Tech products used most frequently by indie B-Ds

May 24, 2012 @ 10:17 am (Updated 4:28 pm) EST

  

Account aggregation

Product# of IBDs*Market share
Albridge Data Aggregation (CashEdge)5033.8%
Built in house/Proprietary149.5%
AllData Advisor (CashEdge)117.4%
Investigo (Broadridge)106.8%
Advent Custodial Data (Advent Software Inc.)64.1%
Based on 104 responses.

Compliance

Product# of IBDs*Market share
Built in house/Proprietary3129.5%
NRS ComplianceMax (National Regulatory Services)87.6%
SunGard87.6%
Albridge Sales Practice Monitoring (Albridge Solutions Inc.)76.7%
Erado Social Media Archiving65.7%
Based on 104 responses. In case of a tie, products are listed in alphabetical order

CRM

Product# of IBDs*Market share
Redtail (Redtail Technology)4629.3%
Ebix CRM (Ebix)2214.0%
Salesforce CRM (Salesforce.com)1710.8%
Built in house/Proprietary148.9%
Grendel Online (Big Brain Works LLC)85.1%
Based on 77 responses.

Document management

Product# of IBDs*Market share
Redtail Imaging (Redtail Redtail Technology)2524.0%
Built in house/Proprietary1817.3%
Laserfiche (Laserfiche)1514.4%
epacs Cloud Document Management (Docupace Technologies Inc.)109.6%
Albridge Document Management (Albridge Solutions Inc.)65.8%
Based on 67 responses.

Financial planning

Product# of IBDs*Market share
MoneyGuidePro (PIEtech Inc.)5118.3%
Morningstar Advisor Workstation (Morningstar Inc.)4917.6%
NaviPlan Select (Emerging Information Systems Inc.)3914.0%
Profiles Professional (Emerging Information Systems Inc.)259.0%
Easy Money (Money Tree Software Inc.)186.5%
Based on 76 responses.

Portfolio management

Product# of IBDs*Market share
Albridge Wealth Reporting (Albridge Solutions Inc.)4631.9%
Morningstar Office (Morningstar Inc.)3121.5%
Built in house/Proprietary117.6%
Investigo (Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc.)117.6%
PortfolioCenter (Schwab Performance Technologies)85.6%
Based on 74 responses. In case of a tie, products are listed in alphabetical order

Portfolio rebalancing

Product# of IBDs*Market share
Built in house/Proprietary2026.7%
Envestnet810.7%
FolioDynamix79.3%
ASI Portfolio Rebalancing Solution (Advisor Software Inc.)45.3%
Pershing - Block Trading & Rebalancing (BTR)45.3%
Based on 50 responses. In case of a tie, products are listed in alphabetical order.

*Number of independent broker-dealers that indicated which product they use.

Source: InvestmentNews Data, 2012 Independent Broker-dealer Survey

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