About Broker Village

We Help Financial Services Firms Increase Revenue and Limit Liability

Broker Village is a software and consulting firm. We provide decision-making tools and services to the retail financial services industry. Our tools are for senior executives, financial advisors, and individual investors (via an advisor).

Issues specific to a firm's financial condition, advisor’s book of business, or investor's tax situation can be evaluated before anyone commits to action. Should a fund firm, for example, re-price its product line, an advisor move to fees, or an investor use a 529 plan? As better decisions are made, revenues may rise and liabilities may fall.

The tools display assets, income, and expense, often pre- and post-tax. Results are extremely accurate and often are audited by independent CPAs. All tools include consulting services, sales material, training, and support. 

Unique Opportunity for Investment Firms

Senior executives can evaluate how pricing decisions affect investors, B/Ds, advisors, and the bottom line. Consider our Share Class Analyzer. When launching, closing, or re-pricing a fund, sensitive "what-if” scenarios can be run. Results reflect everything from changes in a 12b-1 fee to a cost of capital. The accuracy of prospectus fee examples and suitability text also can be checked. Only then should a fund firm or B/D set share class sales limits. Notably, the regulators license some of the related math. If a firm uses that same math, the odds may fall of being blind-sided by an unexpected issue. As one fund firm executive said: "Better to be in command of the math than to be a victim of it."

With our advisor tools, like the Convert Assets Calculator, B/Ds can boost per-advisor productivity and, thus, revenue. Sales managers implore advisors to change their business model: e.g., move to fees, partner up, or work the back-of-a-book. Now the merits can be quantified, making the advice more compelling. The tools are a great “value-add” for fund wholesalers to use with advisors. They can tailor sales ideas to individual advisors since they see a book of business. Likely, wholesalers will sell more funds as a result.

Our Mortgage and College Savings Tools are for the benefit of investors. They are used by financial advisors, not individual investors directly. The tools address the two most costly decisions investors can make: how best to save for college and what type of mortgage is best. Results are shown post federal and state tax, so very tax-sensitive decisions can be made. These tools can help investors save thousands of dollars. They justify an advisor’s fees and remind clients why they chose the full-service advice route in the first place.

Fast and Easy to Implement

To make life easy, we require little effort from clients. Our code is “plug and play.” Clients go "live" in a few days. They possess the source code and run it on their systems. The tools are part of an overall campaign and reflect a client's branding: logo, colors, defaults, etc. We also provide sales material, training, and support.

Per share class consulting and prospectus auditing, again, we make life easy. We need an hour or two, up front, from the senior executives. Preliminary findings are ready in a few days. A full report takes about a week, depending on the project scope. Several large B/Ds and fund firms can attest to our extreme accuracy and fast delivery.   

No other company is dedicated to helping investment firms in such a manner.

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