Reference engagement · the view as of this morning

Is the entire book covered?

Across hundreds of professionals and billions in advised volume, performance is rarely the exposure. The exposure is whether every relationship is served, every account stays inside the firm's fiduciary standard, and risk surfaces while it is still small. Meridian is the operating layer that answers that question every morning.

$1.4B
Advised volume
380
Professionals
27
Markets
~46K
Transactions / yr
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No. 01 · The coverage gap

The question is not who performs. It is whether the entire book is covered.

Attention follows the largest accounts. Everything else drifts, and both revenue and fiduciary exposure compound quietly, month after month. The gap is not a people problem. It is a visibility problem.

RISK 01

The quiet 80 percent

Attention flows to the top accounts. The rest go underserved, and the fiduciary obligation to them does not shrink because no one is looking.

RISK 02

Documentation debt

Reg BI and Form CRS demand proof that the advice fit the client. Hand-built files do not scale past a few hundred professionals.

RISK 03

Disconnected systems

Several custodians, separate tools, and no single picture of where the firm actually stands on any given morning.

No. 02 · The platform

Six capabilities. One operating layer.

Meridian is not another dashboard bolted onto the stack. It is the layer the firm runs on, where oversight, execution and relationship coverage share one reconciled set of records.

OVR

Oversight

Suitability, Reg BI, employee-trading and front-running surveillance in a single review queue.

CMP

Compliance

AML and KYC, exception handling, audit trails and real-time escalation paths.

EXE

Order & Execution

Multi-asset order management with blotters, allocations and timestamped records.

REL

Relationship Intelligence

Coverage scoring, contact cadence and proactive alerts on every account, not just the top tier.

DAT

Data Fabric

Fidelity, Schwab, BNY, LPL and Orion consolidated into one reconciled view.

SEC

Security & Resilience

SOC 2, NIST, continuous monitoring, MFA, encryption and tested recovery.

No. 03 · Why it gets used

The best system in the firm is worthless if the team will not open it.

Adoption is a design problem, not a training problem. Meridian earns its place in the morning routine by surfacing the work that matters before anyone has to go looking for it.

Without Meridian
  • Attention concentrates on the top accounts
  • Most relationships are underserved
  • No view into daily advisor activity
  • Reg BI files are assembled by hand
  • Reviews happen after the fact
  • Revenue slips away unnoticed
With Meridian
  • A working cadence on every account
  • Dormancy and milestone prompts
  • A live supervisory view
  • Fiduciary records written as work happens
  • Reviews run ahead of the calendar
  • Opportunities surfaced each morning
No. 04 · The oversight grid

Oversight that protects the firm.

The hardest standards to satisfy by hand, handled by default. Every requirement traced to the record that proves it.

Fiduciary · Reg BI & Form CRS

Documentation, written automatically

Proof that the advice fit the client, generated as the work happens, at a scale hand-built files cannot reach.

Fee accounts · Reverse-churning watch

Flagged before an examiner finds it

Fee-based accounts with too little activity to justify the fee are surfaced early, not at exam time.

Markets · Trade surveillance

Suitability under FINRA 2111

Employee-trading monitoring, front-running detection and restricted-list enforcement in one queue.

Records · Books and records

Examination-ready by default

Every message, trade, approval and review held to the 17a-4 standard across the full transaction record.

No. 05 · The integration layer

The hard part is the wiring, not the work.

Every custodian standardized into one reconciled advisor and principal view, with full data lineage and unlimited records retention.

  • 01

    Custodial connections

    Direct links to Fidelity as the primary custodian, plus Schwab, BNY and LPL.

    Connected
  • 02

    Multi-custodian consolidation

    Every custodian standardized into one reconciled advisor and principal view.

    Connected
  • 03

    Real-time and end-of-day feeds

    Full data lineage, position tracking and unlimited records retention.

    Connected
  • 04

    SOC 2 and NIST security

    MFA, encryption, continuous monitoring and a tested business-continuity plan.

    Connected
No. 06 · Engagement

Two configurations. Nothing hidden.

Platform setup, custodial integration, data migration and nationwide training are included in onboarding. A working pilot inside nine to eleven weeks.

Foundation

Oversight & Suitability

$29K/ mo
  • Reg BI & Form CRS documentation
  • Suitability reporting (FINRA 2111)
  • Employee-trading surveillance
  • Front-running & restricted-list watch
  • Meridian Signal risk engine
  • All custodial integrations
  • Unlimited records retention
Recommended
Full Platform

Every module, integrated

$44K/ mo
  • Everything in Foundation, plus
  • Order Management System
  • Portfolio Management System
  • Anti-Money-Laundering program
  • Principal & adviser dashboard

No onboarding fee · No per-transaction fee · No surcharges

Prepared for qualified partner firms

Bring the entire book into view.

A confidential briefing walks your principals and compliance team through Meridian against your own coverage, custodians and mandate. No setup fee to evaluate.