We provide advisory investment services to a range of businesses including Financial Advisers, IFAs, Financial Planners and Wealth Managers.
Setting up Discretionary Portfolio Services
We provide assistance to firms looking to set up discretionary portfolio services. Our experience includes setting up investment management divisions as well as obtaining FCA authorisation for new investment management firms. We can help you through the whole process or on an ad-hoc basis at any stage of the process.
We believe in setting up robust discretionary portfolio services backed by a clear investment philosophy and a well-documented investment process allowing your discretionary portfolio service to stand out from the competition and be confidently presented to potential clients.
We can help with:
Bespoke Portfolio Service (BPS)
Multi-Asset, Direct Equity/Corporate Bond (in partnership with a specialist broker), Charity portfolios & Inheritance Tax Portfolios.
Managed Portfolio Service (MPS)
Portfolios built around a Central Investment Process – investment strategies can include Active, Passive or Hybrid.
Reviewing and Updating your Investment Process
Where there is an existing Portfolio Service in place we can review and update all or any of the following:
- Investment Philosophy
- Risk Management
- Asset Allocation
- Research
- PortfolioConstruction
- Portfolio Monitoring
- Risk Profiling
- Performance Reporting
- Investment Selection
- Costs
Investment Procedures
We can help your firm implement detailed procedures to support the day-to-day management of all investment, compliance and administrative tasks required to run a portfolio management service.
We can also advise you on all the documentations needed including:
- Client Presentation / marketing brochure
- Client initial proposal report
- Quarterly reports
- Presentations for Client review meetings
Selection of External Discretionary Fund Managers (DFMs)
As Investment Managers we have an in depth understanding of what other managers are seeking to achieve. We are therefore able to assist Financial Advisers with building a panel of DFMs, identifying different styles so clients have a range of choice.
Every investment service should have a defined Investment Process confirming key objectives and constraints. Understanding this process provides an insight into decision making and how portfolios may be influenced in future.
Where Advisers already have an existing panel in place, we can review each service and provide a report with comparison criteria. An ongoing monitoring service can also be provided.
Independent Investment Committee Member
We can help put in place an Investment Committee or where there is already a committee in place, act as an Independent Member providing advice on asset allocation, portfolio strategy, portfolio decisions as well as market comments.
Investment Committees ensure that portfolios are regularly monitored and that all portfolio decisions are well documented and supported by rigorous analysis. Well documented portfolio decisions will help when reviewing portfolio performance with clients and will ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
Asset Custody
Finding reliable/flexible custody solutions has been a major problem for most Wealth Management businesses for many years.
A review and potential change of internal/external custody arrangements can deliver greater internal efficiencies and a vastly better client experience given better quality solutions now available.