Knowledge Center

Members and our industry colleagues are encouraged to stay up to date on FCS news and recaps of our events on this page. You’ll also find links to audio / video recordings whenever they’re available for all audiences. If you’re interested in sharing proprietary research and relevant insights with our financial marketing and media audience, please contact FCS CEO Kevin Windorf ([email protected]).

Past Events

  • July 30, 2025

    Recap

    MidSummer Cocktails: Storytelling in Financial Services

    Panelist Melissa Cavanaugh

    Head of Content Strategy

    Panelist Nicole Huynh

    Global Head of Client Marketing

    Panelist Franchesca Maddalena-Napp

    Executive Director, Head of Solutions Marketing

    Moderator Gregory Yates

    Head of Marketing, Financial Services

    New York

  • July 23, 2025

    Recap

    Video

    Marketing Boldly While Remaining Compliant

    Panelist Mari Lee

    SVP – Data, Digital Global Marketing

    Panelist Katherine Boylan

    Senior Vice President, Director of Integrated Marketing

    Panelist Keye Chang

    Senior Compliance Officer

    Moderator Catherine Ostheimer

    Vice President of Marketing

    Virtual

    Free Event

  • July 21, 2025

    Recap

    FCS Charity Golf Tournament & Tennis Day 2025

    The FCS is excited to be returning to the Wykagyl Country Club on Monday, July 21, for the 26th Annual FCS Charity Golf Tournament & Tennis Day. We will again bring together our two groups of sports enthusiasts for a great day of camaraderie, friendly competition and fundraising. Here’s the agenda for a full day […]

    New York

FCS News

  • Sep 1, 2025

    New FCS Board Directors Announced FOR 2025-2026

    The FCS has announced the addition of three new Board Directors. We are proud to welcome Kimberly Boone of Ptarmigan Media, Pasy Govindarajan of Citi, and Josh Rucci of Getty Images to the Board. The full FCS leadership team can be seen here. We’d also like to thank three Directors who have stepped down from […]

    New York

  • Jun 9, 2025

    New Appointments for FCS WEST

    The FCS has today announced the appointments of Courtney Phillips (The Daily Upside) as President of FCS WEST, and of Joanna Harrison (Harrison Strategic Narratives) as Vice President of FCS WEST. Court and Joanna just led our newly established FCS WEST Steering Committee on the June 4th production of a sold-out Education Summit in San […]

    Los Angeles; San Francisco

  • May 2, 2025

    FCS Portfolio Awards Honor Best in Financial Marketing and Communications for 2024

    Trust & Will scores top prize for “Make It Count” TV Campaign Bank of America dominates the competition with 3 Best in Show Awards for work on its 2024 Boston Marathon Sponsorship American Express, Invesco QQQ, and PNC Bank each take home a Best in Show NEW YORK (May 2, 2025) – Last night, an […]

    New York

Industry Insights

  • Sep 1, 2025

    In A Regulated, Automated World, Human Marketing Wins

    by Kevin Windorf, CEO, FCS; CMO, 2112 Communications Artificial intelligence is transforming marketing. Content is faster, cheaper, and endless. But for financial marketers, the challenge has not changed. It’s still about trust. Clients aren’t craving more perfectly targeted product pages or algorithmically ranked articles. They want clarity in the products we offer. They want confidence […]

    New York

  • Aug 5, 2025

    Closing the Brand-Distribution Gap in Wealth Marketing

    How to ensure your best messaging reaches the field by Kevin Windorf, CEO, FCS; CMO, 2112 Communications In asset management, a strong brand is essential—but if your messaging doesn’t reach the advisors who sell your products, your brand’s value gets lost where it matters most. This is the brand-distribution gap, and it’s one of the […]

    New York

  • Aug 1, 2025

    Pitching Your Own C-Suite

    How To Tell the Story Behind Your Marketing Data by Kevin Windorf, CEO, FCS; CMO, 2112 Communications In financial marketing, data is our default language. Site traffic, qualified leads, AUM lift, pipeline volume — these are the metrics we live by. But numbers alone rarely inspire. They inform, but they don’t persuade. And they often […]

    New York