Navigating Advisor Transitions: The Top 3 Challenges & Solution Facing Broker-Dealers
The advisor recruitment market is staying hot this year on the heels of an active year in 2022, according to the most recent Diamond Consultants Advisor Transition Report. However, as a…
Taking Care of a Traumatized Broker-Dealer
One of the worst things we see in the financial services industry is failed technology implementations and deployments. Many Broker-Dealers on a quest to deliver better service to their advisors –…
Eliminated NIGO: One of the Critical Missions of Forms Logic
One of the critical missions of Forms Logic is to reduce dramatically – and eliminate where possible – instances of NIGO (not in good order) documents. In any industry that uses paper documents to be…
Implementation Woes... and the Nightmare of the Bizarro Gulligan Man
For the financial firm that wants to simplify its paperwork and shore up its back-office processes but wonders if the current platform providers on the market can deliver what they promise, we at…
The Role of Paperwork in Financial Compliance: A Deep Dive into SEC Requirements
For financial institutions, navigating the intricate landscape of SEC regulations can feel like traversing a labyrinth of paperwork. While it can be tedious, meticulous record-keeping and…
3 Ways Financial Services Firms Can Manage Complex Data
If there’s one thing every financial services firm can agree on, it’s this: Data is one of the most valuable assets any firm has if leveraged the right way—and one of the riskiest liabilities if…
Does Big Data Help With Client Relationships?
The phrase “big data” is everywhere. It’s a catchphrase adopted by almost every company looking to make their business more efficient. We all keep hearing about how it will…
WORM to WOMM - From Data Protection To Mass Data Mapping
Write Once Read Many, better known as WORM, is an old concept in data protection. But this old concept wasn’t enough to keep up with what Forms Logic was doing. The idea of WORM is simple: Once…
Why Are Financial Firms Still Paying High Prices For Cloud Storage?
Since its advent in the 1990s and widespread availability in the 2000s, Cloud-based data storage has become widely adopted. The amount of data we can access from our mobile phones, laptops, and PCs…
A Form is a Form is a Form
Data is everywhere in the financial services industry, but most firms struggle with collecting, storing, managing, protecting, and utilizing it. Whether it's client data, investment portfolio data,…