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Spend less time double checking red flags and more time fostering relationships by incorporating a comprehensive approach to mitigating risk and managing compliance. Learn how from the final video of our three-part series "Maximizing the Power of UMAs."

Solve integration challenges with better design and better data. Learn how from the second video of our three-part series "Maximizing the Power of UMAs."

Find out how to strike the right balance between client wants and industry needs. Watch the first or our three-part video series "Maximizing the Power of UMAs."

Many traditional UMAs fall down when it comes to creating clarity for clients and scalable efficiencies for advisory businesses. And advisors know that striking the right balance between these two goals is easier said than done. In our latest eBook we are introducing a new breed of UMA which offers more flexibility to clients while delivering operational efficiencies, control and oversight to advisors and firms. Where other UMA solutions fall  down, InvestEdge's UMA stands up.

As fiduciaries, wealth management firms must be able to manage and track all investment recommendations to ensure they are in the best interest of their clients. InvestEdge enables firms to create customized investment recommendations for each client, implement those recommendations, and monitor investments to verify the decisions made to align with the client's best interest. Consistency in the investment management process across your firm's book of business is critical to firms serving as fiduciaries.

Market research firm assessed content and design of industry-leading client reports. InvestEdge, the leading provider of innovative financial advisory solutions, today announced it has been awarded the prestigious DALBAR Communications Seal of Excellence for Performance Reporting. The seal exemplifies a firm’s commitment to client service and demonstrates a superior standard of client communication.

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There is a general consensus among modern-day financial advisors regarding the need to automate and integrate the workflows in their systems. In most cases, financial institutions use different applications or software stacks for individual functions, and the ability to apply a single risk management standard across the whole client base for various business segments and programs strikes as a challenge.

As fiduciaries, wealth management firms must be able to manage and track all investment recommendations to ensure they are in the best interest of their clients. InvestEdge enables firms to create customized investment recommendations for each client, implement those recommendations, and monitor investments to verify the decisions made align with the client best interest.

Detailed, customized reports are a critical tool for attracting and retaining HNW, UHNW and institutional investors. After all, reports are one of the few tangible things clients receive from any investment firm. Yet creating and distributing reports can be a time-consuming task -- especially when a large number of complex accounts are involved.

How to demonstrate advisor value and build trust through better communication. For many advisors, developing reports means running numbers. They spend their time pulling data from disparate databases, adding a little bit from the accounting system here or an update from performance returns there. Then they have to format the document just to make it presentable. When advisors are stuck in this manual mindset, reporting is a major drain on time and the end result is not meaningful.