
Onawa Promise Lacewell, PhD
Director, Consulting
Onawa Promise Lacewell has a research focus on the impact of disruptive technologies on the financial services sector and on the client-facing technology that wealth managers use to support the digital experience of UHNW and HNW end clients. Specifically, she is interested in how wealth managers use digital portals and mobile apps to support the client experience of UHNW and HNW end clients. Onawa holds a PhD from the University of Missouri.
Recent research assignments and publications include the following:
- Behind the Login of Wealth Management Client Portals
- Benchmarking of Value-Added Services for UHNW clients
- The Rising Popularity of Family Offices
- AI Throughout the Wealth Management Lifecycle
- UHNW Benchmarking

Howard Corey
Senior Analyst
Howard Corey, who has more than 15 years of financial services industry experience, joined Cutter Associates in 2021 as a Senior Research Analyst. Howard’s broad experience in both wealth and asset management includes client services, portfolio operations, multi-asset class trade execution, and client performance reporting.
Before joining Cutter, Howard was a Wealth Advisor with Shorepoint Capital Partners. His prior roles include Chief Operating Officer at One Charles Private Wealth, an SEC Registered Investment Adviser, and Principal at Partners Capital Investment Group, where he managed the US Client Services Team and was responsible for multi-asset class trading and client reporting for both private and institutional clients.
Howard earned a bachelor of arts in economics from Roanoke College and an MBA from Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management.
End-to-end advisor platforms offer a promising way for wealth management firms to arm their advisors with an all-inone digital toolbox. But not all end-to-end platforms are created equal. This report profiles eight leading providers of all-in-one technology platforms for wealth advisors, examines which features and functionalities are need-to-haves and which are nice-to-haves, and discusses which solutions are particularly useful for different types of wealth management firms. The research also examines the current state of the industry, discusses future trends for digital advisor desktop technology, and offers a set of concrete strategy recommendations for firms weighing an end-to-end advisor solution.
End-to-end advisor platforms offer a promising way for wealth management firms to arm their advisors with an all-inone digital toolbox. But not all end-to-end platforms are created equal. This report profiles eight leading providers of all-in-one technology platforms for wealth advisors, examines which features and functionalities are need-to-haves and which are nice-to-haves, and discusses which solutions are particularly useful for different types of wealth management firms. The research also examines the current state of the industry, discusses future trends for digital advisor desktop technology, and offers a set of concrete strategy recommendations for firms weighing an end-to-end advisor solution.