September 2026 Quarterly Meeting

TOPIC #1: Building Your Growth Roadmap
SPEAKER: Susan Rosenhoffer

About the presentation: Growing a successful advisory practice requires more than just ambition, it demands a clear strategy backed by data. This session will explore how advisors achieve sustainable growth, from defining their core “why” to positioning their value effectively. We’ll dive into key growth drivers, including target client profiles, referral strategies, and deepening relationships with COIs and the next generation of clients.

 About the speaker: Susan Rosenhoffer is a Regional Director, Practice Management, in Dimensional’s Global Client Group. Based in the Charlotte office, Susan delivers benchmarking and practice management insights to advisors. Helping advisors and their teams maximize their efforts to best serve their clients and businesses is Susan’s passion. Susan has spent more than 20 years in the industry in practice management, advisor and team development, and marketing roles, including more than a decade at one of the largest registered independent advisors and turnkey providers in the country. Most recently, she served as a senior leader for the independent channels of a large brokerage firm in the growth space. Susan holds the PCC certified executive coach designation from the International Coaching Federation and earned a degree in communications from Truman State University.

TOPIC #2: The Age of Disruption – Separating the Hype from the Reality
SPEAKER:  Andrew C. Hull, CFA

About the presentation: Technology seems to be moving faster than ever, particularly when it comes to advancements in artificial intelligence. So, what’s hype and what’s reality? Andrew Hull, Strategist at Frist Trust Portfolios, will discuss advancements and use cases in AI, along with the benefits for specific industries and implications for the broader economy

About the speaker: Andrew Hull is a Vice President and Exchange-Traded Fund Strategist. As an ETF Strategist, Andrew provides in-depth analysis and commentary related to ETF investing, including tracking industry trends and communicating ETF strategies to financial professionals. Andrew also contributes to the First Trust Investment Insights blog and helps author the quarterly Inside First Trust ETFs newsletter. Previously, Andrew was an Economic Analyst for First Trust, where he was responsible for analyzing economic indicators and providing economic commentary and research. Andrew holds a BA in Business Economics from Wheaton College in Wheaton, IL. He is a recipient of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation and is a member of the CFA Institute and CFA Society of Seattle.

TOPIC #3: Equity Market Outlook: Dominance & Divergence
SPEAKER: Chris Bush, CFA

About the presentation: Chris will discuss the impact of continued market concentration — driven largely by the AI trade — on the broader index, and where investors can find opportunity outside that narrow AI leadership. Earnings among the market’s largest names remain strong, but with an asterisk: elevated capex, changing depreciation assumptions, and large non-operating gains raise real questions about the quality of those earnings. While First Trust believes the market will widen out in ’26, persistent inflation and uneven fundamentals mean wide divergence is likely to persist within many asset classes. In his view, there are more effective ways to capture that broadening than simply buying an equal-weight or small-cap index — success will come from being selective, not just diversified.

About the speaker: Chris is Vice President of Strategy Research and Portfolio Manager for the Active Factor Suite of ETFs and the Small Cap Core SMA. He has over 20 years of financial services industry experience. Chris is responsible for developing and implementing quantitative equity investment strategies and has been a member of the First Trust Advisors Sub-Equity Investment Committee since 2018. Chris received his BS in Business Administration from John Brown University and a Masters in Data Science from Northwestern University. He is a recipient of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation and is a member of the CFA Institute, the CFA Society of Chicago as well as the Chicago Quantitative Alliance.

Continuing Education: FPA NEO will request credit for these programs, which will total two hours of CE from the CFP® Board of Standards for CFP® designation holders. A general certificate of completion and one for CPA designees who feel the program satisfies their continuing education requirements will also be available.

Reservation Policy: All attendees are encouraged to register in advance before noon 09/09/26 and walk-in reservations will be accepted on a space-available basis only. Meeting cost is free for FPA members and $65 for non-members. If you reserve and are unable to attend, please call the office or email admin@fpa-neo.org to cancel by noon 09/08/26 to avoid a no-show reservation billing of $10.00.