Case Studies · Financial Services · 12 weeks build + 90 day rollout

Financial Services Firm Deploys AI Agent, Saves 4,200 Analyst Hours per Quarter

How a wealth management firm deployed a production AI agent that took over 78% of routine analytical work, freeing 4,200 analyst hours per quarter for higher-value client advisory.

Challenge

A wealth management firm had 28 analysts spending 60% of their time on portfolio rebalancing analysis, regulatory documentation, and client letter drafting. Each task was structured but volume-heavy, with strict accuracy requirements. Hiring more analysts wasn't budget-feasible; productivity gains had plateaued with existing tooling.

Approach

Empire325 built a custom AI agent pipeline using Claude (via Anthropic API) for analytical reasoning, retrieval-augmented generation against the firm's portfolio data warehouse, and human-in-the-loop review checkpoints for regulatory deliverables. The agent handles initial drafts; analysts review, edit, and approve. Comprehensive evaluation framework ensures accuracy meets the firm's >99.5% threshold for regulated outputs.

Outcome

Within 90 days of production deployment, the agent took over 78% of routine analytical tasks. Analysts reclaimed 4,200 hours per quarter — equivalent to 8.4 full-time employees of capacity. The team redirected freed time to higher-value client advisory work. ROI on the build was achieved in month 4.