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Vestmark Launches Six Direct Index SMA Strategies

Vestmark Launches 6 Direct Index SMA Strategies

Vestmark Inc. is launching six direct-index, separately managed account (SMA) strategies called Focused Index Portfolios in collaboration with S&P Dow Jones Indices, and licensing select equity benchmarks from the index provider.

The wealth management software and services provider will make the SMAs available through its Vestmark Manager Marketplace.

Three SMA strategies are based on new, custom indices from S&P Dow Jones Indices that select constituents from the large-cap S&P 500 Index and the S&P 500 Catholic Values Index, according to Wakefield, Massachusetts-based Vestmark.

The indexes are constructed to measure the performance of a subset of securities from an underlying index.

Current SMA strategies based on the new indices are available now through Vestmark and include: the S&P 500 Focused 100 VAST Portfolio, S&P 500 Focused 50 VAST Portfolio and S&P 500 Catholic Values Focused 100 VAST Portfolio.

The remaining three strategies are based on existing indices that focus on dividend-payers, ESG and international developed markets: the Dow Jones U.S. Dividend 100 VAST Portfolio, S&P 500 ESG Elite VAST Portfolio and S&P Developed Markets 100 ADR xUS VAST Portfolio.

The six strategies have investment minimums as low as $100,000. The strategies also enable advisers to choose certain stock exposures, such as Vestmark’s strategy based on the Dow Jones U.S. Dividend 100 Index, comprised of large-cap stocks.

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About Joe Palmisano

Joe Palmisano is Editorial Director for Connect Money, where he brings nearly three decades experience of market insights as a financial journalist, analyst and senior portfolio manager for leading financial publications, advisory firms, and hedge funds. In his role as Editorial Director, Joe is responsible for the selection of content and creation of daily business news covering the financial markets, including Alternative Assets, Direct Investment and Financial Advisory services. Before joining Connect Money, Joe was a financial journalist for the Wall Street Journal, regularly publishing feature stories and trend pieces on the foreign exchange, global fixed income and equity markets. Joe parlayed his experience as a financial journalist into roles as a Senior Research Analyst and Portfolio Manager, writing daily and weekly market analysis and managing a FX and US equity portfolio. Joe was also a contributing writer for industry magazines and publications, including SFO Magazine and the CMT Association. Joe earned a B.S.B.A. in Finance from The American University. He holds the Chartered Market Technician (CMT) designation and is a member of the CFA Institute.

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