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Active Tax Management by Taotao Cai & Patrick Geddes January 19, 2023
As direct indexing offerings have matured, advertised promises of great economic benefit have proliferated. To distinguish hype from opportunity, advisors and their clients considering this approach over traditional equity indexing strategies should review the four key drivers that make direct indexing worthwhile for tax purposes...
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Observations by Patrick Geddes January 26, 2021
In the past 18 months, we’ve witnessed some extraordinary changes in how retail stock investors trade, from the broad shift for many brokerage firms toward zero commissions to the jump in trading by individuals in 2020, presumably a result of the pandemic...
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Active Tax Management by Patrick Geddes September 19, 2019
At Aperio, we’ve been asked by many wealth advisors and family offices about our views on opportunity zones (OZs), a tax incentive that allows for deferral and even elimination of some capital gain for taxable investors. In our view, the best way to look at these structures requires incorporating three different angles...
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Active Tax Management by Patrick Geddes March 18, 2019
Heightened investor sophistication that took decades to evolve has finally forced the financial services industry to come to terms with how much fees can eat into returns. Naturally, the industry has resisted fee pressure since....
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Active Tax Management by Patrick Geddes May 17, 2017
Tax Economics is a mind-set and approach to making investment decisions focused on maximizing after-tax returns. Investors can reap enormous financial benefits by considering the tax implications of...
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