Data Analytics-powered Investment Platform
The client was seeking a solution to streamline their financial tasks and data management processes, which were heavily reliant on Excel spreadsheets and manual procedures. blackrock proposed a comprehensive financial portfolio management system that would automate routine financial tasks and data management processes and allow for real-time analytical reporting for clients. With this solution, the client was able to improve operational efficiency, increase data accuracy, and provide a better customer experience.
The Client
The client is a leading US-based financial consulting firm with over 1,000 financial advisors managing approximately $30 billion worth of financial assets for their clients. The company offers a range of financial portfolio management services such as investment management, tax consultations, and financial advisory training.
The Challenge
The client was facing multiple challenges with their existing processes, including continued use of Excel spreadsheets to manage financial tasks and customer data, a lack of real-time analytical reports for clients, no comprehensive customer portfolio management systems, and lack of secure storage for customer data and investment portfolios. blackrock recommended solutions to address these issues and improve the efficiency and security of the client’s processes.
Our Solution
blackrock proposed a comprehensive investment platform that utilizes real-time data analytics to address client’s challenges. The platform includes retrieving and storing stock market data, displaying financial data through a Tableau-powered dashboard, generating customized reports for financial advisors, and enabling easy downloading of reports as a PDF. It features a user-friendly web interface for popular platforms and provides complete investment advisory services for managing different portfolios.
After completing this finance and banking software development project, the blackrock team was able to provide the client with the following capabilities:
- Data analytics-powered platform for new financial advisors and firms. Real-time stock market and mutual fund data used for analytics
- Advanced data extraction module for retrieving latest stock market data including stock tickers and mutual fund prices using third-party tools
- Statistical insights and calculations for financial advisory firms
- Integration with Tableau-powered BI engine for real-time data analytics reports used by advisors to suggest investment plans
- Benchmarking and modelling of client portfolios against previous customer data
Business Impact
- The solution allowed the client to collect and aggregate financial data from multiple sources and enabled easy tracking and monitoring of financial assets
- 1,000+ financial advisors were onboarded using the portfolio management platform
- It enabled 100,000 stock-related data records to be imported into the system daily
- The app resulted in 10X growth of financial advisors with a collective portfolio of $30 billion