Let’s Achieve Operational Excellence for Your Business!

We are a Consultant that works with financial advisors, institutions, banks and other financial firms to improve business processes and execute simple and complex projects that have a high priority but there is not enough resources or time to complete internally. We help our clients improve capability resulting in higher performance at lower costs.

There is no cookie cutter solution that fits all. With an expertise in portfolio management, financial technology systems, investment operations, financial risk assessment,  and compliance we know each client has circumstances that demand unique services tailored to their needs. In a world of mass production and robos we put technology, experience and skill to work for our clients.

We are Lean Six Sigma Black Belts and understand what it takes to bring operational excellence. Our approaches have helped companies increase productivity, reduce problems and serve their clients better. We can work as a consultant or as a sub-advisor.  We are not happy until you are achieving excellence for your clients. We are able to provide references for our work and are available for a consultation. Contact Us!

Advisors

We are able to work with financial advisors in the background with trust and confidentiality. Our strengths include improving investment operations, client reporting, portfolio management, portfolio design and successful complex project management. Some of the systems and processes we implement, integrate, improve, support and help advisors make sense of include:

Portfolio Management Systems - Experience deploying, training, and best practices using Black Diamond, Schwab Portfolio Center, Tamarac, Morningstar Office, Orion, Albridge, BlueLeaf, among others.

Client Relationship Management (CRM) Systems - Experience deploying, training and best practices using Junxure, Redtail, Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics, Tamarac CRM, Salentica among others.

Financial Planning Tools - Experience deploying, training, and best practices using MoneyGuidePro, eMoney, MoneyTree, Advicent/Naviplan, Advizr, Right Capital, Finance Logix among others.

Document Management Systems - Experience deploying, training and best practices using DocuSign, Laser App, Laserfiche, Worldox, NetDocuments, Docupace, among other in house or cloud storage solutions.

Investment Analytics - Experience deploying, training and best practices using Morningstar, YCharts, Hidden Levers, Advisory World, RiXtrema, FactSet, among other solutions.

Trading/Rebalancing Systems - Experience deploying, training and best practices using Tamarac, iRebal, Total Rebalance Expert, Trade Warrior, Red/Black, FolioDynamix among others.

Client Portal Systems - Experience deploying, training and best practices using eMoney, Modestspark, Sharefile, Tamarac, Everplans, Oranj, Wealth Access among others.

Risk Tolerance Systems - Experience deploying, training and best practices using Riskalyze, FinaMetrica, Pocket Risk, among others.

Client Data Gathering Systems - Experience deploying, training and best practices using Precise FP among others.

Investment Due Diligence - Experience deploying, training and best practices using Fi360, Morningstar Direct, among others.

Our Experience: We have worked with many types of Wealth Management and Financial Advisory firms and can provide references. By working with us we can implement best practices and match your advisory business with the best fit tools.

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Institutions

We work with foundations and institutions and are able to be the portfolio management resource. We are able to analyze an institution's portfolio and work to protect it and create sustainability. With a goal of being an end to end solution we can help with everything from investment policy formulation to reporting for monthly or quarterly meetings. We have a wealth of resources available to protect the portfolio from risks and utilize our proprietary risk control and management system. Additionally if you have a need we are able to implement your solution with socially responsible investing along with working with active, passive or hybrid investment strategies. We are able to work with you and create solutions that work for your institution, endowment or foundation.

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Investment Operations value to Advisor Standard of Care

As advisors look to differentiate and add value for their clients there is often an urgency at times to improve Advisor Standard of Care. Standard of Care provides the foundation for the service engagement between a financial advisor and his/her client. From a regulatory perspective if the advisor is a registered investment advisor (RIA) or …

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What is Smart Beta and how to harness it?

Smart Beta strategies are growing in popularity as they offer another option in the passive and active investing debate. Smart Beta ETFs have grown in popularity with investors and financial advisors as they create opportunities for fee saving with sensible investing that is present in active management. Smart Beta strategies use historically tested rules to …

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Portfolio Management with Operational Excellence

We are able to design, provide, execute and optimally rebalance a wide array of strategies for our financial advisor clients. Based on client needs we can tailor our broad set of strategies to create outcomes that fit your needs. Whether your clients are saving for retirement, charitable giving, risk down by hedging or to serve their benefactors we can define a set of strategies that fit your clients. We can work with you as a sub-advisor or a consultant using systems that work for your company. We can run your entire investment operation for operational excellence. We are Lean Six Sigma Black Belts and deliver where no one else can. Below is list of some of our strategies:

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