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Custom Investment Portfolio Management Software

Features, Development Steps, Costs, ROI

ScienceSoft brings 19 years of experience in financial IT and 35 years in data analytics to engineer intelligent portfolio management solutions that enable data-driven portfolio planning and automate complex investment execution tasks.

Custom Investment Portfolio Management Software - ScienceSoft
Custom Investment Portfolio Management Software - ScienceSoft

Investment Portfolio Management Software: Key Aspects

Investment portfolio management software serves as a single platform for managing multi-asset portfolios and multi-brokerage investment activities. Such software offers analytics-based portfolio planning and automates processes like investment execution, risk control, and reporting.

Custom investment portfolio management software can be built with tailored functionality to automate specific portfolio and investment workflows, such as multi-dimensional positioning and high-frequency trading. Such solutions are usually designed in compliance with SEC, GLBA, FINRA, AML/CFT, and other necessary investment regulations.

Custom software can provide advanced analytics powered by tailored AI/ML models, which can accommodate data on the company’s unique investment strategies and enable high-precision portfolio performance forecasting and optimization. Custom solutions can also be built to support a broad range of asset classes, from stocks, bonds, and cash equivalents to commodities, real estate, derivatives, crypto assets, fractionalized property, renewable energy, and more.

Another advantage of custom portfolio management software is that it can be integrated with any required systems (including legacy software and innovative fintech solutions) and freely upgraded with new capabilities when the investor needs or regulatory rules change.

  • Key integrations: CRM, trading platforms, an investor portal, an accounting system, and more.
  • Implementation time: 8–16 months on average.
  • Development costs: $120,000–$1,000,000+, depending on solution complexity and the chosen development approach. Use our free configurator to estimate the cost for your case.

Key Features of Investment Portfolio Management Software

Below, ScienceSoft’s investment technology consultants share a list of features that would form the core of a robust investment portfolio management solution.

Investment research

  • Automated aggregation of capital market data feeds from the connected systems (asset-specific market databases, financial news platforms, trading and exchange platforms, etc.).
  • (For trading) Real-time market data sensing and instant alerts on market-moving events.
  • Statistical capital market analytics, including fundamental and technical analysis.

Advanced:

  • Automated retrieval and consolidation of capital market data (market stats, charts, ticks, indices, etc.) from public web sources using large language models (LLM).
  • LLM-supported capture and summarization of investor sentiments (including implicit signals from news, blog posts, and social media).
  • AI-powered capital market analytics and suggestions on the high-yield and low-risk asset classes to invest in.
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Portfolio planning

  • Customizable portfolio models with user-defined input parameters like investment goals, asset preferences, risk tolerances, and investment period.
  • Scenario modeling and what-if analysis for single- and multi-asset investments.
  • Monte Carlo simulations to measure the impact of uncertainty factors, e.g., inflation, economic sanctions, or regulatory changes.
  • Automated calculation of model-specific portfolio and risk metrics.
  • Quantifying the impact of particular variables on portfolio performance and identifying key yield drivers.
  • Side-by-side comparison of various investment portfolio options.
  • Model output auto-conversion to the mid- and long-term investment plans.

Advanced:

  • Machine-learning-powered predictive analytics to forecast investment returns.
  • Intelligent suggestions on the optimal baseline portfolio structures for each investor based on the analysis of the investor’s financial capacity, time-framed goals, and risk appetites.
  • Producing synthetic investment data using generative AI to replace high-cost real transactional data for modeling needs, including ML model training.
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Portfolio construction and valuation

  • Creating custom investment portfolio structures with user-defined hierarchies and asset types: stocks, bonds, cash equivalents, real estate, derivatives, crypto, etc.
  • Setting up financial goals, investment limits, and risk exposure thresholds.
  • Automated aggregation of investment activity data from multiple accounts across several brokerages and recording them in an investment book of record (IBOR).
  • Rule-based portfolio valuation taking into account the market value of each investment.
  • Configurable dashboards with a real-time overview of portfolio transactions and balances (by asset class, period, brokerage account, etc.).
  • Visualizing allocated funds and portfolio operations via customizable charts, graphs, tables, interactive maps, and more.

Advanced:

  • AI-supported dynamic portfolio valuation based on the real-time market prices for portfolio assets.
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Investment order management

  • Rule-based investment order opening, confirmation, renewal, cancellation, and closing.
  • Configuring buy and sell price, asset quantity, and order period limits.
  • Support for market, limit, stop-loss, stop-limit, and other order types.
  • Scheduled and ad hoc order routing to the relevant execution systems (e.g., third-party investment platforms, OTC marketplaces, internal systems of brokerage firms).
  • Notifications on order status and execution details.
  • Template-based creation of investment agreements for long-term investments (e.g., in real estate, commodities).
  • Investment document and order e-signing using digital signatures.

Advanced:

  • AI-powered market, investor position, and exposure analysis and suggestions on the optimal asset price, buy/sell quantity, and order timing.
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Trade execution

  • Real-time monitoring of technical indicators like moving averages, OBV, ADX, RSI, MACD, Bollinger Bands, etc.
  • Dynamic tick charts reflecting real-time price swings (critical for scalping strategies).
  • Automated recognition of technical patterns and trends.
  • Direct multi-broker connectivity for instant order entry and exit.
  • User-defined rules for algorithmic trading strategies.
  • Automated trade execution based on preset strategies.

Advanced:

  • AI-powered robo-advisors for natural language trader assistance and short-run ETF auto-allocation and optimization.
  • Intelligent order routing to the optimal trading platform based on asset type, platform-specific asset price, trade commission, etc.
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Funds management

  • Monitoring funds availability across investment accounts.
  • Trend-based liquidity planning.
  • Notifications about cash balances dropping below or exceeding set thresholds.
  • Template-based generation of requests for funds transfers to the investment account.
  • Automated request submission to wealth management customers (via email or an investor portal) and an investment firm’s bank (requires connectivity with bank accounts).
  • Funds auto-replenishment via direct debit.
  • Configurable rules for recurring funds withdrawals.
  • Automated reconciliation of executed investment transactions against cash balances.
  • A full history of cash deposits, withdrawals, and transfers.
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Risk management

  • Tracking investment risk indicators like standard deviation, MDD, Sharpe ratio, R-squared, VaR/CVaR, risk-adjusted return, and FX rate exposures for multi-currency investments.
  • Relative and absolute portfolio risk attribution analysis.
  • Continuous monitoring of investor positions and market trends (asset-specific trade volumes, bid-ask spreads, price volatility, investor sentiment, etc.) to detect emerging risks.
  • Simulating and comparing risk hedging strategies (e.g., price limit adjustments, portfolio diversification, employing derivatives like swaps and options).
  • Managing and monitoring hedging transactions.

Advanced:

  • AI-supported risk analytics and suggestions on pragmatic hedging strategies.
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Tax management

  • Automatically calculating taxes for assets held in taxable, tax-deferred, and tax-exempt accounts.
  • (For multi-entity investment companies) Calculating incurred tax liabilities under various tax jurisdictions.
  • Generating investment income reports for tax payment and reconciliation.
  • Scheduled tax payments.
  • Tracking paid and due taxes.
  • What-if analysis to measure the potential impacts of various investments on income tax amounts, taking into account investment transaction dates, asset cost basis, and sale prices.

Advanced:

  • AI-powered recommendations on the most tax-efficient mutual funds and ETFs to invest in, the optimal ways to allocate investments across tax accounts, the best timing for funds withdrawal from taxable accounts to minimize tax burden, and more.
  • Intelligent tax-loss harvesting, i.e., suggestions on underperforming investments to sell for reduced tax liability.
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Portfolio positioning and performance analytics

  • Calculating portfolio performance metrics, such as:
    • Total portfolio value.
    • Absolute, annualized, time-weighted, and money-weighted portfolio returns.
    • Interest income and dividend yield from fixed-income investments.
    • Peak-to-trough declines (portfolio volatility).
    • Alpha and beta (market-risk-anchored portfolio performance).
  • Portfolio performance benchmarking against asset-specific indices.
  • Analyzing the contribution of different investments, asset classes, and regions to the overall portfolio performance.
  • Rule-based portfolio item segmentation according to their financial impact, identifying return and loss drivers.
  • Trend-based portfolio performance prediction.

Advanced:

  • ML-powered forecasting of portfolio KPIs and investment behavior.
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Portfolio optimization

  • Automated asset correlation analysis to guide portfolio diversification.
  • Alerts on asset price spikes, investment performance deviations, allocations and exposures reaching preset levels.
  • Automated portfolio rebalancing based on user-defined rules, e.g., when returns for a particular investment decline during a certain period or when an asset class exceeds a certain share of the portfolio.

Advanced:

  • AI-powered suggestions on emerging investment opportunities for portfolio diversification:
    • Alternative asset classes (fractionalized property, crypto, renewable energy, etc.).
    • Promising startups (technology, manufacturing, servicing).
    • Rising markets (e.g., LATAM, MENA, and OPAC countries).
  • Dynamic asset reallocation triggered by market momentum and anticipated exposures.
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Compliance and reporting

  • Monitoring investment operations compliance with AML/CFT, OFAC, SEC, FINRA, FATCA, GLBA, FRS, CFTC, SAMA rules, and more.
  • Rule-based detection of non-compliant activities.
  • Notifications to the responsible specialists about compliance breaches.
  • Automated generation of regulatory reports in compliant formats, e.g., form ADV (for investment advisers), form PF (for private fund advisers), and form CRS (for broker-dealers).
  • Customizable templates for portfolio performance summaries and reports for investors.
  • Scheduled and ad hoc report submissions to internal teams, investors, and regulators.

Advanced:

  • AI-powered real-time detection and reporting of suspicious data manipulations that might indicate fraud and non-compliance.
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Data security

  • Role-based permissions to view, edit, and share granular investment portfolio data.
  • Multi-factor authentication, including certificate-based, location-based, and biometric authentication.
  • Encryption of stored and transferred investment data.
  • Full audit trail of user activities.
  • Compliance with sectoral data protection standards like CCPA, NYDFS, SOC1 and SOC2, GDPR, and SAMA Cyber Security Framework.

Advanced:

  • Intelligent user and entity behavior analytics (UEBA) for real-time threat detection.
  • Investment data hashing, timestamping, and recording in an immutable blockchain ledger.
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Important Integrations for an Investment Portfolio Management System

Integrations for an investment portfolio management system

CRM

  • To aggregate investor data needed to plan portfolios, settle deals, and generate reports.
  • To make portfolio performance reports accessible directly from the CRM.
  • To plan portfolio activities based on investor preferences, capacities, and limitations.
  • To instantly share portfolio performance data and personalized offers with investors, quickly submit investment documents and reports.

NB: Investment portfolio management software can also be directly integrated with treasury systems of corporate customers.

  • For streamlined brokerage account management, faster order placement and execution.
  • To control investment and trade order execution.
  • To instantly capture market signals and capitalize on short-term price movements.

Financial market data platforms

e.g., Thomson Reuters, Bloomberg, Morningstar

  • To access capital market data required for fundamental analysis and portfolio valuation.

Bank accounts

  • To speed up funds replenishment across brokerage accounts.
  • To accurately record data on investment portfolio transactions in the general ledger.

7 Steps to Develop a Successful Portfolio Management Solution

Investment portfolio management software development offers greater functional flexibility and a broader range of integration options than the implementation of OOTB portfolio tools.

ScienceSoft’s investment software engineering team shares their best practices for running each development project stage and securing the long-term value of portfolio software:

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Requirements engineering

Requirements engineering

Eliciting complete requirements for portfolio management software and correctly translating them into a functional specification is crucial for aligning the solution with user needs. At ScienceSoft, we interview both the client’s stakeholders and intended solution users (portfolio managers, risk analysts, traders, etc.) and compose a comprehensive list of technical, business, and UX requirements for the software. We also involve compliance consultants to analyze and map regulatory requirements for the solution.

If our client builds a portfolio management software product, we research the market and audience needs, pick the winning niche, and form a unique selling proposition.

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Technical design

Technical design

Here are some of ScienceSoft’s practices for designing portfolio software to maximize its useful life:

  • We involve investment subject-matter experts to validate the prototyped software logic components (balance formulas, order automation rules, portfolio model parameters, etc.). This way, we can quickly adjust the logic to align it with the original business rules.
  • Employing finance-specific frameworks and libraries (e.g., QuantLib, Pandas) streamlines the design and drives the accuracy of quantitative modeling components.
  • For intelligent portfolio systems, we design explainable AI models, applying techniques like LIME and SHAP to interpret machine-suggested portfolio decisions.
  • We prioritize modern cloud architectures (SOA, microservices) to ensure portfolio software scalability, smooth evolution, and interoperability with task-critical third-party platforms. Modular architectural options allow for logic reuse across software components, which helps reduce development costs and timelines.
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UX/UI design

UX/UI design

In investments, speed matters a lot. Prioritize straightforward user journeys to minimize redundant manipulations and ensure prompt user access to the required data and tools. Opting for high-contrast, uncluttered layouts improves readability and content balance. ScienceSoft’s UX/UI designers introduce vast interface self-customization capabilities to let investors tailor digital workspaces to their workflows.

When it comes to portfolio dashboard design, we use prebuilt data visualization components from general-purpose (e.g., Microsoft Power BI) and investment-specific (DXcharts, TradingView, canvasJS, etc.) libraries where possible and design custom charts for specific needs. Such an approach accelerates development while ensuring rich portfolio data visualization and convenient UX.

ScienceSoft’s Investment IT Consultant and Business Analyst

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Project planning

Project planning

At this stage, project managers define the project task scope, select the optimal resources, and compose a tailored set of KPIs to control the team’s performance and project health. When planning project timelines and budget, ScienceSoft’s team uses estimation techniques that fit best for each particular case to deliver realistic quotes.

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Development and testing

Development and testing

This is the stage where development team codes the back end (including APIs and analytical components), create role-specific interfaces based on the planned UI designs, and establish scalable data storage for investment portfolio management software. Taking the Agile approach lets us deliver an MVP for the portfolio solution in 3–5 months and speed up further releases.

Our QA teams run tests (functional, security, usability) in parallel with coding to quickly reveal potential issues and prevent costly fixes at later stages.

PMs collaborate closely with development teams and client stakeholders to report updates, quickly spot and address potential risks, and timely implement feasible changes.

Given the inherent complexity of investment portfolio solutions, I recommend aiming for 95% or higher coverage with unit tests, including non-standard and edge test cases. This approach would ensure that the solution produces correct results across any operational variables and usage scenarios.

Software Testing Director at ScienceSoft

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Integration and data migration

Integration and data migration

Back-end engineers integrate the portfolio management solution with the client’s corporate systems using custom APIs and connectors. Third-party data marketplaces and brokerage platforms usually offer ready-made APIs, so there may be no need to develop dedicated integration software from scratch. Integration testing is a must to ensure smooth and secure data flows. If your solution spans high-frequency trading features, latency testing may be required to evaluate API response speed.

You may also need to migrate investment data from your existing portfolio management tool to the new solution. Performing migration tasks outside the organization’s working hours helps avoid operational disruptions associated with temporary system shutdowns.

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Deployment

Deployment

At this stage, development teams configure investment portfolio software infrastructure, set up data backup and recovery mechanisms, establish robust network protection tools (SIEM, IDS/IDP, firewalls, etc.), and deploy the solution to production. Prior to launch, double-audit software compliance and involve your portfolio managers in user acceptance testing.

If you rely on in-house software maintenance, make sure the software vendor transferred knowledge and documentation to your team. ScienceSoft also delivers intuitive user manuals to help portfolio managers quickly master the new digital solution.

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ScienceSoft’s Investment Clients About Our Approach

Our collaboration was a true partnership. ScienceSoft’s team was open, attentive to our requirements, and accurate in addressing them. The delivered solution is exactly what we need.

ScienceSoft proved to be a reliable and agile technology partner. We appreciate their professional approach to security issues, which were among our main concerns due to strict regulations.

The solution ScienceSoft delivered fully meets our expectations in terms of functionality and design. We would recommend hiring them to anyone looking for a highly productive and creative team.

What makes ScienceSoft different

We achieve project success no matter what

ScienceSoft does not pass mere project administration off as project management, which, unfortunately, often happens on the market. We practice real project management, achieving project success for our clients no matter what.

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Reliable Tech Stack to Develop Portfolio Management Software

In portfolio software development projects, ScienceSoft's team usually relies on the following technologies and tools:

How Much It Costs to Build Investment Portfolio Management Software

From ScienceSoft’s experience, developing custom investment portfolio management software may cost from $120,000 to $1,000,000+, depending on the complexity of the solution’s capabilities, the scope of integrations, as well as performance, scalability, security, and compliance requirements.

Sample cost breakdown

Here are our ballpark estimates for two common portfolio software development scenarios:

An investment firm wants to build institutional portfolio management software for internal use

An investment platform provider or a fintech startup wants to develop retail portfolio software

Target app users

Portfolio professionals at investment entities (endowment funds, mutual funds, hedge funds, pension funds, banks, insurance companies, family offices, etc.)

Non-professional investors (individuals and small businesses)

Software complexity

Highly complex, often involving specialized modeling, analysis, and automation features and vast customization options

Generally simple, with preset models and standardized features to provide intuitive experiences for entry-level investors

Operational compliance

Strict operational, fiduciary, and financial reporting requirements by global and local regulators like SEC, FINRA, SAMA

KYC/AML and OFAC for legitimate access to self-investment options

App platforms

Desktop, web

Mobile, web

Implementation options

A standalone solution, often the core of an investment firm’s digital operations system

A standalone app or a part of brokerage apps with retail investment and trading platforms

Costs

$300,000–$500,000 for a web solution that offers statistical analytics and rule-based automation.

$600,000–$1,000,000+ for a large-scale system featuring advanced analytics and intelligent automation.

$120,000–$180,000 for a mobile app built on an existing investment platform's back end.

$250,000–$400,000+ for a web app serving as an investment platform’s primary interface.

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ROI From Automated Portfolio Management Operations

According to a recent survey* by Deloitte & ThoughtLab, 50%+ of wealth and asset management firms are getting a high ROI from automating their service processes, with investment planning, risk management, portfolio accounting, and robo-advisory named the areas of the highest return.

Stock portfolio management software that automates such tasks may bring the following key benefits:

Cost reduction

Minimizing manual routines and enhancing portfolio management efficiency results in 5–11%+ lower operational costs.

Productivity gains

Streamlined data analytics and automated investment task execution drive up to a 95% improvement in asset managers’ productivity.

Increase in AUM

Automation spurs up to a 4x increase in asset manager capacity, which brings, on average, an 8% growth in assets under management.

*The survey features feedback from more than 500 incumbents, including investment advisory groups, private banks and trust companies, broker-dealers, and institutional and alternative asset management firms.

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