Patent ID: 7587350

Claim:
An investment management computer system in electronic communication with at least one of a data vendor or an electronic accounting system, the investment management computer system comprising: an electronic application server, the application server having logic configured to perform at least the following electronically: portfolio analysis of an investment portfolio, wherein the portfolio analysis includes aggregating a plurality of securities in the investment portfolio by security type; portfolio monitoring of the investment portfolio; reporting at least one holding of the investment portfolio; an electronic database server in communication with the application server, the database server having at least one associated electronic database; and, wherein the application server further includes data load logic configured to perform the following electronically on a periodic basis in association with at least one of the databases associated with the database server: extracting and receiving data into the database server database from at least one of the accounting system or a data vendor data source, validating the extracted and received data to promote a complete transmission and to promote a correct as-of-date transmission for the extracted and received data, deleting previously extracted and received data stored in the database server database, and replacing the deleted extracted and received data in the database server database with the newly extracted and received data.