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Technology enables us to act as a fiduciary utility.  Flawless, comprehensive evaluation of all potential actions and their trade-offs, while reducing cost and eliminating the potential for human error

Sophistication

  • Actions to rebalance portfolio are evaluated relative to tax and transaction cost, anticipated cash flows
  • Recognition of capital losses is evaluated relative to tax and transaction cost, client tax posture
  • Individual securities are located in optimal tax accounts

 

Diligence

  • Daily evaluation of potential actions to rebalance
  • Daily evaluation of each individual holding
  • Daily evaluation does not mean daily activity. We monitor your portfolio every day, providing significant advantages as compared to review at longer intervals.

 

Flawless implementation

  • Portfolio risk is measured and managed on multiple dimensions.
    • Equity portfolio is managed to geographic, sector, market capitalization, value growth, momentum, stock specific risk
    • Fixed income portfolio is managed to consider aggregate exposure to individual credit and bond risk types as well as to match targeted maturities
    • Cash instruments are evaluated based on after-tax yields relevant for each taxable account
  • Systematic review ensures capture of dimensions often overlooked in manual implementation including:
    • Trades at risk of wash sale
    • Holding period for stocks that pay dividends
    • Applicable tax rates, given clients tax posture and security attributes
    • Corporate actions that impact tax basis
    • Aggregate exposure to FDIC insured institutions by insured providers