Technology Tools for Today is a monthly newsletter that provides practice management recommendations and highlights the latest in technology to help advisors achieve dramatic improvements in profitability and lifestyle. T3: The Conference, Technology Tools for Today’s annualforum, will bring together financial advisors to discuss practice management and technology issues in-depth. If you are interested in learning more about portfolio management software, mark your calendar, T3 has a number of companies displaying their technology. This year’s T3 conference is set to take place in Dallas, Texas on Feb. 16-18, 2012.

Shareholders Service Group (SSG) provides dedicated services to the RIA industry, such as building and managing brokerage and custodial platforms. The Inaugural SSG Conference will bring together RIA’s from across the country to learn about growth strategies for their businesses. RIAs will discuss national compliance standards, Investment Policy Statements and investment management software. The SSG Conference will take place in San Diego, California on Feb. 29 – March 2, 2012.

If you are an RIA, add these conferences to your schedule to learn more about your industry and meet other professionals.

If you are attending either of these conferences, stop by Archway’s booth and say hello! The Sales team will be happy to answer questions about the company and discuss ATWeb’s portfolio reporting capabilities.

Ensure absolute tax efficiency and compliance by attending Hedge Fund Tax 101 and The K-1 Boot Camp. This two day conference is designed to deliver an understanding of the complex fundamentals in a terminology that most anyone with a finance background can understand.

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The report, a compilation of feedback from nearly 50 family offices, prime brokerages, banks and investment advisors throughout North and South America; explores wealth management initiatives including technology spending, future technology priorities and overall strategy.

Key findings from the report include:

• Firms are increasing their technology spending due to client demands for more transparency.
• The most common used technology is a combination of third party solutions and in-house platforms.
• In 2012, wealth managers are likely to add CRM, client reporting tools and client-facing tools.

Firms considering family office technology, investment management software or portfolio accounting software should download the report today.

To view the full report, click here.

In addition to our client service initiatives, Archway also made a terrific amount of headway on several back-office and foundational technology initiatives. We have continued to commit significant time and effort towards ensuring the security of our client’s data in an ever-changing world of threat profiles and risks. We have implemented a new wave of system performance tracking tools and notifications that allow us to head off potential system performance issues well in advance of them occurring. Finally, we have upgraded many of the hardware assets upon which our products operate.

These are a few examples of the many things Archway does on a daily basis in our never-ending quest to improve the products and services we deliver to our clients. As we look into the coming year, we are anxious to continue to build on these improvements.

Last but not least, 2011 brought about another year of record growth for Archway. This growth has resulted in recent recognition within our local business community as well as an exciting expansion within our headquarters office. In December, the firm was recognized by both the City of Indianapolis and the State of Indiana for its impressive job creation initiatives. As of January 1st, we opened up an additional 4,000 square feet of space in our Indianapolis office to support our growing staff.

We at Archway are excited to tackle what will undoubtedly be another action-packed year for the firm. We wish all of our clients a productive and exciting 2012. We are already working at it on our end!

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As part of the training revisions, Archway recently became certified by the National Associate of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA). With NASBA certification, Archway can now offer CPE credits to Certified Public Accountants upon completion of their ATWeb implementation process.

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One update will be in the Accounting Periods module. Clients will be able to drill down to the details of a general ledger transaction from the Balance Sheet and Income Statement tabs.

Another improvement will be in the vendor drop down menu in Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable modules when adding a bill. Previously users could only type the first letter of the vendor to alphabetically scroll to the vendors that start with that letter, but now users can type multiple letters to find the specific vendor they are seeking.

Enhancements are also going to be available in regards to user security, specifically access to reports. Clients will now be able to define custom report categories available for viewing by specific roles within their company.

One more upgrade for clients is the ability to add their logo and disclosures on the bottom of every page of ATWeb for added customization.

Clients will also be able to enjoy new integrations with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, US Bank Commercial Loan and Goldman Sachs Prime Broker as part of the ATWeb v4.3.6 release.

The full release notes to clients are going to be released later this quarter.

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In Q1 2012, the F&O team hopes to continue adding more entities and assets under administration. To aid that quest F&O will send team members to hedge fund conferences focusing on accounting and operations in 2012. The first conference of the year for F&O is the 2012 Hedge Fund Tax Conference sponsored by Financial Research Associates in New York City on Jan. 19-20.

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Aaron Wise is the Manager of Archway’s Finance & Operations (F&O) department. Approaching his third year with Archway, Aaron is responsible for a number of fund administration and back office tasks including; processing transactions, reconciling cash, positions, realized and unrealized gain/loss to broker statements and compiling financial statements for clients. Aaron is also tasked with planning, organizing and reviewing the F&O group’s work to ensure deadlines are met. Prior to Archway, Aaron was the manager of the Fund Accounting department for Unified Fund Services, a 3^rd party administrator and registered transfer agency for mutual funds.

Aaron has a B.A. in Accounting from Anderson University.

What’s Aaron’s favorite part of Archway? “The entrepreneurial spirit along with the hard work and sacrifice members of the team are willing to make each day to provide quality services and products for our clients.”

Aaron’s favorite movie of all time is Tombstone, starring Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer.

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In the “Partnership Accounting Systems: Evaluating the Landscape” section of the newsletter, IntegriData mentions Archway as a newer entrant into the partnership accounting software arena for Private Equity funds and Hedge Funds. Along with several other companies, Archway receives praise for its “solid reputation” and ability to now “effectively compete with the existing market leaders.”

Also found in the newsletter are IntegriData insights on the partnership accounting software available based on their research and demonstrations from key players. Integridata promises to set up demonstrations with the new vendors in the market to increase their knowledge.

To view the complete newsletter, click here.

“We have been fortunate to find a significant pool of talent from which to build our team, and we greatly value the Central Indiana business community,” said Jason Brown, President and CEO of Archway. “In addition, we aspire to build a great partnership with both the city of Indianapolis and state of Indiana. We are excited to make a long term commitment to growth in the state.”

As an incentive to continue growth in Indianapolis, Archway was offered up to $2.4 million in performance-based tax credits, which Archway will be able to collect after workers are hired. Archway was also offered $100,000 in training grants by the City of Indianapolis at the request of Marion County’s local economic development organization, Develop Indy, based on its job creation plan.

Archway plans to invest $1.7 million in its headquarters located at Keystone at the Crossing to support the additional 140 jobs to be created by 2015, doubling its existing headquarters. To meet this goal, Archway increased its staffing by 40% in 2011 and has already begun hiring for 2012 in all departments including Design & Development, Professional Services and Sales & Marketing. Archway is also in the process of moving into new office space at Keystone at the Crossing to meet the needs of its growing staff.

This announcement is one of many by the City of Indianapolis and Develop Indy, which year-to-date has added more than 5,300 new job commitments and nearly $600 million in capital to Indianapolis. Job commitments include high paying, high tech industries such as advanced manufacturing, information technology, life sciences and logistics and distribution.

About Archway
Archway, a software company, supports the financial operations of global Family Offices, Hedge Funds, Investment Advisors, Prime Brokers and Private Banks. Its flagship platform, ATWeb, is a web deployed enterprise solution for the accounting and investment industry. ATWeb integrates a full general ledger (G/L) to support portfolio, fund and partnership accounting with a portfolio management system. Archway’s Fund Administration department, Finance & Operations provides an outsourced solution, the foundation for your back office accounting, portfolio management, reconciliation and reporting needs. www.ArchwayTechnology.net

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CONTACT:
Lauren Albert, Marketing Associate
lalbert@archwaytechnology.net
317.819.5454

What was once a complicated and arduous process, advisors spent hours searching through each state’s legal requirements to figure out how to register, has now been simplified. Registered investment advisors click on the state they wish to register in on Sroiia’s map, and read the requirements for registration.

Also featured on the map are, 1)links to the state’s registration forms, 2) a step by step process on how to file a registration and, 3) the cost of filling a registration.

To check out Sroiia’s interactive map, click here.

As part of this partnership, Archway can offer CPE credits to Certified Public Accountants upon completion of their ATWeb implementation process. During the ATWeb implementation process, experienced professionals on Archway’s staff work in the client’s office to coach them on a wide variety of topics such as use of the General Ledger, Accounts Payable and how ATWeb handles Portfolio Accounting. Clients receive the technical knowledge on how to use ATWeb, as well as a refresher course on some basics of accounting from the implementation team.

Archway is excited about its commitment to offer high quality CPE programs to clients. In the future, Archway hopes to offer CPE programs across the country. Taught by our knowledgeable Professional Services and Finance & Operations teams, these classes will be available to anyone working within the financial industry.

Here are the top 10 generated reports in ATWeb:

1. Balance Sheet: A snapshot of the assets, liabilities and equity of an entity.
2. Open Positions: Breaks down holdings by portfolio and includes information such as original basis, tax basis and market value.
3. General Ledger: A breakout of general ledger accounts with information about the journal entries booked to each account.
4. Period Balance: Equity balance information which includes beginning balance, period profit, fees and the ending balance for each investor in the entity.
5. Portfolio Profit Comparison: An income statement of portfolios that helps compare one strategy, manager or account with another.
6. Portfolio Appraisal: A listing of open positions and pricing within an account, including the percent of a portfolio the security makes up along with a cross portfolio summary.
7. Standard Statement: An investor level income statement along with capital balance information broken out by accounting period.
8. General Ledger (Alternate Presentation): A breakout of the general ledger accounts plus the contra account number and name.
9. Entity Ownership: Details of who owns the entity with account balances and appropriate ownership percentages.
10. Income Statement: The net income number along with the breakout of the revenue and expenses.

We’re thankful for passionate clients and users who help us develop reports. View our Robust Accounting web page to learn more about ATWeb’s reporting capabilities.

Simon Gray, Managing Editor of Hedgeweek is hosting a webinar on Thursday Nov. 17 which will review hedge fund allocation challenges in turbulent times. Sponsored by PerTrac, the webinar will address issues such as:

- Do established measures of risk still provide meaningful information? What alternatives are there?
- Can alternative strategies consistently outperform traditional long-only investment?
- Is it time to rethink standard geographical allocation criteria?
- Are information and analysis tools used by allocators and investors up to the job? Is it time to rethink the whole investment decision-making process?

The webinar will be conveniently held at 10 a.m. GMT and 10 a.m. EST on Nov. 17. To register for the webinar, click on the time you would like to attend.

To keep up with a changing economy, hedge funds managers seek the benefits of hedge fund software technology so they can focus on money management. Outsourcing helps them reap the technology benefits without the frustration and commitment of learning the software and administering it.

The free download, “A Guide to Technology Outsourcing for Hedge Funds,” serves as a roadmap for hedge fund managers who want to understand the various options that exist in outsourcing, and addresses key questions, such as:

- How can a fund build a secure foundation for outsourcing?
- What are the advantages of alternatives such as cloud computing, hosted environments and colocation?
- Which pricing models make the most sense, based on a fund’s size and strategy?

To download the guidebook and learn more about hedge fund technology outsourcing, click here.

INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 22, 2011 – Archway Technology Partners releases ATWeb v4.3.5 today, Oct. 22, 2011, which enhances the abilities of the platform at the Enterprise, Entity and Report levels.

”We are pleased to release another version of our platform ATWeb,” states Brad Holifield, Director of Product Design. “Continuous commitment to client satisfaction drives the team to develop and release timely and much-needed functionality to a demanding client base. We believe that many of the features will enable our clients to become even more productive.”

Enterprise-level upgrades feature improvements to the Cash Management Module and user security settings. Prior to the 4.3.5 release, Cash Balances could only be filtered by Entity or Entity Class but now Cash Balances can be viewed across all Entities. For added ease of use, more advanced security settings increase the session timeout threshold to support a longer period of user inactivity and add user permissions to alter Market Values in the Security Master.

At the Entity-level, clients enjoy upgrades to the Accounts Payable Module and General Ledger. Within the Accounts Payable Module, a single payment output can be generated to pay multiple bills, payable to the same Vendor, by selecting the Consolidate checkbox; and new fields Vendor Bill Date, Post Date and PO # are available. The General Ledger receives a boost as journal entries automatically created by ATWeb to record profit or loss received through a Nested Entity relationship now display which Nested Entity the journal entry is associated with.

A new Report, Statement of Changes in Partners Capital is available in ATWeb, which is an alternate version of the Statement of Capital Account report. The values displayed on the new report represent each Investor’s capital account, income allocation and performance returns net of accrued management and performance fees.

Lastly, ATWeb supports a new integration with US Bank (Trust) and US Bank (Banking).

About Archway Technology Partners, Inc.

Archway Technology Partners is a global software company supporting the financial operations of Single Family Offices, Multi-Family Offices, Hedge Funds, Fund Administrators, Fund of Funds and Investment Advisors.

Archway’s flagship platform, ATWeb, is a web deployed enterprise software solution for the investment industry. An investment accounting software platform, ATWeb successfully integrates a full G/L with investor relations, portfolio accounting, fund accounting and partnership accounting. ATWeb also manages accounts payable, accounts receivable, cash management and budgeting & forecasting – a true standard in one solution.

CONTACT:
Lauren Albert, Marketing Associate
lalbert@archwaytechnology.net
317.819.5454

The first annual ‘Whitebox Selected Research Awards’ is seeking “to promote the most profitable and productive allocation of capital and to bring greater recognition to scholars, investment professionals, journalists, and commentators whose work advances that end.”

Research papers will be judged on criteria set forth by Whitebox. In addition to the grand prize, top papers will be republished and other prizes may be given out for up to 12 finalists and honorable mentions.

View the contest details here and enter your paper to advance the Hedge Fund community’s understanding of investments through educational materials. The deadline to enter is January 15, 2012 and winners will be announced no later than April 15, 2012.

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