Alois Pirker is a research director at Aite Group, specializing in trends in the wealth management market. He has published extensively on topics including the registered investment advisor space, financial planning, separately managed accounts, and advisor-focused platforms and tools.

Mr. Pirker has been quoted in various media outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Dow Jones, Reuters, American Banker, Registered Rep., Investment News, Wall Street Letter, Wall Street & Technology, Financial-Planning, Ignites and FundFire.

He has presented his research at major conferences, including FRA Separately Managed Accounts Technology and Operations Summit, the American Banker and Money Management Institute Separately Managed Account Conference, and the Wall Street & Technology Executive Forum on Transforming Client/Advisor Interaction with Real-Time Information.

Before joining Aite Group, Mr. Pirker was an Analyst within Celent's Securities & Investments Group, where he published several studies and advised clients on new strategic technologies in the financial services marketplace.

Prior to working for Celent, Mr. Pirker was an Associate Director of investment solutions at UBS Wealth Management in London. In this role he developed business requirements and managed the delivery of various initiatives targeted at the launch of UBS' separately managed accounts business within the five largest European wealth management markets (the U.K., Germany, France, Italy and Spain). Before assuming this role, he led a team of business analysts responsible for all data warehousing/reporting requirements for the implementation of UBS' European wealth management platform.

Before moving to London, Mr. Pirker was a data architect within UBS' enterprise data warehouse program in Switzerland.

Mr. Pirker holds BS and MS degrees (Diplom-Ingenieur) in applied computer science from the University of Klagenfurt in Austria. He also studied at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland, where he wrote his master's thesis on data management. He is fluent in English and German and proficient in French.