Fact Sheets
Benefits of Establishing a Small Business Retirement Plan
June 08, 2010
A small business retirement plan offers many benefits to business owners and their employees. Retirement plans allow employers and employees to save and invest for their retirement now with the goal of having financial security when they stop working. As an added bonus, both employers and employees can take advantage of significant tax advantages and other incentives.
Overcoming Common Objections to Establishing a Retirement Plan
June 08, 2010

The following outlines the most common objections of the over 70% of small businesses that do not have a retirement plan, along with tips for overcoming the objections.

Prospecting and Cultivating Employer Plan Opportunities
June 08, 2010
There's no denying the significant opportunity in the small business retirement plan market. The challenge is often in making the focus worthwhile and profitable. Like many things in life, the key to success may be in keeping it simple.
myedocumentsuite.com™ Enrollment Overview
June 07, 2010
As your clients register on myedocumentsuite.com and enroll to receive account communications electronically, this overview will help you further understand each step of the enrollment process and be prepared to answer questions your clients may have.
Sample Follow-Up E-Mail to Retirement Planning Clients
June 07, 2010

To help you stay connected with your clients.

Small Business Retirement Plan: Contribution and Social Security Reference Guide
June 07, 2010

One of the most important services you can provide to your small business owner clients is to help them select the right retirement plan. The plan should be right for the owner, the business and the employees. There are many choices of types of plans, each with different plan features, and each with different legal obligations and costs.

IRA Product Selector
June 07, 2010

Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) should be an essential part of virtually any client's retirement and wealth management strategy. Even in today's volatile economic environment, there are many important benefits associated with investing in IRAs, including the ability to receive tax-deferred earnings growth potential. This piece serves as a guide for helping you determine which type of IRA is best suited to certain client situations.

Professional Development Series
June 07, 2010
Pershing is committed to a consultative partnership and helping investment professionals succeed in today's challenging economic times. Our Professional Development Series-a comprehensive suite of tools and resources-features seminars and webcasts on current topics, as well as guidebooks and marketing resources to help you build your business. As an added benefit, continuing education credits will be available for selected events.
Client Profile Sheet
June 07, 2010

Download and complete this client profile sheet to help you prioritize and keep track of your clients.

Mutual Fund Consolidation: A Before and After Comparison for Investment Professionals
May 27, 2010
Moving to a consolidated mutual fund platform provides many valuable benefits. The comparison below will help you understand how your business processes will improve after you make the break from direct mutual fund business.
Increase Efficiency with iNautix® Compensation Management Solutions
October 21, 2009
An advisor compensation system can be like a jigsaw puzzle—and iNautix® can help make the pieces fit. iNautix can assist you in putting together a system to help you track payouts and sales, and produce accurate reporting for benchmarking, revenue projections and more. In these challenging economic times, you can?t afford to make mistakes with a single piece.
Building Solutions for Your Alternative Investment Needs
October 20, 2009
Alternative investments are becoming an increasingly important tool in wealth management strategies. Pershing LLC understands that access to a wide range of alternative investments, and the tools to administer them, are essential to our customers. This is one reason we remain committed to providing solutions that enable your firm to compete effectively in the marketplace, as well as meet the needs of your clients.
Trust Network Provider Comparison
October 19, 2009
Pershing's Trust Network is an open-architecture platform that enables you to offer your clients a wide range of trust services and solutions from industry-recognized trust companies.
Managed Account Network™ Program Providers
October 19, 2009
Managed Account Network™ Program enables you to offer managed account solutions from industry-recognized asset management program providers and hold the assets in custody at Pershing.
Lockwood Advisory Solutions
July 14, 2009

In today's world of heightened scrutiny, rapid product creation and more complex investment strategies, we are identifying more and more advisors who are looking to form partnerships to help them outsource various components of the portfolio construction process. Lockwood's depth and breadth of solutions are designed to enable advisors to outsource various parts of the investment process, and therefore give them more time to spend with clients and prospects. The solutions range from separately managed accounts, where you have the option of outsourcing the research component, to our discretionary solutions where Lockwood is managing portfolios on a fully discretionary basis.

Make a Powerful Choice—Go Paperless. Tools You Can Use to Create a “Go Paperless” Program.
June 08, 2009
This overview shows you tools that you can use to create a "Go Paperless" program. Pershing makes it easy for your clients to choose electronic delivery of account statements and trade confirmations, whether through NetX360™ or our new, self-service website, myedocumentsuite.com.
Pershing ValueAlliance® Providers
June 08, 2009

Pershing's ValueAlliance program features preferred rates and access to an extensive network of the industry's leading business solution providers.

Learn More About Pershing's Professional Development Series
June 08, 2009
Pershing is committed to a consultative partnership and helping investment professionals succeed in today?s challenging economic times. Our Professional Development Series, a comprehensive suite of tools and resources, features seminars and web casts on current topics as well as guidebooks and marketing resources to help you build your business.
Best Brokerage Statement in the Industry for a Second Consecutive Year
June 08, 2009
Pershing is pleased to announce that our brokerage account statement has received DALBAR's "Excellent" designation for a sixth consecutive year and has been ranked Number 1 for the second consecutive year among firms in the Brokerage Industry category in DALBAR's 12th annual Trends and Best Practices in Investor Statements survey.
Managed Account Solutions
June 08, 2009

Pershing Managed Account Solutions provides access to a comprehensive suite of fee-based advisory solutions. We take a highly consultative approach to help you determine the products, program and service offering that best fit your business needs. You may choose a pure, open-architecture environment or more packaged, turnkey solutions offered through our affiliate, Lockwood Advisors, Inc., or through a network of turnkey asset management providers available in Managed Account Network™. Regardless of the approach you select, you will have access to multiple managed account solutions through a single, integrated platform, with a consistent client experience throughout the entire process. This document provides an overview of the services provided by Pershing Managed Account Solutions.

Take Advantage of Ready-to-Use Client Brochures
June 08, 2009
To help you communicate the features and benefits of Pershing's products and services to your clients, we have developed a suite of client brochures around some of our most widely used business solutions. This piece shows the materials available and how to order them.
NetX360™ Premium Content—World-Class Services to Maximize NetX360
June 08, 2009
Access best-of-breed, third-party content providers directly through NetX360™. This insert explains how you can leverage the power of these premium offerings to help boost your performance and efficiency.
Asset Consolidation—A Win-Win-Win Proposition
June 08, 2009
Find out how consolidating assets through a modern brokerage platform provides distinct advantages that can help you simplify your day-to-day activities, freeing up the time you need to continue to grow your business.
Pershing Advisor Solutions ValueAlliance® Providers
June 08, 2009
Pershing is dedicated to providing access to a broad range of third-party resources to meet your critical business needs. This overview provides a list of ValueAlliance® Providers.
NetX360™ Core Content-The Resources You Need to Build Your Business
June 08, 2009
Take advantage of the core content available through NetX360™—Your gateway to many of the most respected providers of industry research, tools, market data and news to keep you ahead of the pack.
Tax and Year-End Statement
June 08, 2009
Making sense of your clients finances just got simpler—thanks to this consolidated tax and year-end statement. Information now at your fingertips includes Tax Statement (Form 1099) and Asset Management Account Activity, such as checking, debit card, and electronic transactions. Contact your Relationship Manager for more information.
Training Tools via NetX360™
June 08, 2009
Pershing's wide, ever-expanding range of training solutions offers the educational flexibility and expertise you need to conduct business with maximum efficiency and effectiveness. Customized solutions focus on your firm?s specific preferences, giving you the opportunity to incorporate targeted training into your curriculum.
Actimize Suite of Compliance Tools Available
June 08, 2009
Remaining fully compliant with complex financial services industry rules and regulations is vital to the long-term success of your firm. In order to meet these requirements, we have partnered with Actimize, a leading transactional risk software provider, to offer you a comprehensive suite of customizable anti-money laundering (AML), trade surveillance, and sales practices monitoring solutions.
Actimize Case Manager
December 11, 2008

Remaining fully compliant with complex financial services industry rules and regulations is vital to the long-term success of your firm.

To help you meet these requirements, we have partnered with Actimize, a leading transactional risk software provider, to offer you a comprehensive suite of customizable anti-money laundering (AML), trade surveillance, and sales practices monitoring solutions.

Paper Suppression
December 11, 2008
Conservation of resources has become an important initiative for individuals and institutions across the globe. As more and more customers look to go paperless, the financial industry is responding with enthusiasm.
Product Consulting Services
December 11, 2008
Our product consulting services can help your firm achieve its business goals through a jointly created, customized strategy that creates awareness and drives adoption and utilization of your investment solutions.
Seamlessly Trade Online
May 26, 2008
Access a live and executable inventory of more than 25,000 bonds from more than 90 fixed income dealers through BondCentral®, our online fixed income trading platform.
Streamline Brokerage Activities
May 26, 2008
Pershing is committed to providing you with flexible technology solutions to meet all your business needs.
CreditAdvance
May 26, 2008
Enhance your clients' purchasing power with CreditAdvance-a securities-based margin lending tool.
Convenient Asset Management
May 26, 2008
Help your clients combine all their investing, checking, and Mastercard services into one account with ProCash Plus®.
EasyPay
May 26, 2008
EasyPay™ enables your clients to transfer funds from their checking accounts to their brokerage accounts using interactive voi ce response (IVR) technology.
Helping You Be More Efficient
May 26, 2008
For financial organizations that offer managed accounts, our Customer Billing Support (CBS) system lets you create an unlimited number of fee schedules that can be customized at the firm, office, account, or investment professional level.
Actively Manage Fixed Income Portfolios
May 26, 2008
In today's complex and ever-changing fixed income markets, Fixed Income Portfolio Solutions can help you stay on top of changes in your clients' portfolios.
Pershing Prime Services
May 23, 2008
Learn more about how we can help you grow your business without limits by leveraging the combined financial strength, global resources, and custody services of Pershing LLC and The Bank of New York Mellon.
Building Solutions for Your Alternative Investment Needs
October 19, 2009
Alternative investments are becoming an increasingly important tool in wealth management strategies. Pershing LLC understands that access to a wide range of alternative investments, and the tools to administer them, are essential to our customers. This is one reason we remain committed to providing solutions that enable your firm to compete effectively in the marketplace, as well as meet the needs of your clients.
 

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