Aperio Direct Indexing
APERIO DIRECT INDEXING

Aperio Direct Indexing

For 20+ years, we have been a leader in the direct indexing space, specializing in personalized, tax-managed equity separately managed accounts (SMAs).
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Schedule a meeting with an SMA specialist

If you have any questions about our offering, you can schedule a meeting with one of our SMA specialists. They can review SMA strategies available at your firm, portfolio customization capabilities and generate client-friendly portfolios.

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The case for tax-managed equity SMAs

Direct indexing is a form of passive investing that allows investors the opportunity to directly own individual securities that seek to track returns of a benchmark. Unlike ETFs or mutual funds, owning individual securities gives investors the ability to have more flexibility, creating opportunities for tax loss harvesting and personalization.

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Customization capabilities
Directly owning the individual securities allows investors more room for personalization around their values, investment goals, or different exposures.
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Tax efficiency
Instead of focusing on taxes when it’s too late, tax management is often implemented throughout the lifecycle of the portfolio.
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Room for flexibility
Whether you’re in a concentrated position, looking at charitable gifting, or need other options, direct indexing allows an investor the flexibility to do so.

Learn how to potentially maximize your tax-loss harvesting opportunities

BlackRock's 130/30 loss harvesting strategy leverages long and short positions to enhance tax efficiency and improve after-tax returns for investors. Discover more about our Long/Short strategy, which can rejuvenate older portfolios where tax-loss harvesting has declined.

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The Aperio difference

Active tax management
We utilize tax-loss harvesting* in an effort to increase tax alpha, or after-tax returns.
Thoughtful personalization
Our team of values-aligned strategists work with financial advisors to help align their clients’ investment goals with their personal values.
Access to our strategists
Our tax economists and values-aligned strategists act as an extension of your team providing a wealth of knowledge, guiding your clients along their investing journey.

*To fully benefit from tax-loss harvesting, the investor will need to have other gains on their Schedule D (Form 1040) that can be offset by the harvested losses.

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Don’t let capital gains stop you

Capital gains should not stop your clients from reaching their investment goals. With Aperio Direct Indexing, tax management strategies such as tax-loss harvesting, help create losses that may be used to offset capital gains outside of your portfolio, allowing clients to potentially reach their goals faster.

Tools designed to personalize how you see fit

Our customization menu showcases the different benchmarks, tax management options, tilts, and many other ways our team gets the most out of each portfolio.
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Using our comprehensive Values-Alignment Menu, our team provides a wealth of solutions and options to cater to each investor’s personal values.
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Let our numbers speak for themselves

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*Numbers as of September 30, 2024. Source: aperiogroup.com

Explore how we can help advisors optimize client portfolios

BlackRock’s Tax Evaluator tool can assist in identifying tax-loss harvesting opportunities, funds that historically distribute capital gains, and tax-efficient strategies you can use instead.

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Ready to get started?

Whether new to SMAs or looking for help with a complicated situation, the BlackRock team is here to help you get started. Reach out to us today.

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