We’re bringing the MLC and Expand brands together

The Expand brand is here to stay but along with it you’ll start to see the MLC logo. The MLC brand represents superannuation, pension, investment and other capabilities within the Insignia Financial Group.

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EASE AND EFFICIENCY OF SMAS

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Separately Managed Accounts (SMAs) offer an efficient way to deliver consistent client outcomes, manage compliance requirements and reduce costs to serve clients. SMAs harness the expertise of an investment professional to manage the portfolio and clients retain beneficial ownership.

Client benefits include expert portfolio construction and responsiveness to shifting markets and volatility, individual exposure, professional management, timely execution and transparent holdings.

KEY FEATURES AND BENEFITS

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Business efficiency

Expand SMAs can help streamline portfolio reviews and maximise investment outcomes as all clients in the portfolios are considered simultaneously.

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Expertise

Expertise, research and market knowledge from professional investment managers to deliver consistent client outcomes.

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Transparency

Clients have visibility of individual investments held within the SMA through their online account, consolidated reports and statements.

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No time out of market

Expand rebalances SMA models with optimal efficiency. Simultaneous processing of sell and buy trades means no time out of market.

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Volume-based savings

Your clients benefit from volume-based savings as brokerage for share trades are pooled with other investors in the SMA model portfolio.

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Portability

Expand Extra investment clients can retain beneficial ownership by transferring investments from the platform into the SMA.

NEW ON EXPAND ESSENTIAL - MLC MANAGED ACCOUNTS

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Expand Essential now offers MLC Managed Accounts, enriching our already high-quality investment range. Your clients can enjoy competitive access to the industry’s highest rated managed accounts, featuring low administration fees of 0.10% pa and a low account fee of $90 pa.

The SMA model portfolios combine MLC Asset Management’s proven investment expertise in asset allocation and portfolio construction with all the business efficiencies and client benefits of a managed account structure.

MLC Managed Accounts offer transparent, diversified solutions for clients with different goals, time horizons and fee expectations.

Your clients can choose from:

  • 5 Premium Model Portfolios that capture the return opportunities of active management.
  • 5 Value Model Portfolios that deliver the cost benefits of blending active and passive solutions.
More about MLC Managed Accounts

NEW ON EXPAND EXTRA – MORE SMA CHOICE

Your range of investment choice on Expand Extra has now grown to 64 SMA model portfolios across 12 investment managers. In addition, to MLC Asset Management, choose from SMAs from Antares Equities, Ausbil, BlackRock, DNR Capital, Elston, JBWere, Lonsec, Pendal, Perennial, Zenith and Zurich.

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Meet the investment managers

Learn more about the investment managers and their investment philosophies, portfolios and objectives.

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