SEI
Altruist
Fidelity
Schwab
Terminology or Paperwork Essentials
100

This term refers to the type of managed account structure where the advisor handles risk tolerance outside of SEI and not needing to do SEI's risk questionnaire.

What is Sub-Advised?

100

This feature allows clients to complete account opening digitally without paper forms.

What is Digital Account Opening?

100

The name for Fidelity's "Help" Section

What is Policies and Procedures?

100

If you need to check the status of submitted paperwork or digital requests, you go to this tracking area.

What is "Accounts -> Activity -> Status"

* Make sure you are on firm and not account specific

100

The name of transferring funds internally from one account to another

What is a Journal

200

You go here under the Business tab to check or retrieve a list of all clients' beneficiaries, contributions, and RMDs on their IRA accounts

What is IRA Compliance?

200
The place where you upload documents to Altruist

What is "secure document upload"

200

The name of the system used for processing money movement

What is ICP or Integrated Cashiering Platform?

200

To update a client’s legal name due to marriage, Schwab requires this documentation.

What is a copy of the marriage certificate (or legal name change document)?

200

If a client wants to transfer assets from another firm, you would initiate this process. (not workplace plans

Transfer of Assets (TOA)

300

To prevent a NIGO when opening a Trust Account, this specific document is usually required to verify the Trust’s date and authorized signers.

What is Certificate of Trust or Trust Document?

300

If you need to check the status of submitted paperwork or digital requests, you go to this tracking area.

What is Support Cases

300

This is the primary online tool used to submit paperwork, track the status of a transfer, and communicate with Fidelity service associates.

What is Service Center?

300

This tool allows you to bypass DocuSign, allowing Schwab to process quicker and more effectively. 

What is "Digital Workflow"

300

The Term used when a client has given permission to have instructions on file. 

What is Standing Instructions

400

This account feature is designed to function similarly to a high-feature checking account. It bridges the gap between a client’s long-term investment portfolio and their daily spending needs. 

What is a CAA or Cash Access Account?

400

The tab where you can see all IRA or solo 401K contributions made

What is "Retirement"

400

This is where you go to check asset transferrability

What is Security Search?

400

If paperwork contains a correction, Schwab requires this next to the change.

What is a client initial and date?

400

The deadline to make a prior-year IRA contribution is typically this date.

Tax Day

500

This is how you can tell if a banking instruction is a standing instruction under the Related Parties section

What is Straight Through Eligible?

500

The place to update a client's Document delivery preferences 

What is Account -> Details -> Document delivery preferences 

500

This form and this document are needed in order to add Power of Attorney to an account where only the POA needs to sign.

What are Fidelity Power of Attorney and Indemnification Form and the legal POA/DPOA document?

500

This page allows you to view real-time account balances, positions, and pending transactions all in one place.

What is "Account -> Overview
500

The Paperwork needed to open a SEP IRA

IRA Application

SEP Employer Agreement

SEP Adoption Agreement

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