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What is a model portfolio?

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You want to put your money to work to build the life you and your family have dreamed of. A clear financial plan can help to support your financial future. 

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Your financial adviser helps navigate this complicated world by drawing on a range of expert resources, so he or she can focus on their most important role: working in partnership with you to help you achieve your goals. For example, your financial adviser may recommend investing in a model portfolio built by institutional investment managers. Partnering with those managers gives you access to the resources and expertise of some of the world’s leading investment teams.

What is a model portfolio?

A model portfolio is a collection of assets that can be attributed to an investors portfolio and continually managed by professional investment managers. Model portfolios employ a diversified investment approach to target a particular balance of return and risk. Models are designed to address a variety of investor needs and have the potential to:

  • Diversify your investments in an easy-to-use and easy-to-understand package.
  • Reduce investment management costs and taxes when using low-cost, tax-efficient exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
  • Benefit from access to institutional investment management expertise not commonly available to individual investors.
  • Optimise tax outcomes with transparency of the underlying assets.

Australian investors typically access model portfolios through managed accounts. These accounts require a recommendation from a financial adviser who understands your individual circumstances and objectives.

 

Advisers Look to Model for a Range of Consideration

Through model portfolios, your adviser can offer you access to the teams that manage assets for some of the largest, most discerning investors in the world. Their resources and expertise can help you build toward the future you envision — whether that means preparing for retirement, buying your first property, supporting kids or ageing parents, preparing a financial legacy, donating to cherished causes or traveling the world.

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