Unified Managed Accounts (UMAs)

Unified Managed Accounts (UMAs)

UMAs are the Modern Day Evolution of Brokerage Account Structures Unified Managed Accounts (‘UMAs’) are the result of an industry that originated with brokers opening commission-based accounts with no access to third party managers which then migrated to SMAs with...

Product TAMPs vs. Platform TAMPs

Limited by Your Strategy Selection? Many firms these days call themselves turnkey asset management platforms (‘TAMPs’) but beneath the name there are ‘product’ TAMPs and ‘platform’ TAMPS. The difference? With a ‘product’ version, almost all the strategies are theirs...

Four Characteristics of a Strong TAMP

The acronym ‘TAMP’ (Turnkey Asset Management Platform) is used freely across the financial industry, denoting an investment platform used to facilitate and streamline investment operations. The proliferation of the term, TAMP, has been spurred by the several different...