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Portfolio Advisor

Whether you're an investment advisory firm, financial advisor or investor, Standard & Poor's Portfolio Advisor and MAPs (model allocation portfolios) can help you pursue your financial goals, while, at the same time manage your specific investment needs and concerns.

Benefits
Standard & Poor's Portfolio Advisor is an online asset management program that seamlessly blends Standard & Poor's independent investment research with intuitive workflow tools that allow your fee-based accounts to be:

  • Cost Efficient
  • Compliance Conscious
  • Customizable
Potential Users
Whether you're an investment advisory firm, financial advisor or investor, Standard & Poor's Portfolio Advisor and MAPs (model allocation portfolios) can help you pursue your financial goals, while, at the same time manage your specific investment needs and concerns.

Financial Advisory Firms
Standard & Poor's Portfolio Advisor packages 140 years of independent investment research and analysis into one Web-based platform that offers model portfolios (MAPs); investment recommendations across a range of security types (including proprietary stock baskets with no additional management fee); disciplined processes to help you manage costs and stringent compliance concerns; and a flexible infrastructure that allows for varying levels of advisor expertise (Series 6 and 7 reps) and account types (discretionary and non-discretionary).

Advisors
Each one of your clients deserves your special attention. But, at the same time, you have responsibilities to fulfill at your firm. It's a pull-pull situation. How can you manage your client relationships and firm responsibilities at the same time? Standard & Poor's Portfolio Advisor can help by providing intuitive workflow tools that decrease paperwork and administration; back office reporting to help track your platform activity; marketing support and a range of investment types - including stocks, ETFs, REITs, and mutual funds - to help you customize each one of your clients' investment plans.

Investors
With an array of investment solutions; continued investigations into your favorite investment firms; and your own changing investment and lifestyle needs; cost, compliance and customization is as big of a concern for you as it is to your advisor...if not more so. With the help of Standard & Poor's, your advisor can create an investment plan based on independent investment research, your recommended risk profile, and investment needs and restrictions.

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Copyright © 2005 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. The Standard & Poor's Portfolio Advisor platform and the investment advice available through the platform, including the Standard & Poor's Model Allocation Portfolios (MAPs) and Standard & Poor's Stock Baskets (Stock Baskets), are provided by Standard & Poor's Investment Advisory Services LLC ("SPIAS"), a registered investment advisor and a wholly owned subsidiary of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. SPIAS develops and maintains Model Allocation Portfolios ("MAPs"). MAPs are model portfolios only. They are not any type of collective investment vehicle. For more information, please contact your advisor or your investment advisory firm. "S&P" and "Standard & Poor's" are trademarks of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

SPIAS does not have any discretionary authority or control with respect to purchasing or selling securities or making other investments for investors. There is no agreement or understanding that SPIAS will provide individualized advice to any investor. SPIAS does not take into account any information about any investor or any investor's assets when creating, providing or maintaining any model. Individual investors should ultimately rely on their own judgment and/or the judgment of a financial advisor in making their investment decisions. The financial advisor is responsible for client suitability.
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Richard Swanson:
888.335.SPPA