Long/Short Strategies: IMPACT Amplified℠

Tax-aware long/short strategies (TALS) seek higher levels of outperformance.

now available:
Full-service or Self-directed:







Disciplined Tax Management: TALS

What is Tax-Aware Long/Short Investing or TALS?


Introducing: IMPACT Amplified



We work with top providers of tax-aware long/short SMAs* and hedge funds
to offer a suite of tax-aware investments.
*Separately Managed Accounts

Personalized, tax-optimized

Direct indexing can deliver 'tax alpha', or outperformance, after taxes.

Tax-Aware Long/Short strategies seek higher levels of alpha, both pretax and after-tax.
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Methodology for gain & loss realization is tailored to your tax profile and the realtime market conditions.





available:
Full-service or Self-directed:

Comprehensive wealth management

Full-service:
concierge onboarding and account set-up

We are coach and quarterback

② Self-directed, hands-off experience

IMPACT Direct:
full access, light-touch fiduciary advisor;

You call the shots

① Full-service

Tax-aware long/short investing is disciplined tax management able to deliver powerful results -- because of its complexity. It always involves an high degree of education and guidance. And when properly implemented, the account set-up involves a number or reqirements to ensure compliance with the desired after-tax needs of the portfolios.

② Self Directed: IMPACT Direct

The full IMPACT Amplified℠ product suite, is now available directly to sophisticated investors who seek access to disciplined tax management products including TALS -- via a fiduciary -- without the need for financial planning, TALS education, 'white glove' account onboarding, and guidance that a typical RIA client might expect.

If you have already climbed the learning curve and have your Schwab account primed for the strategy, you may qualify for IMPACT Direct, with streamlined onboarding. For example, you may no longer need the 'white glove' fee and service level with your existing advisor. Or perhaps you want to change custodians or SMA providers and need only a new fiduciary to help get you to the finish line.

We do not charge for the initial consultation to determine if it's a mutual fit. And all clients of IMPACT Direct get access to three onboarding calls with a fiduciary to smooth out the onboarding. And additional advisor support can be available a-la-carte.

Your goals, our expertise: Complete investment strategies with built-in tax efficiency.

Concentrated Stock Solutions

Tax Optimization

Delay and mitigate tax impacts

Risk Reduction and Diversification

Variable risk exposure, diversification and managed exit options

Liquidity

Multiple cashless hedging and low cost borrowing options available




Direct Indexing Is Taking Off...

Jason Escamilla, co-founder of ImpactAdvisor, who built his own direct-indexing platform for his ESG-focused and high-net-worth clients in California: It’s a long-term commitment to reap the compounding benefit of tax-loss harvesting, and it’s best for investors who will likely always have high capital gains to write off.

Investors who don’t have the long-term time frame to enjoy the tax benefits of direct indexing should stick to ETFs, Escamilla suggests.

Barron's, Dec. 2022


Evolution of Indexing | Direct Indexing

For investors in high-tax states with taxable-account holdings, direct investing allows much easier tax-loss harvesting, because he can trim individual stock holdings, rather than a basket of ETFs.

“You open up a wide range of tax opportunities,” he said, including moving appreciated holdings into donor-advised funds.

“The beauty of direct indexing is you can pick what your definition of responsible investing is,” Escamilla added

ETF Report, March 2021: The Indexing Issue


Direct Indexing | Advisors & ETFs: A Perfect Match?

There are two benefits to direct indexing: better customization and even greater tax efficiency. Being based in San Francisco with clients in the technology industry and residing in a high-tax state such as California, direct indexing makes a big difference, Escamilla adds.

“Direct indexing is an incredible product for a high net worth person who has professional support from a CPA and an advisor,” he says, noting direct indexing brings a level of complexity. “If you do direct indexing, you start to lose your ability to do your taxes on an iPhone app.”

ETF.com, Sept. 2020


Our Mission is to be the most valuable resource in helping our clients manage their financial objectives. As for impact, we seek to drive the adoption of sustainable investing into the mainstream while aiming for superior after-tax returns.

IMPACTADVISOR ("ImpactAdvisor LLC") is an investment advisor registered in California.
FINRA CRD# 175155 (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority / Central Registration Depository).

Our Tax Philosophy: Any tax-related advice provided to clients appropriately reflects the actual amount of income generated by the client over time; and the tax advice provided to a client for a jurisdiction appropriately reflects the actual operations of the client in that jurisdiction.
Our specialty is in helping clients shape and preplan events to reduce or eliminate tax liability within the parameters of the law.

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