Patent ID: 7822667
Filing Date: 2010-10-26
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving a request for a withdrawal of an amount of cash from a single investment account comprising a plurality of investment styles, including a first investment style and a second investment style, wherein each investment style includes a respective plurality of assets, including a respective cash bucket for holding any cash, wherein the investment account is managed with a model that specifies an asset allocation across the plurality of investment styles, wherein the first investment style is overweighted with respect to the model; subsequent to receiving the request, instructing the first investment style to raise a desired amount of cash, wherein one or more trades of one or more securities are generated for the first investment style to raise the desired amount of cash for the respective cash bucket of the first investment style; and automatically performing in accordance with the received request, withdrawal collection of the requested amount of cash from the investment account by first performing withdrawal of cash from the respective cash bucket of the overweighted first investment style to reduce the overweighting with respect to the model, and then performing respective withdrawals of cash from at least the respective cash buckets of the first investment style and the second investment style, wherein a respective amount of cash withdrawn from the respective cash buckets of the first investment style and the second investment style is based upon the model that specifies the asset allocation across the plurality of investment styles, wherein the prior steps are performed by one or more computers associated with a portfolio management system.