The Business Process Manager program should help broker-dealers create a more efficient operating environment and increase profitability through analysis, electronic records management and work-flow automation.
National Financial's new consulting services are designed to assess a firm's back-office operations to see where efficiency improvements can
be made, where better technology can be used and where productivity can be improved.
Grail Advisors Introduces New ETF
Grail Advisors, a developer and distributor of actively managed exchange-traded funds, is now trading the American Beacon Large Cap Value ETF on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol GVT.
Grail Advisors will serve as the fund's manager. Like traditional actively managed mutual funds and unlike other active-equity ETFs, the new Grail Advisors offering allows portfolio managers unrestricted trading.
United Capital, FundQuest Forge Partnership
United Capital Financial Advisors Inc. and FundQuest are offering a custom suite of technology-based sales and productivity tools, back-office operations, portfolio accounting services, best-of-breed investments and transition support teams.
The new partnership offers outsourced services designed to integrate with United Capital's existing portfolio management capabilities. Fund Quest will provide reporting aggregation, operational and work-flow management technology, portfolio accounting integration and sales and financial planning tools.
Wolters Kluwer Offers Compliance eLearning
Wolters Kluwer Financial Services is creating online training courses for U.S. securities professionals.
The courses, called "Compliance eLearning Solutions," offer financial services firms custom tools for communicating with employees about compliance obligations, policies and procedures. Additional information can be found at www.complianceresourcenetwork.com.