Smaller and midsized banks can play in the wealth management big leagues, but they have to use some Moneyball type tactics to compete and win against the big budget competition. Before the financial crisis, a “Field of Dreams” approach worked– if you built it, they would come. An environment of deregulation, falling interest rates, a rising stock market and a seemingly unlimited supply of talent allowed banks the luxury of focusing largely on acquiring clients, almost regardless of cost. Now with compressed margins, skittish investors hoarding cash and a changing competitive landscape, new tactics are required