Active Tax Management

Aperio engineers solutions designed to deliver the lower-cost advantages of indexing strategies alongside a measurable and predictable tax alpha.

Measurable Tax Alpha

Taxes are a constant—they can persistently erode returns if not managed. Any advisor to taxable investors who ignores this effect is willing to accept potentially lower wealth for their clients. Aperio’s strategies for separately managed accounts (SMAs) are designed to generate predictable tax alpha by integrating tax-loss harvesting (TLH) strategies with equity index-tracking portfolios. 


Building and Managing Tax-Efficient Portfolios

Aperio constructs portfolios in separately managed accounts composed of individual stocks that track a target benchmark. Taking advantage of the natural price movements in stocks, we continuously monitor and rebalance portfolios to recognize tax losses from securities that have declined. Realized tax losses can then offset taxable capital gains generated by other assets.


Tax Analysis for Portfolio Consolidation and Charitable Donations

More than half of our accounts start with legacy portfolios. Liquidating these portfolios spread over multiple accounts can often trigger unnecessary taxable events. Aperio can analyze and map out transition strategies to help minimize the tax impact. We can also provide an analysis to maximize the tax benefits of donating securities.

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