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Managing director of product management Emily Gray, CFA, speaks with Nate DiCamillo of Fundfire at the MMI Conference about the growing demand for tax-managed long-short strategies and the types of clients that may benefit from those niche offerings.


Risk disclosures:
Investment strategies that seek to enhance after-tax performance may be unable to fully realize strategic gains or harvest losses due to various factors. Market conditions may limit the ability to generate tax losses. Tax-loss harvesting involves the risks that the new investment could perform worse than the original investment and that transaction costs could offset the tax benefit. Also, a tax-managed strategy may cause a client portfolio to hold a security in order to achieve more favorable tax treatment or to sell a security in order to create tax losses. Prospective investors should consult with a tax or legal advisor before making any investment decision.

There is no assurance that a separately managed account (“SMA”) will achieve its investment objective. SMAs are subject to market risk, which is the possibility that the market values of the securities in an account will decline and that the value of the securities may therefore be less than what you paid for them. Market values can change daily due to economic and other events (e.g. natural disasters, health crises, terrorism, conflicts and social unrest) that affect markets, countries, companies or governments. It is difficult to predict the timing, duration, and potential adverse effects (e.g. portfolio liquidity) of events. Accordingly, you can lose money investing in an SMA.
  
  
This investment strategy engages in short selling. A short sale involves selling a security borrowed by the investor, with the expectation that its price will decline, obligating the investor to later replace it at the current market price. Short sales carry unique risks, including potentially unlimited losses if the security’s price rises, additional costs for borrowing, and the possibility of forced closure under unfavorable conditions. Other risks include increased leverage, regulatory changes that may restrict short selling, and the need to provide collateral, which can reduce investment flexibility.