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05 January, 2024
Up Funds Management to Offer Exclusive Term Deposit Rates in Collaboration with Major Banks Across Australia

Up Funds Management, a prominent financial services company headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, is thrilled to announce that it is currently in advanced talks with major banks across the country to provide exclusive Term Deposit rates to retail investors.

04 January, 2024
January 24 – Looking Ahead to 2024

Global economic growth faced challenges in 2023, leading to technical recessions in several economies. Mega-cap technology companies dominated equity market returns, while other asset classes remained relatively stable.

13 December, 2023
November 23 – RBA Ends 2024 on the Narrow Path

The RBA implemented a series of rate hikes throughout 2023, resulting in a total increase of 425 basis points over 19 months. This had a significant impact on the Australian economy.

16 November, 2023
November 23 – RBA’s Hand Forced

The Reserve Bank of Australia raised interest rates by 25 basis points at its November meeting, bringing the cash rate to 4.35%, the highest in a decade.

Portfolio Administration & Reporting Service (PARS)

Up Funds Management's research capabilities play a crucial role in fulfilling your investment objectives.

What is PARS?

Up Funds Management's Portfolio Administration and Reporting Service is an essential portfolio management tool, offering precise, up-to-date, and efficient administration of investment portfolios. Through its administrative functions, it enables both you and your Up Funds Management Adviser to manage your investments with greater efficacy.

Nuts & Bolts of PARS

Portfolio Management Service

Key features of PARS:

  • Regular reporting
  • Access to your Adviser at all times
  • Tax reporting at year-end
  • Efficient portfolio administration
  • Access to industry-leading research
  • Access to exclusive offers from our Funds Management and Corporate Finance teams
  • Password protected online access to your portfolio
  • Generally tax deductible fees
  • Access to wholesale Managed Funds via the Wholesale Access Service

The Portfolio Administration and Reporting Service can be tailored to suit various levels of investor sophistication or other individual requirements.

Portfolio Reviews & Reporting

Your Up Funds Adviser will regularly assess your holdings, asset allocation, and portfolio performance in line with your established strategies, investment goals, and lifestyle aspirations. The clarity of your financial situation ensures that you receive the most suitable investment advice at all times. With round-the-clock online access and a quarterly 'Report Pack', both you and your Adviser will have continuous access to detailed information, forming a solid foundation for your investment choices. Furthermore, the 'Report Pack' provided at the end of the financial year is designed to simplify your tax preparations.

Online Access

As a client using PARS, you gain the privilege of registering for online access to all sections of the Up Funds Management website, unlocking a vast array of investor services, research, and other pertinent information right at your fingertips:

  • 24-hour access to your portfolio's valuation and related details
  • Real-time share prices and indices performance
  • Access to company research reports and investment recommendations
  • Availability of private client publications

Your collection of customized reports is readily accessible through the Up Funds Management website. These can be viewed on your own secure, password-protected pages.

Quarterly Reporting

Our quarterly reporting offers an in-depth analysis of your investment portfolio, encompassing:

  • Asset allocation, with an option for Variance Reporting
  • Detailed Valuation Statement, with an option for GICS classification reports
  • Unrealised Capital Gains Tax Summary
  • Realised Capital Gains Tax Summary
  • Detailed Investment Income and Expenses Summary
  • Summary of Portfolio Transactions
  • Optional Portfolio Performance Reporting

Annual Reporting

In addition to your quarterly 'Report Pack', you will receive specialist Annual Reports that make tax time far simpler, with detailed tax reporting covering all your requirements including:

  • Investment income received with applicable tax components
  • Realised Capital Gains Tax summary
  • Annual statement of portfolio transactions
  • Annual Company and managed funds distribution statements
  • Expenses summary

Portfolio Administration

Our administration service features a convenient 'mailbox' function, where we handle all incoming investment correspondence for you, ensuring only essential communications are forwarded for your records.
We also provide a broad spectrum of additional administrative services, which include:
Regularly collecting dividends, trust distributions, and interest payments for you.
Collaboratively managing rights issues, takeover bids, and various other corporate actions with your Adviser on your behalf.

Access to industry leading research

The research capabilities at Up Funds Management are crucial for achieving your investment goals.

Our team of skilled and dynamic research analysts is rapidly expanding their coverage, analyzing an increasing array of stocks.

Up Funds Management Research is particularly known for its expertise in small to mid-cap stocks, a fact that is widely recognized within the industry.

We have direct access to extensive global institutional research, which is further bolstered by our Australian research teams comprising 50 analysts who cover 200 domestic listed companies.

Up Funds Management Research has the flexibility to customize JPMorgan's research to align with our clients' specific needs or to enhance it with our own proprietary research.

Our strong reputation in the industry and robust Adviser network allow us to regularly host presentations by CEOs of top Australian companies. These interactive sessions are invaluable for deepening our understanding of these companies, their ongoing challenges, market environments, and operational objectives.

Whether delivered electronically, through our website at www.upfundsau.com, or via traditional mail, you can trust in the quality, integrity, and promptness of our research.

Access to special offers

PARS clients will from time-to-time be able to access special and exclusive offers from our Corporate Finance, Fixed Interest and Funds Management teams.

These offers may include:

  • Pre-IPO capital offers
  • IPOs, Hybrids and Fixed Interest Securities
  • Equity placements
  • Structured investment products
  • Private equity and hedge funds

Subject to qualification, a number of our PARS clients also participate in Up Funds Management's Sophisticated and Professional Investor Program in order to receive access to additional investment opportunities that have traditionally been limited to institutional or wholesale investors. Your Adviser will be able to provide you with more information about these offers.

Access to our Financial Planning expertise

An increasing number of clients who utilise our PARS also benefit from the expertise of our team of specialist financial planners who provide advice in areas such as:

  • Superannuation
  • Taxation planning
  • Retirement planning
  • Estate planning
  • Wealth protection

Up Funds Management Margin Lending

With the option of an Up Funds Management Margin Lending account, you can borrow funds for your investment needs and are able to use shares, managed funds, or cash as security.

Up Funds Management Cash Management Trust

The Up Funds Management Cash Management Trust serves as the central 'hub' for your investment portfolio, facilitating various transactions:

  • Settling purchases and sales of your equity investments
  • Settling applications and redemptions of your managed fund investments
  • Settling your floats and placement purchases
  • Settling your corporate action obligations
  • Paying obligatory government fees and charges
  • Receiving your dividends and distribution entitlements
  • Paying your PARS fees and charges

The Up Funds Management Cash Management Trust combines the security and flexibility of 'at call' bank accounts with the advantages of higher returns and lower fees.

"The Up Funds Management Portfolio Administration and Reporting Service relieves the burden of portfolio administration and paperwork normally associated with managing an investment portfolio."

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