Cornerstone is committed to providing leading-edge technology and service solutions that support independent investment professionals. PowerAdvisor portfolio management software provides a feature-rich, customizable and flexible platform for asset management that is scalable to meet any firm's growing needs.
- Create unlimited allocation models using security type, asset class, industry, sector or individual securities.
- Generate rebalancing reports that list transactions needed for portfolio realignment.
- Define upper/lower threshold limits for out-of-balance recognition.
Client Billing
- Create invoices with flat fees, minimum fees, multiple tiered scenarios, project bills and performance fees.
- Exclude assets from billing calculations by security type or individual security.
- Aggregate group level billing on multiple portfolios with account level weighting.
- Produce billing invoices for clients and management reports for fee notifications, fees generated, and fees received.
Clients, Accounts, Groups & Contacts
- Snapshot view of assets from main screen and easy drill down to tax lots in one click.
- Create unlimited clients, accounts, groups and contacts.
- Contact list has multiple data input fields and user can create unlimited contact "types."
Compliance Solutions
- Suite of 18 audit-ready compliance reports developed in consultation with state and federal experts.
- Immediate information retrieval and reporting to accommodate waiting auditors.
Cost Basis Tracking
Data Management & Custodial Interfaces
- Interfaces available for most major custodial platforms including Schwab Institutional, TD Ameritrade, Fidelity, Rydex and others.
- Easy method for processing custodial data files that minimizes download errors.
- Pre-formatted MS Excel templates for automated import of spreadsheet data.
- Quick entry of summary data from account statements to facilitate performance reporting on held-away accounts without spending time on manual transaction entries.
Data Viewing & User Interface
- Intuitive navigation and easy information retrieval for greater ease of use.
- Extensive filtering and sorting capabilities.
- User-friendly data entry tools with multiple options for capturing financial information.
Maintenance & System Administration
- Customizable account types, advisors, asset classes, brokers, countries, disclaimers, exchanges, industries, sectors and transaction categories for deposits, expenses, withdrawals and more.
- Security features with assignments for logins, passwords and access.
- Ability to limit user access to specific accounts.
Prices
- Color-coded calendar format for instant visual identification of price files that are complete or incomplete.
- Ad-hoc historical price graphs for individual securities.
- Free automated retrieval of missing equity prices through Yahoo! Finance.
QuickEntry™ Data Capture Tool
- Streamlined process for capturing client statement information on held-away accounts.
- Track accounts and generate performance reports with minimal time spent.
- Convert QuickEntry data to transaction based activity to build seamless account history.
Reporting
- User-friendly reports with attractive, effective layouts and graphics.
- Flexible formatting options to incorporate firm logos, indices, index blends, asset class, industries, sectors and disclaimers.
- Household, account group, individual account and global-level reporting.
- Batch reporting and multiple output options including .rtf (rich text format), .doc (Word document), .pdf (Adobe Acrobat file), Microsoft Excel (.xls).
- Browser-based reporting through MS SQL Reporting Services for speedy, anywhere access.
- Custom report creation services available to accommodate specific needs.
PowerAdvisor offers a suite of over 60 reports that include performance, transaction, holding, management and compliance:
- Performance reports with time-period options, index comparisons and graphics.
- Transaction reports including buys/sells, deposits/withdrawals, realized gain/loss, income received.
- Summary and detailed holding reports with graphics, analytics, tax lot display options, commentary and more.
- Management reports for fee billings, global portfolio performance, security cross reference and others.
- Suite of 18 compliance reports with global views of all accounts.
- Price history graphs for individual securities.
Securities & Benchmarks
- Create unlimited security types, asset classes, industries, sectors, indices and index blends.
- Utilize alternative assets to track items such as real estate, annuities, partnerships and collectables.
- Pre-loaded Morningstar categories for industries and sectors.
SecureView™
SecureView™ is typically used by firms with multiple advisors or broker dealers with multiple independent advisors. By providing access assignments and additional controls over viewing account data, SecureView enhances security and privacy for firm administrators and advisors.
- Assign access of specific accounts to advisors within your firm.
- Heighten privacy for advisors and clients within a multi-advisor environment/database.
Tax Lot Accounting/Matching Methods
- FIFO, LIFO, High Cost, Low Cost and Specified Lots (manual selection).
- Standard and double category average cost for mutual funds.
Technology
- Available as a desktop application for superior data security, portability and ownership.
- Also available as a hosted solution for online anywhere-access.
- Open-architecture platform using Microsoft SQL Server database.
- Shipped with Microsoft Desktop Engine (MSDE) or use with Microsoft SQL Server 2000 for scalability and true relational database power.
- Quick and easy system backups and restore.
