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February 2011 - What's New in Advisor Rebalancing

Contents

Enhanced Schwab Trade File Format

Reset Password

Add an Unlimited Number of Columns for Display Options

Closing Method (Accounting Method) Enhancements

Tactical Rebalance Improvements

Set Cash Reserves as a Percentage of a Rebalancing Group

New Display Options Columns

New Warning Message for Restrictions Ignored to Reach Positive Cash

Include Accounts with Cash Available for Trading in the Allocation out of Tolerance Saved Search

Rebalance Updates

 

Enhanced Schwab® Trade File Format

We have added a new trade file format for Charles Schwab to allow the insertion of lot instructions as required by the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act.  You can now include a maximum of twenty lot instructions per trade order for equities only. This trade file format is named Schwab Lot Specific.

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Reset Password

If you forget your password to Advisor Rebalancing, you can recover it by visiting the Reset Password page. To recover the password, you will need to provide the email address for the account so we can confirm your identity.

Once you enter the required information, a temporary password will be sent to you by email. Click the Advisor Rebalancing Login link in the email and enter your temporary password on the Login page. After you successfully sign in, Advisor Rebalancing will walk you through changing your password.

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Add an Unlimited Number of Columns for Display Options

When viewing your clients in a list, you can now add an unlimited number of columns. Before this enhancement, users were limited to adding a maximum of three columns.

To check out this feature, follow these steps:

  1. Visit one of the following pages:

  1. In the More Actions list, click Display Options.

  2. Customize the columns you want to appear in the list. You can now add as many columns as you want.

  1. Click Save. The columns you selected appear in the list.

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Closing Method Enhancements

You can now specify a closing method (previously referred to as accounting method) on a per-account basis. Before this enhancement, users could only specify a closing method at the enterprise level.

We've also added new two new closing methods: Tax/Fee Optimization and Tax Optimization.

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New Tax/Fee Optimization and Tax Optimization Closing Methods

We have added two new closing methods so that clients can receive the optimal tax benefits based on the taxes that will be incurred at the lot level.  The new closing methods will allow you to explicitly specify that the lots with the least amount of taxes incurred should be sold first, with or without consideration to fees.

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Specify a Closing Method at the Account Level

To assign a closing method at the account level, follow these steps:

  1. On the Accounts menu, click Account Settings, and then click the Account Configuration tab.

  2. In the Type account name or number box, type the account name or account number of the account where you want to specify a closing method and then click Select.

  3. In the Closing Method list, choose one of the following:

Closing method

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FIFO (First In First Out)

Advisor Rebalancing will sell the lots in the order that they were acquired.

High Cost

When you set the closing method to High Cost, Advisor Rebalancing will sell lots with the highest cost basis first. If two or more lots have the same purchase price, the lot with the earliest purchase date is sold first.

Tax/Fee Optimization

When you set the closing method to Tax/Fee Optimization, Advisor Rebalancing will assign the lots to one of the following fee groups based on a count of the number of fees applicable to the lot:

  • Lots with more than one fee

  • Lots with one fee

  • Lots with no fees

Advisor Rebalancing will then go through each group—starting with lots with fees—and sell the lots in the following order:

  • Short-term losses

  • Long-term losses

  • Long-term gains

  • Short-term gains

Tax Optimization

When you set the closing method to Tax Optimization, Advisor Rebalancing will sell lots in the following order:

  • Greatest to least short-term loss

  • Greatest to least long-term loss

  • Short-term lots with no gain or loss

  • Long-term lots with no gain or loss

  • Least to greatest long-term gain

  • Least to greatest short-term gain

  1. Click Save.

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Tactical Rebalance Improvements

When performing a tactical rebalance, Advisor Rebalancing will now only rebalance the accounts that are associated with the models you select on the Select Tactical Rebalance Settings dialog.

Note

Advisor Rebalancing will not rebalance the selected accounts that are not assigned to the UNASSIGNED model.  These accounts will display a rebalance status of Unable to Rebalance.

If you select UNASSIGNED, Advisor Rebalancing will sell all unassigned securities and ignore all cash-related settings, except for Invest excess cash.

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Set Cash Reserves as a Percentage of a Rebalancing Group

You can now specify the amount of cash reserves and additional cash reserves as a percentage of a rebalancing group.

Example

Let's say you have a rebalancing group with a total value of $100. You set the cash reserve as 2 percent of the rebalancing group for Account 1, which is assigned to the rebalancing group. You then set the cash reserve as 10 percent of the rebalancing group for Account 2, which is also assigned to the same rebalancing group.

After running a rebalance, Account 1 should have $2 in cash reserve and Account 2 should have $10 in cash reserve.

To set the cash reserves as a percentage of a rebalancing group, follow these steps:

  1. On the Accounts tab, click Account Settings and then click the Cash Management Settings tab.

  2. In the Cash Reserve list, click % of Rebalancing Group and then specify the appropriate percentage.

  1. In the Additional Cash Reserve list, click % of Rebalancing Group and then specify the appropriate percentage.

  2. Click Save.

Notes

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New Display Options Columns

We've added the following columns to the Display Options dialog, which can be added to the Rebalance, Directed Trade, Trades on Hold, Rebalance Review, Trade List, Accounts, and Rebalancing Group pages. In addition to the above, we also added Approved By which can be added to the Trade List page.

Available column

More information

Uploaded Cash

You can add this column to the following pages:

  • Rebalance

  • Directed Trade

  • Rebalance Review

  • Trade List

  • Accounts

  • Rebalancing Groups

  • Trades on Hold

  • Account Quick Find

Account Type

You can add this column to the following pages:

  • Rebalance

  • Directed Trade

  • Rebalance Review

  • Trade List

  • Accounts

  • Rebalancing Groups

  • Trades on Hold

  • Account Quick Find

Approved By

You can add this column to the Trade List page.

Discretionary

You can add this column to the following pages:

  • Rebalance

  • Directed Trade

  • Rebalance Review

  • Trade List

  • Accounts

  • Rebalancing Groups

  • Trades on Hold

  • Account Quick Find

Last Order Date

You can add this column to the following pages:

  • Rebalance

  • Directed Trade

  • Rebalance Review

  • Trade List

  • Accounts

  • Rebalancing Groups

  • Trades on Hold

  • Account Quick Find

 

To add the display columns, follow these steps:

  1. Visit one of the following pages:

  2. In the More Actions list, click Display Options.

  1. To add a column to the list, in the Available box, click the column you want to add and then click .

  2. Click Save. The columns you selected appear in the list.

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New Warning Message for Restrictions Ignored to Reach Positive Cash

When you attempt to rebalance an account that begins in negative cash, a warning message will now appear if Advisor Rebalancing ignores an account restriction, such as the maximum gain amount, to reach positive cash.  The only restrictions that may be ignored to reach positive cash are: maximum gain amount, improvement percentage, and minimum trade size tolerance.

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Include Accounts with Cash Available for Trading in the Allocation out of Tolerance Saved Search

When you view the Allocation out of Tolerance saved search, you now have the option to include accounts with cash available for trading.

To include accounts with cash available for trading in the Allocation out of Tolerance saved search, follow these steps:

  1. On the Accounts tab, click Search Options.
  1. In the Select from the list below to add a search option to a new or existing saved search list, click Allocation out of Tolerance.
  1. Click Add/Edit Search.

  2. Under Allocation out of Tolerance, select the Include accounts with cash available for trading check box.

  1. In the Search Name box, type a name for the saved search and then click Save.

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Rebalance Updates

We've updated Advisor Rebalancing to rebalance accounts successfully in the following situations:

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