Breaking Free from the Ecosystem Trap: Why True Independence Matters for Modern Firms
Top firms thrive when they achieve true independence. There’s no better time than now to break free from closed technology ecosystems and legacy workflows, especially when it comes to your portfolio management and trading systems. Getting caught up in restrictive platforms, or what’s sometimes referred to as closed or restricted architecture, can be a major […]
The Cost of Holding On: Why Legacy Trading Systems Could Be Undermining Your Firm’s Growth
Letting go. It’s one of the hardest things to do in business, but doing so at the right time can be key to entering a new chapter of growth and opportunity. Today’s generation of broker-dealers are great at holding on. They’ve held on through changing business models and new fee structures. They’ve held on as […]
5 Warning Signs That Your Portfolio Management & Trading Platforms are Holding You Back
Rapid growth shouldn’t leave you feeling overextended. Yet, it’s an unfortunate reality that some portfolio management and trading systems just can’t keep up with clients’ evolving needs. Changing investor preferences and exacting expectations for portfolio personalization are driving successful enterprise firms to reconsider the technology they are using. Asset net flows are increasingly landing in […]
Is Your Enterprise Ready to Fly? A Pre-Flight Checklist for Portfolio Management and Trading Operations
Building out integrated portfolio management and trading operations for an enterprise firm requires a different approach than what might work for a small- or medium-sized business. Workflows that are sufficient for managing investments and executing trades in a narrow ecosystem can quickly become unwieldy when amplified at an enterprise level. Whether your firm is seeing […]
Maximizing Portfolio Performance: Automating Cash Sweeps in Today’s Market
In today’s financial landscape of high interest rates, market instability, and regulatory shifts like T+1 settlement, wealth management advisors are looking for better ways to manage client cash. A key strategy is using sweep vehicles, such as money market funds and treasury securities, to park cash in custodial accounts. These provide higher returns than idle […]
The Ins and Outs of Portfolio Rebalancing Software
Want to streamline the investment strategies you can offer to clients and easily keep asset allocations optimized in portfolios? There’s only one solution an RIA needs to have in its stack to make this work easier: portfolio rebalancing software. While experienced traders and asset allocators may think they know all the rebalancing options available to […]
RIA Aggregators: When Leasing Tech Beats Buying Tech
Whether they own RIA businesses outright or have varying ownership stakes in or relationships with RIA firms, RIA aggregators find themselves in the role of tech provider. As such, they face a challenge. Should aggregators invest increasingly expensive capital to build the more sophisticated technology infrastructure that advisors and their clients are now demanding? Or, […]
3 Problems Facing Boutique Asset Management Firms & How to Solve for Them
Regardless of asset class, sector or investment style, most boutique asset managers I meet with are grappling with three key problems that—for want of a more technical description—are keeping them awake at night. The issues don’t immediately threaten the viability of the business, but they do cast a deep shadow on profitability, growth prospects and […]
Complete Guide to the RIA Software Landscape in 2024
The technology and software ecosystem for RIA firms has seen an explosion of choice over the last decade. As if the average advisor-owner doesn’t have enough to deal with from a purely business management perspective, they now must select from a vast landscape of tools that are often difficult to tell apart. Just look at […]
5 Steps to a Smoother Trading Software Implementation
Minimize risks, maximize returns. Rinse, repeat. When the work you do involves the same processes each day, small hiccups in your systems can easily add up – turning what was once considered a small annoyance into a time-intensive (and even costly) problem. And in the time-sensitive and competitive processes that guide a firm’s trading desk, […]
