The Client Portal

Everything we hold for you, in one quiet place.

Your documents, your plan, your performance, your meetings — behind one secure login. Encrypted at rest, accessible on any device, and entirely free of marketing noise.

  • 01
    Document vault Plans, statements, KIIDs, contract notes — signed, version-controlled, downloadable.
  • 02
    Live portfolio view Positions, valuations and TWR performance updated overnight from custodian feeds.
  • 03
    Direct messaging Speak to your adviser’s team in writing. Replies within one business day, always.
  • 04
    One-tap meeting Book, reschedule and join review meetings without leaving the portal.
256-bit TLS · encrypted in transit and at rest 2FA on every sign-in · SMS, authenticator or hardware key UK-hosted · AWS London (eu-west-2), ISO 27001
Inside the Portal · A peek

Your dashboard, the morning after the rebalance.

portal.innovativefinancialadvisors.co.uk  /dashboard
Total portfolio value £1,247,830 ↑ £8,420 today
Year to date +8.2% vs benchmark +6.9%
Income last 12m £32,400 2.8% yield
Portfolio · 5 years TWR, net of fees, GBP
Your portfolio 60/40 benchmark
Recent activity All activity →
  • DOC
    Q1 2026 Portfolio Review Uploaded by Hugo · 14 pages · signed
    Today, 09:14
  • RB
    Quarterly rebalance executed 4 trades, +0.3% drift corrected, £38.40 in costs
    Yesterday
  • MSG
    You messaged Hugo “Question on the ISA top-up timing for April”
    2 days ago
  • MTG
    Annual review booked 18 June 2026 · 14:00 · Zoom
    Last week

Illustrative dashboard. All figures fabricated for demonstration.

What’s inside

Six things you can do at 11pm on a Sunday.

The portal is built for the moments between meetings — when a thought occurs and you want an answer before you forget.

Read your latest plan

Your written financial plan is always the most recent version, watermarked with the date of last review, with diffs against the previous version highlighted in gold.

  • Version history with diffs
  • Section bookmarks
  • One-click PDF export

Book a review meeting

See your adviser’s real calendar, pick a slot, choose video or office. Auto-confirms with calendar invite and joining instructions.

  • Real-time availability
  • 15, 30 or 60-minute slots
  • Zoom or Teams or in-person

Message your team

A WhatsApp-style message thread with your adviser, paraplanner and operations team. Replies during business hours, always within one working day.

  • End-to-end encrypted
  • File attachments up to 25MB
  • FCA-compliant retention

Track performance

Daily TWR updates synced overnight from your custodian. Compare against your personalised benchmark, drill into any time period, decompose by holding.

  • Daily, monthly, quarterly views
  • Currency, contribution attribution
  • Custodian-verified valuations

Sign documents

Legally-binding e-signature with full audit trail. No printing, scanning, or hunting for a working biro at 9:47pm on the day a deadline falls.

  • eIDAS-compliant signatures
  • Audit log with IP & timestamp
  • Signed copy emailed automatically

See what’s coming up

Tax year-end alerts, ISA allowance reminders, pension contribution deadlines, document renewals — all surfaced 30 days ahead with a single “remind me” button.

  • Personalised deadline tracker
  • Email or in-app reminders
  • Tax-year planning view
Security & data

Held to the standard of a private bank, not a website.

We treat your data the same way we treat your money: with paranoia, audit trails, and a written explanation of every place it could possibly leak.

  • SOC 2
    SOC 2 Type II audited Independent annual audit by BDO, covering security, availability and confidentiality controls. Latest report available on request.
  • ISO 27001
    ISO 27001 certified hosting AWS London region (eu-west-2). Data never leaves the UK. Backups encrypted with customer-managed keys, retained for 7 years.
  • GDPR
    UK GDPR & Data Protection Act 2018 Lawful basis: contract. Retention: 7 years post-relationship per FCA SYSC 9. You can request a full data export anytime.
  • 2FA
    Two-factor authentication, mandatory Choose SMS, authenticator app (TOTP), or hardware key (YubiKey supported). Sessions expire after 30 minutes of inactivity.
  • £10m
    Professional indemnity cover Held with Hiscox, renewable annually. Aggregate £10m, including cyber liability and breach-response support.
Common questions

Things people ask us, honestly answered.

Do I have to use the portal?

No. About 60% of our clients use it weekly, 25% monthly, and 15% essentially never. Everything in the portal is also available by post, email or phone — though the portal is faster and our preferred channel for anything containing personal data.

What if I forget my password?

Use the “forgot password” link on the sign-in screen — you’ll receive a secure reset link by email. If you also lose access to your email or your second factor, call us on 020 7123 4567 and we’ll verify your identity over the phone using your security questions.

Does the portal hold my money?

No. Your investments are held at one of our nominated custodians (typically AJ Bell, Transact, or M&G Wealth depending on the wrapper). The portal is a window onto your custodian accounts — it never custodies cash or assets directly. This means even in the worst-case scenario of our firm failing, your money is unaffected and protected by FSCS up to its applicable limits.

Who can see my data?

Your adviser, your paraplanner, our operations team (4 people in total, each with role-based access logged on every read), and you. Nothing is shared with marketing platforms, analytics services, or any third party that isn’t directly required to deliver the service. We publish a quarterly transparency report listing every sub-processor.

Can I download my documents?

Yes — every document has a PDF download button, and you can request a one-click ZIP export of every document we hold for you (typically delivered within 60 seconds, encrypted with a password sent to your mobile).

What happens to my portal access if I leave?

You retain read-only portal access for 90 days after the relationship ends, during which you can download all documents and historical valuations. After 90 days the account is locked but data is retained for 7 years per FCA SYSC 9 rules. Full data deletion request available at any point thereafter.

What about open banking and Plaid integrations?

The portal supports optional read-only open banking connections to over 80 UK banks via TrueLayer (FCA-authorised, AISP licence). This is opt-in only, used to give a full picture of your cashflow in the plan, and can be revoked at any time from your bank’s app or from inside the portal.

How do I report a security concern?

Email security@innovativefinancialadvisors.co.uk — the inbox is monitored 24/7 and triaged within one hour. For responsible disclosure of vulnerabilities we run a private disclosure programme; we acknowledge within 48h and publish a thank-you list quarterly. We don’t currently offer monetary bounties but we will, if you ask, send you a very good bottle of single malt.

Begin the conversation

Sixty minutes that
could change
the next sixty years.

Your first conversation with us is complimentary, confidential, and entirely without obligation. We’ll listen, ask, and send a short summary of what we heard. That’s it.

  • FCA-authorised firm No. 793241
  • No obligation, ever
  • In person, video or telephone
  • Plain-English written summary