What Exactly is Riskalyze Building?
“The future is already here — it’s just not very evenly distributed”. When science-fiction writer William Gibson came up with this maxim in the early 1990’s, he was referring to how technological advances are unevenly spread across the globe. The same holds true for technological advances across the fintech space. Take Riskalyze for example. When the company was […]
Is MyVest the Right Portfolio Rebalancing Software for You?
Research has shown that portfolios that are rebalanced at least annually experienced lower volatility and higher risk-adjusted returns than those that are not rebalanced. Every advisor should have access to a quality, automated software rebalancing tool to handle this task, which used to be a time-consuming chore. As part of my series of articles on portfolio rebalancing software, […]
IAS Responds: Which Portfolio Rebalancing Software is Right for You?
As part of my series of articles on portfolio rebalancing software, I met with some folks from Interactive Advisory Software (IAS), who were kind enough to give me a demo of not only their rebalancing tools, but their entire wealth management platform, called Solution 360. IAS is based in Egg Harbor Township, NJ and was founded in 2000. They […]
Envestnet’s ENV2 Platform Delivers New UMA Features
Sliced bread. The electric light bulb. Indoor plumbing. Unified Manged Accounts (UMA’s) were supposed to be better than these revolutionary inventions and a whole lot more. They still have not lived up to their hype, but UMA’s have become a standard offering for all managed account platforms. In this summary of a session from Envestnet’s […]
Going Under the Hood of Models-Only Programs
This is a summary of a session from the Money Management Institute’s Fall Solutions Conference that was held in October 2013 in New York City. Moderator: Heeren Pathak, CTO, Vestmark Panelists: Nancy Camarata, VP, Managed Accounts, Neuberger Bermann Anthony DiGangi, VP, Director of Managed Accounts Operations, Fred Alger Management David Laskar, Executive Director and Portfolio Manager, […]
Which Portfolio Rebalancing Software is Right for You? FolioDynamix Response
I recently posted a summary of the Portfolio Rebalancing Software Panel from the Tools and Technology Today (T3) Conference that took place in Miami last month. The responses from the four vendors were very informative and I thought it would be interesting to hear from a few other vendors who couldn’t be part of the panel. The […]
Which Portfolio Rebalancing Software is Right for You? (2/2)
This is part 2 of 2 of a summary from a panel discussion at the Tools and Technology Today (T3) Conference, which took place February 11-13, 2013 in Miami, FL. You can read part 1 here. Moderator: Tess Downing, Financial Advisor, Fox, Joss & Yankee, LLC Panelists: Sheryl Rowling, CEO, Total Rebalance Expert (TRX) Brandon […]
Model Delivery is Risky Business, According to Money Managers Survey
Most investment managers believe that the risks associated with communicating model changes to sponsors are significant and have the potential to result in negative impact to their firms. This was one of the results of a survey done by Dover Research as reported by Jean Sullivan at the Financial Research Association’s 9th Annual Managed Account […]
