Morningstar chose to rise with Fiserv

ROOKFIELD, US: Fiserv, Inc. announced today that Morningstar Investment Services has selected its managed account technology to support Morningstar Managed Portfolios

SM, a fee-based discretionary investment management program offered exclusively through registered investment advisors.he managed account technology from Fiserv is designed to enhance trade management, enable more robust portfolio accounting and performance reporting, and broaden the range of custodians through which Morningstar Investment Services can submit trades. Morningstar Investment Services chose Fiserv as the platform to enable them to add unified managed account (UMA) and rep as portfolio manager (RPM) capabilities in the future. The UMA functionality will allow advisors to combine a broad range of investment types into a single client portfolio, streamlining trading, reporting and research. The RPM technology will allow advisors to manage client accounts more nimbly to implement tactical decisions quickly and easily.

“The exceptional scalability and functionality of the managed account technology from Fiserv will make it easier for financial advisors to offer their clients investment solutions tailored to their evolving financial needs,” said Jeffrey Ptak, President and Chief Investment Officer, Morningstar Investment Services. “Fiserv’s depth and breadth of expertise in the managed accounts space was a critical component of our decision to work with the firm to further enhance our platform.”