Chiacago, IL-based HighTower as become the first wealth management firm in the US to offer the Mercer Advisor Portal to its advisors.

Mercer developed MAP in conjunction with Financial Express to bring institutional manager research methodology to the retail investment industry. 

MAP combines quantitative research capability with Mercer's institutional and qualitative analysis. All retail daily pricing data will be provided by Lipper. MAP contains the research findings of Mercer's 100 global researchers.

"The financial crisis highlighted the critical need for an evolution in investment selection and portfolio construction, and the Mercer Advisor Portal offers advisors an innovative alternative to traditional portfolio modeling approaches that rely primarily on quantitative analysis," said Matthias Paul Kuhlmey, partner, managing director and head of global investment solutions at HighTower.

HighTower is an advisor-owned financial services firm serving high net worth and institutional clients.