Wealth Management and Investment Software Development
PilotLab provides wealth management and investment software development for registered investment advisers, wealth managers, asset managers and wealthtech startups. We build portfolio platforms, client portals and reporting systems on accurate, well-modeled financial data.
What Investment Management Software Development Requires
Investment firms run on data from custodians, market data vendors, CRMs and spreadsheets that rarely agree. Investment management software development starts with a reliable data foundation: positions, transactions, prices and accounts reconciled every day, with history preserved for performance and audit. Without it, every dashboard and client report is a guess. We design that foundation first, then build the features that depend on it.
We bring database design expertise to model portfolios, households, lots and benchmarks correctly, and API and platform engineering to integrate custodian feeds, market data and planning tools. Our work on real-time data processing applies directly to intraday positions, alerts and trading workflows. Every calculation is versioned and testable, so operations teams can explain any number a client or examiner questions.
Advisers and investors also expect consumer-grade experiences. We build client portals, adviser workstations and AI automation for tasks like meeting prep and report commentary, while keeping recordkeeping and supervision requirements intact. The result is software that helps advisers serve more clients without adding operational risk. Supervision, approvals and retention are part of the workflow rather than separate manual steps, which keeps advisers fast and compliance teams comfortable.
Wealth and Investment Technology Challenges
Fragmented portfolio data
Positions and transactions arrive from multiple custodians in different formats and schedules. We build ingestion and reconciliation pipelines that produce one trusted book of record.
Accurate performance and reporting
Time-weighted and money-weighted returns, fees and benchmarks must be calculated consistently. We build calculation engines that are testable and explainable.
SEC and FINRA recordkeeping
Client communications, trade records and changes must be retained and retrievable. We design storage and audit trails with retention requirements in mind.
Scaling adviser workflows
Manual rebalancing, onboarding paperwork and report building limit growth. We automate repetitive work with review steps for adviser approval.
Investment and Wealth Management Solutions We Build
We build platforms for firms that want to own their client experience and data instead of stitching together disconnected tools.
Portfolio management systems
Holdings, lots, model portfolios, drift monitoring and rebalancing workflows built on reconciled custodian data.
Client portals and investor apps
Secure portals for performance, statements, documents, goals and messaging on web and mobile.
Performance and reporting engines
Automated quarterly reports, fee billing calculations and benchmark comparisons with full calculation traceability.
Digital onboarding and account opening
Guided account opening, risk profiling, e-signature and custodian paperwork submission.
Data platforms and integrations
Custodian feeds, market data, CRM and planning tool integrations unified in a well-structured investment data warehouse.
Fund and investor management
Capital calls, distributions, investor statements and document rooms for private funds and alternative investments.
Investment Industry Regulations Our Software Supports
PilotLab builds software that supports the recordkeeping and data protection rules investment firms follow. Your compliance officer owns the program; we deliver systems that make it easier to run.
SEC Rule 17a-4 and Advisers Act Rule 204-2
Systems must retain required books, records and communications for mandated periods in a form that can be produced for examiners.
FINRA rules
Broker-dealer software should support supervision, communications review and recordkeeping obligations under applicable FINRA rules.
Regulation S-P
Platforms must protect customer financial information and support incident response and customer notification requirements.
SEC Marketing Rule
Performance shown in portals and reports must be presented consistently, with the calculation detail needed to support required disclosures.
Investment Software Use Cases
- RIA client portals
- Portfolio rebalancing tools
- Performance reporting
- Fee billing automation
- Custodian data aggregation
- Private fund investor portals
- Adviser CRM integrations
- Wealthtech MVPs
Services for Investment & Wealth Management Companies
Custom SaaS Development
End-to-end SaaS products with auth, billing, analytics and admin built in.
API & Platform Engineering
REST and GraphQL APIs, webhooks, SDKs and developer portals.
AI & Automation
AI search, copilots and workflow automation inside your product.
Database Design
Schema design, data modeling and query optimization for SaaS workloads.
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Investment & Wealth Management Software: Frequently Asked Questions
Can you integrate with custodians like Schwab, Fidelity and Pershing?
Yes. We build ingestion pipelines for custodian data files and APIs, normalize positions, transactions and prices into a common model, and reconcile daily. Access to custodian feeds usually requires the firm's authorization, so we work with your operations team to set up connections, then add monitoring that flags missing files or breaks before advisers see stale data.
Should we build custom wealth management software or buy a platform?
Off-the-shelf platforms cover standard portfolio accounting and reporting well. Custom software makes sense when your client experience, investment process or data needs are differentiators, or when you are building a wealthtech product. Many firms keep a vendor system of record and build custom portals, analytics and workflow automation around it.
How do you handle SEC and FINRA recordkeeping requirements?
We design storage with retention policies, immutable audit logs and export capabilities so required records can be produced on request. Where regulations call for specific storage formats or third-party archiving, we integrate with compliant archiving providers. Your compliance team defines retention rules, and the software enforces and evidences them.
How long does it take to build an investment management platform?
A focused product such as a client portal or reporting engine can reach MVP in 8-12 weeks. Production hardening with custodian integrations, security reviews and data reconciliation typically takes 12-20 weeks. Broader platforms are delivered in phases, starting with the data foundation so later features build on trusted numbers.
Can AI help advisers without creating compliance risk?
Yes, when used carefully. Good starting points are meeting summaries, CRM updates, report commentary drafts and document extraction, with adviser review before anything reaches a client. We log prompts and outputs for supervision, keep client data within approved providers, and avoid automated investment recommendations without human oversight.
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