minute read

13 minute read

Speed is the easiest thing to copy

Speed is the easiest thing to copy

Speed is the easiest thing to copy

Insights

Insights

The Advisors Who Win Won't Be the Fastest

3 minute read

3 minute read

The reason nobody puts in the press release

The reason nobody puts in the press release

The reason nobody puts in the press release

Advice

Advice

The Third Reason to Buy a Company

2 minute read

2 minute read

It never stays a cost story

It never stays a cost story

It never stays a cost story

Insights

Insights

Every Technology Wave Arrives Disguised as a Cost-Cutter

3 minute read

3 minute read

Nobody has ever watched you work

Nobody has ever watched you work

Nobody has ever watched you work

Insights

Insights

Your Client Meetings Are Now Your Best Coach

3 minute read

3 minute read

Nobody signed up to be an integrator

Nobody signed up to be an integrator

Nobody signed up to be an integrator

Insights

Insights

The Software Stack Ate the Advisory Practice

2 minute read

2 minute read

The robot’s job was never yours

The robot’s job was never yours

The robot’s job was never yours

Insights

Insights

AI Won’t Make Advisors More Efficient. It Will Make Them More Human

2 minute read

2 minute read

The work nobody bills for

The work nobody bills for

The work nobody bills for

Advice

Advice

Why Admin Work Is Stealing Your Evenings and Weekends as a Wealth Advisor

5 minute read

5 minute read

Your assistant knows something you don’t

Your assistant knows something you don’t

Your assistant knows something you don’t

Insights

Insights

Shared Context Is the Missing Layer in Client-Facing Teams

4 minute read

4 minute read

The work that starts when the meeting ends

The work that starts when the meeting ends

The work that starts when the meeting ends

Insights

Insights

Stop Wasting Time After Every Meeting: How Advisors Can Automate Their Documentation

4 minute read

4 minute read

Consent is not a checkbox

Consent is not a checkbox

Consent is not a checkbox

Advice

Advice

The Privacy-First Advisor: How to Use AI Without Violating Confidentiality Standards

4 minute read

4 minute read

When someone leaves, it leaves with them

When someone leaves, it leaves with them

When someone leaves, it leaves with them

Advice

Advice

The Hidden Cost of Context Loss: Why Client Knowledge Leakage Is the #1 Risk Advisors Ignore

5 minute read

5 minute read

Built to record the work, never to do it

Built to record the work, never to do it

Built to record the work, never to do it

Insights

Insights

Relationship Intelligence: The Competitive Edge That CRMs Forgot

2 minute read

2 minute read

One record, KYC included

One record, KYC included

One record, KYC included

Advice

Advice

The Power of Unifying KYC and CRM

3 minute read

3 minute read

A file that changes with the person

A file that changes with the person

A file that changes with the person

Insights

Insights

Why Dynamic Relationship Intelligence Beats Static CRM Data

4 minute read

4 minute read

Everything they told you, before you walk in

Everything they told you, before you walk in

Everything they told you, before you walk in

Advice

Advice

Meeting Prep Automation: Starting Every Meeting With Full Context in Under 60 Seconds

2 minute read

2 minute read

Test it before you trust it

Test it before you trust it

Test it before you trust it

Advice

Advice

The Best Prompt to Know Which AI Summarizer Actually Delivers

2 minute read

2 minute read

Recording is not understanding

Recording is not understanding

Recording is not understanding

Insights

Insights

AI Note-taking vs. Relationship Intelligence: Why VCs Need More Than Transcripts

2 minute read

2 minute read

Ask your book a question

Ask your book a question

Ask your book a question

Advice

Advice

Unlock Insights: Using Conversational AI to Instantly Find Answers in Client Histories

2 minute read

2 minute read

Their daughter’s name is not a data field

Their daughter’s name is not a data field

Their daughter’s name is not a data field

Insights

Insights

Personalization at Scale: Capturing Family Milestones, Preferences, and Financial Goals Without Manual Notes

2 minute read

2 minute read

The system you feed gives nothing back

The system you feed gives nothing back

The system you feed gives nothing back

Advice

Advice

Smarter CRM Usage: Why CRMs Fail Without Consistent Data and How to Keep Them Updated

2 minute read

2 minute read

Years of paper, none of it searchable

Years of paper, none of it searchable

Years of paper, none of it searchable

Insights

Insights

Document Intelligence: Extracting Data from Legacy Files, PDFs, and Scanned KYC Forms

2 minute read

2 minute read