Conference Presentations

 

Bisys Fund Services
www.bisys.com

WealthSolutions™

BISYS’ WealthSolutions™ is a comprehensive suite of services designed to meet the demands of the separately managed accounts (SMA) marketplace.  This innovative offering enables clients to focus on asset growth rather than operational distractions. Clients benefit from the efficiencies of a platform that delivers consolidated information, facilitates customization, and connects managers to their sponsors in real-time. WealthSolutions brings together BISYS’ outsourcing expertise, infrastructure investments, and experience in developing policies and procedures for the SMA marketplace.

BullRun Financial
www.bullrunfinancial.com

 

 

Bullrun Financial is a leading provider of Investment Technology Solutions to the financial services industry.  Through an integrated web-based platform, Bullrun consolidates multiple sources of data and delivers a world-class platform of analytics to the investment community.  The product suite automates vital front-office functions from portfolio administration to performance/attribution measurement across global markets and portfolios, enabling financial professionals to implement and monitor their investment decisions with confidence.  The results? Dramatic improvements in the productivity of investment, asset and portfolio managers, an increase of assets from existing and prospective clients along with a focused approach to managing client portfolios, not information, lowering the overall cost of doing business.


CheckFree Investment Services
www.checkfree-cis.com

From the inception of Security APL to the acquisition of the Möbius Group, CheckFree has led the way in technology for both front- and back-office operations.

CheckFree APL allows separate account managers and sponsors can dramatically streamline and automate their operations.

CheckFree M-Pact is a web-based investment analysis and proposal generation system. M-Pact streamlines the managed account sales process for investment professionals looking to grow their fee-based business.

CheckFree M-Search is the most trusted investment manager database and analytical software in the industry.

Both M-Pact and M-Search feature the acclaimed Möbius Data.

Visit www.checkfree-cis.com or email information@checkfree.com


Citigroup
www.citigroup.com

Citigroup® Global Transaction Services is a leading provider of services to investment professionals worldwide, including managers of mutual funds, closed-end funds, hedge funds, offshore funds and separately managed accounts. By providing you with operational, administrative and regulatory support, we help you remain focused on your core activities — managing investments, attracting investors and expanding your business. We tailor our services to help meet your needs, as well as monitor the delivery of those services and make adjustments as your business evolves.

Coates Analytics, LP
www.coatesgroup.com

Coates Analytics, LP   provides dashboard and analytical applications to the Financial Services Industry.  The Managed Money Dashboard System (MMD) is used by leading Money Managers to track and analyze the sales of their Separately Managed Account and Fund products across multiple Platforms.  MMD combines unique industry sales data with proprietary advanced metrics, analytics, and custom research which allows clients to help clients analyze, track, and optimize the sales of their products.

Financial Information Network
www.fingps.com

 

 

Financial Information Network (FIN) is an ASP that has offered a fully integrated trading and investment accounting solution since 1969.  FIN helps financial institutions automate portfolio management and trading, reconciliations, performance, reporting, tax-lot accounting, management fee billing, disaster recovery, and much more.  The staff has extensive experience in technology and investment accounting.  Furthermore, the system is reliable, scalable, feature rich and intuitive.

Financial Research Corporation
www.frcnet.com

For nearly 20 years, Financial Research Corporation (FRC) has been providing clients with the knowledge to build stronger distribution relationships through product development and management, distribution solutions, and marketing strategies. FRC delivers actionable recommendations and customized solutions that strengthen your competitive advantage and maximize growth.

Three different levels of support (Market Analytics, Enhanced Analysis, and Direct Access) are available to identify strategic opportunities, improve distribution effectiveness, and increase profitability through our subject matter expert areas: mutual funds, variable annuities, managed accounts, college savings, retirement markets, sub-advisory services, alternative products, and offshore funds.

For more information, visit the FRC Web site at www.frcnet.com.


Fiserv ISS
www.fiserviss.com

 

 

Fiserv Investment Support Services* Advisor Services delivers trust, custodial, transaction processing, and consolidated client reporting services to fee-compensated financial advisors for custodial, individual and business retirement accounts. Fiserv ISS custodies mutual funds, ETFs, stocks, bonds, fixed and variable annuities, limited partnerships, certificates of deposit. Fiserv ISS does not provide retail products or services. Call 1-800-525-2124, ext. 5116.

 * Fiserv Investment Support Services is a marketing name of Fiserv Trust Company, member FDIC.


FundQuest
www.fundquest.com

 

FundQuest is a pioneer in the managed accounts industry. Founded in 1993, we are a leading global provider of web delivered wealth management solutions for many premier financial institutions including:

  • Banks

  • Broker-Dealers

  • Insurance Companies

  • Pension Providers

  • 401(k) Providers

  • Registered Investment Advisers

  • Trust Companies

We are established, innovative, and respected. We're here to help you reach the next level of wealth management success.

Gainskeeper
www.gainskeeper.com

 

GainsKeeper is the preeminent tax lot accounting and advisory service for brokerages, financial advisors and fund managers.  Called, "A Capital Gains Miracle Worker" by BusinessWeek, it offers fully automated wash sales and corporate action adjustments using CCH Capital Changes content. GainsAdvisor allows shareholders to easily identify tax opportunities and strategies.  Fund managers can expedite excise season reporting with FundTax™ which fully automates the wash sale reconciliation process and provides book and tax gain/loss reports.

Informa Investment Solutions
www.informais.com

 

For over 25 years, Informa Investment Solutions, Inc. has been a leading provider of financial information to financial institutions, investment managers, and independent advisors.  The company’s products, PSN, Performer, and Wealth Management System cover investment manager search and evaluation databases, performance measurement and client reporting, financial and investment planning, and customized solutions that assist investment professionals in managing assets and communicating with clients.

Interactive Technologies, Inc.
www.itadv.com

 

Interactive Technologies develops and delivers software solutions that support enterprise-level billing and revenue management.  Founded in 1993, Interactive Technologies was acquired by Fiserv, Inc (Nasdaq: FISV) in June 2005.  The company's sole product – Advantage Fee System – provides banking and financial service institutions with a comprehensive solution for streamlining, automating and managing fee-based billing operations.  Over 60 organizations benefit from the Advantage Fee System, ranging in assets managed from 5 billion to well above 1 trillion US$.

JP Morgan
www.jpmorgan.com

JPMorgan is a leading provider of managed accounts outsourcing solutions to investment managers and sponsors, enabling them to outsource their operational and administrative SMA infrastructure. Our full-service platform provides account workflow, reconciliation, trade support, billing, performance reporting and document management all wrapped up in a compliance fortress environment. We provide the industry’s only fully integrated managed account service, binding best-in-class portfolio manufacturing, trading and back-office functions into a single coordinated and auditable system.

 Klein Decisions, LLC
www.kleindecisions.com

·     Klein Decisions was founded in 2002 with a simple purpose: to introduce dynamic decisioning tools that improve the investment decision process and facilitate corporate risk management. 

·     Led by Bob Padgette, CFA, CIMA, and 2003 recipient of MMI’s Pioneer Award, Klein’s K4 decision tools use a patent-pending process to provide in-depth insight into investor preferences and expectations.

·     This process enables users to make more appropriate investment decisions, thereby increasing investor satisfaction and building successful investment programs.


 Lockwood a Service of Pershing LLC
www.lkwd.com

Lockwood® offers Registered Investment Advisers and Program Sponsors access to a comprehensive, and fully integrated, managed account platform. The highly flexible offering includes investment and manager research, web-based proposal and performance reporting technologies, and robust business development and training support. The platform accommodates advisors and/or institutions that desire either a turnkey or open-architecture managed account solution.


 Market Street Advisors
www.marketstreetadvisors.com

Market Street Advisors delivers process efficiency  to middle and back office administration.  They serve Institutional, Private Wealth, and Wrap Advisors on one fully integrated system.  The Market Street platform supports tax lot accounting, trade and order management, pre-trade and post-trade compliance, performance measurement, reporting, automatic account reconciliation, workflow, and connectivity.  With over 100 years combined experience in the separate account industry, Market Street is dedicated to increasing function and lowering costs for its clients.

 Mellon Global Securities Services
www.mellon.com

Mellon Global Securities Services is the preeminent leader in managed accounts back office outsourcing.  With 10 years of experience, Mellon utilizes a consultative approach to develop solutions for investment manager and sponsor clients.  Mellon currently administers 60,000 accounts representing $22 billion in assets on behalf of its’ customers.  Mellon’s unyielding goal is to alleviate back office operational obstacles thus allowing clients to reduce cost and risk and focus on core competencies like money management and distribution.

Morningstar, Inc.
global.morningstar.com

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research that offers an extensive line of products and services for individuals, financial advisors, and institutions.

Products designed to meet the needs of investment managers include Morningstar DirectSM, a Web-based research platform that provides in-depth research and holdings and performance analyses of investment data; Morningstar® Advisor Workstation SM, an investment planning resource with a comprehensive set of research, planning, and presentation tools; and Morningstar® Principia®, a leading CD-ROM-based investment planning software.


The MuniCenter
www.themunicenter.com

 


 

 Northfield Information Services
www.northinfo.com

Northfield Information Services has obtained exclusive rights from Softpak Financial to market and sell the Managed Accounts Rebalancing System (MARS), the leading portfolio manufacturing solution that assists managers, sponsors and financial advisors in the construction, rebalancing, risk monitoring and performance attribution phases of the investment process for their private wealth management and SMA clients. MARS utilizes Northfield tax optimization technology to automate the process of portfolio construction taking into account real world constraints while tracking a model portfolio or strategy. MARS allows managers to achieve economies of scale, accommodate new investment strategies while providing the flexibility to fit within their existing investment process without sacrificing profits. 

Pershing

Pershing Advisor Solutions
www.pershing.com

 

 

Pershing Advisor Solutions, an affiliate of Pershing LLC, offers registered investment advisors the advantages of a leader in clearing and custody combined with the strength and resources of The Bank of New York, our parent company. As a custodian dedicated exclusively to serving intermediary businesses, Pershing provides registered investment advisors with comprehensive and highly-scalable outsourcing solutions, which range from trading and technology to private banking and practice management consulting. Pershing strives to provide customization to meet the specific business needs of each advisor. For more information about Pershing Advisor Solutions, please call (800) 445-4467 or email passales@pershing.com.


PFPC
www.pfpc.com

PFPC Managed Account Services 

PFPC offers an industry-leading managed account platform for program sponsors and a full-service, back-office-outsourcing solution for money managers. Our comprehensive, Web-based platform is the industry’s first functional Unified Managed Platform, providing extensive customization to present your brand, your programs, your investment products and your pricing to your distribution channels. The money manager outsourcing platform, featuring robust proprietary imaging and workflow tools, enhances operational efficiency and decreases capital investment and fixed costs. Please visit www.pfpc.com or email information@pfpc.com

 Prima Capital Holding, Inc.
www.primacapital.com

Prima Capital provides conflict-free research, due diligence, evaluations and advice on U.S. separate account managers delivered through innovative and powerful web-services technologies. Utilizing our expertise, financial services companies and investment advisors gain a competitive edge to confidently build their Wealth Management businesses. In addition to our enterprise solutions for financial services companies, Prima provides subscription services for investment advisors. As Standard & Poor’s strategic partner, Prima is the engine that drives SMA Evaluator, the research application for sophisticated advisors who are committed to professionally advising their affluent clientele about separately managed accounts and enhancing the way they work. Prima Capital combines advanced technology with comprehensive analytics to deliver essential information and tools to the industry.

 SEI Investments
www.seic.com

Since 1968, SEI has been a leading provider of technology and outsourcing solutions to financial institutions.  Our innovative thinking extends to our SMA solution, where we can handle all aspects of your business. From SEI's account administration to account and trade reconciliation, we provide high quality services and support both your wrap and direct accounts. SEI's SMA solution helps investment managers grow their revenue, operate more efficiently and minimize risks and errors.

 Unapen, Inc.
www.unapen.com

The professionals at UNAPEN bring over a century of Operational, Managerial and Technical expertise to the SMA community. 

Our unique combination of Products and Consulting Services are specifically targeted to help you succeed in the following areas:

  • Capturing & Retaining Assets

  • Leveraging new opportunities with Unified & Multi-Disciplinary accounts

  • Managing Sales & Distribution resources

  • Compliance & Risk Management Initiatives 

 UNAPEN - Business Intelligence Solutions for Asset Managers since 1991


Vestmark, Inc.
www.vestmark.com

Vestmark, Inc. is an enterprise software company providing managed accounts solutions to the financial services industry. The Vestmark management and engineering teams include the founders and key technologists from several highly successful companies spanning the portfolio management, investment analytics, business intelligence, personalization, and content management industries. Through innovative workflow and integration capabilities, Vestmark delivers efficiency, flexibility, and scalability to the front- and back-offices of investment managers, sponsors, and service providers.

Vestmark supports a range of managed account products, including traditional separately managed accounts (SMAs), multi-style portfolios (MSPs, MSAs, DMAs, etc.), and emerging unified managed accounts (UMAs). Vestmark solutions enable our clients to attract new assets, reduce operational costs, and increase the overall profitability of their managed accounts business. Vestmark is a member of the Money Management Institute and embraces standardization efforts within the industry.