"This is not meant to be an inclusive list as there are many resources and outsource partners for financial advisors. These are simply the ones we have worked with and find to provide excellent service and/ or information"
Compliance-related
Compliance - Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations Investment Adviser Examinations: Core Initial Request for Information November 2008 -
AdvisorAssist - Turnkey RIA start up and compliance
Custodial-related
Shareholder Services Group - provides service and technology that enable RIAs to focus on serving their clients. Full service asset custody and securities brokerage with discount pricing. Brokerage technology designed for the needs of busy and successful independent RIAs. Knowledgeable, experienced and proven management team, serving independent registered investment advisors since 1978. Exceptional service, provided directly to advisors and their clients without competing with advisors.
TradePMR – TradePMR is a leading provider of Brokerage and Custody services to Independent Registered Investment Advisors (RIAs) and their clients. We provide an integrated web-based workstation that enables RIAs to run their practices more efficiently and effectively. TradePMR offers services through TradePMR Bank and TradePMR Retirement, to offer RIAs and their clients fee-based banking and 401k solutions.
Efficiency-related
Mobile Assistant - Dictate client notes or email correspondence and receive an email with the transcribed report within the same business day. Instantly become more efficient and productive by reducing time consuming documentation practices.
www.wordzx.com - If you are among a number of professionals, including insurance agents, financial planners and sales executives, who dictate notes and agendas from meetings, as well as interviews and commentaries for reports, planning and other purposes, consider the added value wordZXpressed presents to your business.
Financial Advisor Networks
www.jataj.com - JATAJ Wealth Advisors Network was founded to create a place, one place, where advisors could go to find all of the resources dedicated to the Independent RIA. Think of it as your “Conference On Call.”
www.fintech.ning.com -Financial Advisor Forum: This site is an online resource for Financial Advisors interested in discussing technology, social media & other tools.
Outsourcing-related
Back Office Solutions - Naomi Scrivener - outsourcing provider of financial plans and reports.
Consider It Done - Jessica Riner - Providing Virtual Assistants, CPA Services and Web Page Updates for clients across the United States.Financial Services Outsourcing Solutions - Stephanie Platt - providing outsource solutions for all the major platforms plus Shareholder Services Group and TradePMR
Focus Point Solutions - A comprehensive outsourcing solution for independent advisors, including back office, trading, portfolio management, and a fully integrated virtual office.
Publications
www.virtualofficenews.com - Technology Tools for Today - Dave Drucker's and Joel Bruckenstein's website where you can subscribe to their newsletter, learn about upcoming conferences and find out where they'll be speaking next.
www.bobveres.com -Inside Information is a master study group whose members are the leading practitioners in the financial planning profession. As a member, you have access to their best thinking, and you're also invited to contribute your own ideas and real-world experience.
Software/Website related
FamilyOfficeNetwork - Aaron Pickett - FamilyOfficeNetwork® provides financial professionals with a secure and easy-to use web-based virtual vault to store and share documents and reports with clients and other professionals. Other secure communication tools are available to help you work more effectively and efficiently with your clients. Advisors using FON save significant amounts of time & money, increase their level of client service, and stand out among their competition.
IPSAdvisorPro -Norm Boone and Linda Lubitz - Stop using those outdated word documents or other applications that don't reflect how YOU manage money and move up to IPS AdvisorPro® created by Advisors For Advisors.
Redtail CRM - Brian McLaughlin- a web-based, easy-to-use client management solution design specifically for Financial Professionals.
Jungle Disk-Jungle Disk Desktop Edition lets you store files and automatically backup all of your data easily and securely to Rackspace Cloud Files and Amazon S3.
MIAGD-Matt Peterson - a Creative Marketing and Design Agency dedicated to helping today's financial advisors. Websites, Multi-media, Print, Email, and more.
NetDocuments Marc Duncan - is a Web-hosted, SEC/FINRA compliant, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) document management service that offers a feature-rich, easy-to-use, and customizable environment that will reduce your IT budget and save you money. You can eliminate the hassles of installing servers onsite, better protect your content, and make it easier to share documents with your clients.
