Tax Efficiency and Beyond: An Inside Look at Direct Indexing

By Kevin Maeda

Kevin Maeda, Chief Investment Officer for Direct Indexing, explains how Natixis Investment Managers Solutions index accounts differ from competitors by focusing on tax-efficiency.
  • Owning index stocks directly in a separately managed account (SMA) allows investors to benefit from tax management techniques unavailable through mutual funds or ETFs.
  • Investors transitioning assets may be able to transfer selected securities in kind to reduce the impact of capital gains, with the index portfolio being built around existing holdings.
  • Accounts can be customized to include or exclude specific securities or sectors, and tax loss harvesting can be customized down to the tax lot level.
  • By prioritizing tax management over index tracking error, these accounts have more opportunities to harvest losses than other direct index providers.

Tax-Efficient Investing in Separately Managed Accounts (SMAs)

Direct Indexing SMAs can help address key issues facing tax-sensitive investors. All accounts are actively managed to optimize tax loss harvesting while providing beta exposure to an index. Our tax-managed SMAs include:

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