Core Business Functions

signOur recent posts have walked you through the SEC’s new marketing rule and discussed valuation and fee assessment. Now, with the ADV season, hopefully, in your rear-view mirror, we turn your attention to planning for the remainder of the year. Determining the most efficient use of a compliance department’s time and resources is essential. Fortunately,

equationWith the deadline for the annual update to Form ADV closing in at the end of March, let’s examine one aspect of Form ADV disclosure which impacts a majority, if not all, robo-advisory firms – algorithm related disclosure.

Your firm likely utilizes a proprietary algorithm to automatically determine client asset allocation among a limited set