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Custom Data Management & Analytics for Financial Advisory

Unlock real-time insights, eliminate manual reporting, and boost client engagement with unified data systems. We develop custom analytics solutions to streamline operations, cut errors, and deliver high-impact dashboards—empowering your advisory firm to scale smarter and serve clients better.

Financial Advisory Analytics and Data Management

Turning Data Challenges into Strategic Advantage for Financial Advisory Firms

Advisory firms face fragmented systems, slow reporting, and poor client visibility—issues that block growth, delay decisions, and erode trust. Here’s how we solve them:
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Fragmented Data Across Systems

Data is scattered across CRMs, spreadsheets, financial planning tools, and client portals, slowing strategic decisions and creating blind spots. We build custom pipelines to unify structured and unstructured data sources—creating a single source of truth across operations, client data, and advisory workflows.
  • End-to-end data integration – unify all client, portfolio, and operational data into one secure platform
  • Custom data warehouses – centralize key financial and client information for real-time visibility
  • Automated data pipelines – eliminate manual work and reconciliation errors
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Manual Reporting with Delays & Errors

Heavy reliance on spreadsheets creates delays, version conflicts, and costly manual errors, slowing down reporting cycles and strategic decisions. This means missed opportunities and reactive planning. We develop user-friendly dashboards tied directly to live data streams, eliminating manual refreshes and offering decision-makers real-time, actionable insights.
  • Live executive dashboards – always current, no manual updates required
  • Role-specific views – tailored metrics for leadership, advisors, and operations
  • Centralized KPIs – align teams around a single source of truth
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Limited Client Engagement

Clients expect real-time access and personalized insights—not outdated PDF reports. Without a modern client portal, advisory firms struggle to deliver transparency, demonstrate value, and build long-term relationships. We create secure, branded portals that provide clients with interactive dashboards, scenario planning tools, and instant access to key financial data.
  • 24/7 client access – performance dashboards, portfolio insights, and financial documents available anytime without delays or email back-and-forth
  • Interactive planning tools – empower clients with scenario modeling to visualize outcomes and make informed financial decisions
  • All-in-one communication – built-in messaging, document sharing, and real-time updates streamline engagement and eliminate tool-switching
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Rigid Off-the-Shelf Tools

Generic SaaS platforms don’t align with your specific advisory model, leading to workflow friction and costly workarounds. We build solutions tailored to your exact operational needs, ensuring seamless alignment with your processes, regulatory requirements, and long-term growth strategy.
  • Built for your workflows – every feature and integration reflects how your team actually operates
  • Flexible compliance features – align with SEC, FINRA, and client-level transparency standards
  • Integration-first design – works smoothly with custodians, CRMs, planning tools, and reporting stacks
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Lack of In-House Data Expertise

Smaller firms often lack the internal technical team to build and maintain a scalable analytics infrastructure or explore AI-powered opportunities. We act as your dedicated data engineering partner—designing, deploying, and supporting advanced systems without the need to hire internally or manage complex tools.
  • Dedicated support without headcount – gain senior-level data talent without the cost of in-house hires
  • Scalable architecture – solutions evolve with your firm’s growth and data complexity
  • AI-ready infrastructure – prepare your firm for automation, predictive modeling, and future innovation

Real-Life Examples of Financial Data Analytics

AI-Driven Financial Analytics Platform with 30+ Integrations and 19% Improved CX

A financial consulting firm operating in South Africa, the UK, and the USA needed a B2B platform to unify data from multiple financial institutions and deliver real-time, AI-driven insights.
They partnered with Dataforest to build a custom web analytics platform that:
  • Integrated 30+ financial data sources for real-time access and querying
  • Enabled predictive analytics and time-series comparisons using built-in AI algorithms
  • Delivered intuitive, role-based dashboards with exportable reports
Results:
  • 30+ system integrations enabled seamless data flow across institutions
  • 19% improvement in customer experience through intuitive, responsive dashboards
  • AI-powered forecasting and analysis accelerated decision-making for financial clients
AI-Driven Financial Analytics

80% Faster Financial Reporting for UK-Based Enra Group

Enra Group, a leading UK property finance provider, relied on 200+ Excel-based reports for financial insights, resulting in slow processes, manual data handling, and poor access control.
They partnered with Dataforest to build a centralized reporting solution that:
  • Consolidated 200+ fragmented Excel reports into a single, scalable platform
  • Integrated key financial data sources to eliminate manual data collection
  • Automated report generation, cutting output time from minutes to 5 seconds
Results:
  • Reporting speed increased by 80%
  • Manual data handling has been eliminated across departments
  • Improved data accuracy and decision-making with real-time access
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AI-Powered Scoring Platform for a Sustainable Investment Firm

A Spain-based investment firm focusing on sustainable tech ventures needed to evaluate high volumes of European start-ups with greater speed, consistency, and intelligence.
They partnered with Dataforest to build an AI-powered web application that:
  • Consolidated and enriched fragmented startup data from DealRoom, Crunchbase, LinkedIn, and email sources
  • Implemented AI scoring across 2,200+ parameters to rank 1M+ companies based on investment potential
  • Integrated seamlessly with the firm’s Affinity CRM to centralize workflows and track high-value leads
Results:
  • Manual effort reduced by over 70% across deal evaluation workflows
  • Data coverage expanded to 1M+ start-ups, updated continuously
  • Investment opportunity assessments became 2× faster and more consistent
Scoring Platform

Real-Time Data Integration for a Wealth Management Firm

A leading wealth management firm needed to improve client experience, accelerate product development, and eliminate delays in data updates.
They partnered with Dataforest to implement a scalable data integration platform that:
  • Replaced delayed batch updates with an event-driven architecture for real-time data consistency
  • Introduced a canonical data model to unify and streamline data across platforms
  • Enhanced advisor experience by enabling instant access to accurate, cross-platform client data
Results:
  • Real-time account updates across all channels
  • Improved data quality, accessibility, and internal efficiency
  • 2× improvement in operational efficiency across advisor workflows
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Boosting Workflow Speed by 40% for a U.S. Financial Firm

A mid-sized financial planner in Minnesota was burdened by the manual processing of 200+ vendor-specific PDF forms, causing compliance risks, delays, and scalability issues.
They partnered with a software development vendor to build a workflow automation platform that:
  • Automated data extraction and processing across hundreds of form types
  • Integrated built-in compliance tools to reduce regulatory exposure
  • Enabled modular, scalable workflows tailored to future growth
  • Replaced fragmented manual tasks with streamlined, rule-based automation
Results:
  • 40% reduction in workflow processing time
  • Lowered compliance risk through automated validation
  • 2× boost in operational efficiency and process scalability
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Clean Data Means Usable Insights, Not Endless Maintenance Headaches

How Data Solves Core Problems Across Financial Advisory Sectors
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How Data Solves Core Problems Across Financial Advisory

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Wealth Management

  • See which clients are a drain on resources vs. which ones generate profit
  • Stop the spreadsheet chaos where each advisor tracks their clients differently
  • Market turbulence detection that flags unusual movements in specific client portfolios through real-time financial data analytics
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Retirement Planning

  • Automated scenario testing that shows how different withdrawal rates affect the longevity of money
  • Systems that track actual spending patterns against projected needs, thanks to data-driven financial planning
  • Cross-client analytics that reveal which retirement strategies worked over time, thanks to financial data analytics
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Estate Planning

  • Document management that connects the dots between outdated wills, new beneficiary designations, and account changes using insight-driven client engagement
  • Beneficiary visualization tools show clients exactly what happens to each asset when they die
  • Multi-generation tracking that monitors how trusts perform against original plans using financial data and analytics solutions
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Tax Planning

  • Tax drag analytics that show the actual impact of investment decisions on after-tax returns
  • Automated tax-loss harvesting opportunity flagging across entire client bases via revenue growth through analytics
  • Cross-client tax strategy effectiveness comparisons—see which approaches delivered savings via financial data analytics services
Legacy Systems and Data Incompatibility

Risk Management & Insurance

  • A policy database that connects coverage gaps with actual client assets and liabilities using financial automation tools
  • Premium efficiency analytics that flag when clients are paying too much
  • Claims monitoring that tracks which insurance is paid out when needed, using financial data analytics
Increased Operational Efficiency and Cost Reduction

Corporate Finance

  • Cash flow pattern detection that spots anomalies in business finance data via data-driven financial decision-making
  • Compensation analytics that connects executive pay to actual performance metrics
  • Banking relationship optimization shows which financial institutions deliver value via financial data and analytics

Financial Data Analytics Solution Details

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Unified Data Infrastructure

Connects all your financial systems into one platform that eliminates manual data reconciliation.
  • End-to-end pipelines connect financial CRM tools, custodial feeds, and planning tools into one system
  • Single source of truth cuts data reconciliation automation by 80%
  • Real-time sync enables end-to-end data visibility and instant decision-making
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Interactive Analytics Platform

Replaces Excel chaos with live dashboards that give instant answers without waiting for analysts.
  • Live dashboards replace Excel with current data streams—core to any advisory firm tech stack
  • Self-service portals let teams get answers without waiting for analysts
  • Automated reporting cuts generation time from days to minutes, core to any financial data analytics company
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Enhanced Patient Care and Experience

Client Analytics Portal

Gives clients interactive tools to explore their data in real time, boosting engagement and retention.
  • Interactive dashboards increase client engagement and transparency
  • Real-time scenario modeling strengthens the advisory value proposition, powered by advisor dashboard insights
  • Automated reporting improves retention through a better user experience powered by financial advisory analytics
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Improved Collaboration Among Healthcare Teams

AI-Powered Intelligence

Uses predictive analytics and machine learning to catch opportunities and prevent errors before they impact clients.
  • Predictive analytics for advisors catch portfolio optimization opportunities before they're missed
  • Automated quality monitoring prevents errors in client reports with financial services business intelligence
  • Machine learning reveals hidden patterns in client behavior and market trends—hallmarks of leading financial data analytics companies
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Cloud Technology Implementation

Data Engineering Services

Provides an embedded technical team that builds and maintains your systems without internal hiring.
  • An embedded team eliminates internal hiring needs; it's part of our end-to-end data strategy
  • Scalable data infrastructure grows with your firm without technical overhead
  • Ongoing maintenance ensures systems evolve with business requirements from a trusted financial data analytics company
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Our Case studies

Reporting Solution for the Financial Company

Dataforest created a valuable and convenient reporting solution for the financial company that successfully helped lower the manual daily operations, changed how access was shared, and maintained more than 200 reports.
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Enra Group is the UK's leading provider and distributor of specialist property finance.

Bank Data Analytics Platform

The Bank Data Analytics Platform project aims to develop a web-based application for the Client and its customers to query and analyze data relating to various banks and other financial institutions. The project involves building an interactive B2B web app with custom dashboards and analytics features, as well as using AI functionality to empower the application's development and analytics capabilities.
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system integrations

19%

CX boost

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Stuart Theobald

Chairman Intellidex, Financial Services and Consulting company
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They've had a quick grasp of what we are trying to do and delivered to our spec without a fuss.

Insurance Sales Automation

An insurance agency was struggling with a slow lead intake process and a demotivated sales team. Their customer retention rate was stuck at 32%, and they urgently needed more customers. By implementing tailored solutions including automated lead intake from top carriers, seamless internal data synchronization, integration with quote providers, and the unification of all communication channels in a single Live Chat platform, we supercharged their growth! Their customer numbers shot up 2x, and they're back in the game!
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increase in new policy sales

+26%

Customer retention

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Peter N.

Head of Sales U.S. Insurance Agency
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The DATAFOREST team truly understood the issues we were facing and came up with solutions that have completely transformed our insurance agency.

Streamlining Investment with AI-Powered Scoring

Dataforest developed an AI-powered web application for an investment firm focused on sustainable tech ventures. The platform streamlines workflows by collecting and integrating data on European start-ups into a dynamic database. Using AI-driven scoring and predefined criteria, it ranks companies, helping investors easily identify and evaluate top opportunities.
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companies scraped

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parameters used for scoring

Streamlining Investment
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Streamlining Investment with AI-Powered Scoring

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6 Key Steps to Creating Financial Advisory Data & Analytics Solutions

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Discovery
Catalog every system, spreadsheet, and data source your people use daily. Don't just list the official tools—include the shadow IT everyone pretends doesn't exist.
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Transformation Blueprint
Data Architecture Design
We create a scalable architecture tailored to your firm's size and complexity. Whether you need a lightweight tool or a complete financial data and analytics platform, we make sure it's built for long-term value. This includes data reconciliation automation and CRM data synchronization.
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Data-driven
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Data Integration
We connect all your data sources — from CRM, accounting systems, and custodians to third-party tools. Our goal is to ensure smooth financial data integration, eliminate data silos, and ensure smooth financial data intelligence flows.
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Improved Diagnostic and Treatment Accuracy
Analytics & Reporting Layer
We build custom dashboards, alerts, and reporting tools. You get access to real-time financial data analytics to support portfolio management, compliance, client engagement, and operational efficiency in financial firms.
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AI/ML Modeling
We deploy AI models that bring genuine ROI: forecasting, risk analysis, fraud detection, or client segmentation — all integrated within your financial advisory analytics framework and are proper for AI in wealth management analytics.
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Ongoing Support & Enhancement
Test everything with real data, train people properly, and establish who fixes what when systems fail. Technology breaks—having a plan matters more than preventing every failure.
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