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Conquest Repositions as a Verifiable AI Financial Advice Engine and Unveils Refreshed Brand to Reflect Evolution
New positioning signals Conquest’s expanded role in helping firms and advisors deliver personalized, verifiable financial advice at scale
WINNIPEG, Manitoba—September 9, 2026—Conquest, an award-winning global fintech company that delivers the industry’s leading verifiable AI financial advice engine to power continuous advice at scale, today unveiled a refreshed brand and visual identity that brings the company’s new positioning and innovations to life.
The repositioning signals the broader role that Conquest’s engine plays beyond traditional financial planning software, so the company has shortened its name from Conquest Planning to Conquest.
The engine, Strategic Advice Manager® (SAM), has been the intelligent core of Conquest’s offerings since its founding in 2018, and has evolved to include agentic capabilities announced earlier this year. SAM comprises a calculation engine and proprietary AI expert system that work together to evaluate and rank financial strategies, model life events and respond to client questions in a fraction of the time traditionally required to build and update a financial plan.
As client expectations shift toward more personalized, timely and continuous advice, that same headless engine can power AI-enabled advisor, client, and white-label experiences — helping firms deliver consistent financial guidance across any wealth segment, any channel, and via any surface.
“Financial advice was never meant to be static,” said Brad Joudrie, CEO of Conquest. “Clients’ lives change constantly, and the advice they receive should be able to keep pace. Our engine, Strategic Advice Manager® (SAM), is built to help firms and advisors deliver expert, verifiable guidance in the moment, explore more possibilities in less time and personalize recommendations to each client’s financial picture. That shift, which is at the heart of our repositioning, underscores why this was the right time to introduce a brand that better represents who we are today and where we’re going.”
A key part of Conquest’s differentiated approach is its focus on verifiable, explainable and auditable AI. Every recommendation generated by SAM is backed by a deterministic algorithm and audit trail that can be checked at each step, helping advisors and clients understand recommendations while giving compliance teams greater visibility into how advice is generated. This gives firms a path to confidently embrace AI without sacrificing the transparency, consistency and oversight expected in financial services.
Conquest’s new visual identity features a mark inspired by a sonic boom, signaling forward motion, transformation and a desire to challenge convention in financial planning. The broader identity pairs the mark with a more sophisticated visual system, bold color palette, and a sharper, more confident brand voice.
“This was never about simply changing our logo,” said Karen Budell, chief marketing officer of Conquest. “Our business, technology and ambitions have grown, and our new positioning needed a brand that could better reflect our growth and path forward. The new Conquest identity gives us room to tell a bigger story about the role we play in helping firms and advisors deliver advice that is more continuous, intelligent and accessible. Every element of the brand was designed with that sense of forward motion and intention in mind.”
The company will showcase its new identity at Future Proof Festival at Booth 109, where attendees can learn more about Conquest’s financial advice engine, SAM, and the company’s approach to delivering more continuous, personalized and verifiable financial advice at scale.
Conquest’s refreshed brand and website are now live. To learn more, visit https://conquestplanning.com.
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About Conquest
Established in 2018, Conquest is the market-leading technology company behind Strategic Advice Manager® (SAM), a verifiable AI financial advice engine built to power personalized, continuous financial guidance at scale. Today, the company supports more than 75% of financial advisors across Canada, while SAM has powered millions of financial plans globally. Its technology enables financial institutions, banks and advisors to deliver expert guidance across the full wealth spectrum, from mass-market clients to ultra-high-net-worth individuals. At its core is a mission to make quality financial guidance accessible to all.
Conquest was founded by a team of financial technology veterans with a track record spanning more than 30 years in the financial planning software space. Its strategic investors include Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Fidelity International Strategic Ventures, Canapi Ventures, Citi Ventures, BDC Capital, TIAA Ventures, USAA, BNY, Portage and Royal Bank of Canada. For more information, follow Conquest on LinkedIn and YouTube.
