5thN Financial
Portfolio services for investment advisory firms
5thN Financial helps advisory firms design, evaluate, and operate actively managed portfolios using our proprietary Expanded Portfolio Theory (EPT) methodology. We work with each firm to set investment constraints, test the method, and run the calculations needed to put its portfolio ideas into practice.
Arkansas RIA CRD 286020 EPT portfolio methodology Portfolio computation Advisor education
What we support
From portfolio objectives to ongoing operation
A firm may want an alternative to a capitalization-weighted market portfolio, a strategy with specific investment constraints, or a more specialized portfolio. We provide the methods and computational support to develop and test those ideas. Advisory firms retain responsibility for their investment decisions and client relationships.
EPT portfolio methodology
Portfolio construction using Expanded Portfolio Theory, investment objectives, asset constraints, turnover controls, backtesting, and portfolio evaluation.
Computation and verification
Repeatable portfolio calculations, allocation and holding files, verification, reporting, server-center computational systems, and off-site backups.
Services for advisory firms
We help firms develop portfolio models and investment programs, from the first research questions to implementation and daily calculations.
Daily Portfolio computation
EPT Flexible portfolio framework
Server center Computational system + backup
Ongoing Firm support
Built around your firm’s portfolio objectives
We work primarily with advisory firms that want to develop portfolios using EPT. Those portfolios can serve a range of investment programs, including actively managed ETFs. Firms considering an ETF can learn more on the ETF page. The Info, Software, Continuing Education, and Active Research pages provide more detail on our methods and services.