VAM Funds, a Luxembourg UCITS V fund manager, has launched a new online valuation system for its VAM Close Brothers discretionary fund range. The new online system is available initially to advisers who use VAM’s discretionary fund management offering.
This new suite of services aims to support advisers with a new level of transparency and functionality. Advisers can now download and retrieve extensive details regarding their own clients’ holdings, including portfolio overviews as well as comprehensive information on their current investment valuations and portfolio asset allocations.
The new offering is part of a continued programme of investment into VAM’s online portal, which provides advisers with access to a wealth of instant digital management information including client portfolio information, current fund prices and the ability to easily create and monitor deal notes.
VAM’s online valuation portal aims to highlight how VAM’s Close Brothers discretionary fund range can add real value to advisers by prudently selecting, blending, monitoring and varying the very best in active and passive investment managers globally across multiple asset classes.
This announcement follows on from the launch of a clean share class option across VAM’s full fund range. The new share class offers advisers globally more choice on how they levy their advice fees, with VAM now offering both A and D share class options. The new D share class also provides advisers and their clients with competitive access to VAM’s UCITS V regulated funds, with an annual management charge of 0.85%.
David Macdonald, Sales and Marketing Director, VAM Funds, says: “VAM Funds is often recognised as one of the leading providers of operational excellence to advisers. Over the years, we have invested heavily in delivering market-leading technology, and our latest online valuation system for our VAM Close Brothers investment proposition takes this to the next stage. Transparency is key, so VAM is pleased to be able to announce the launch of our new online system which offers a new level of insight into asset allocation and investor holdings for our VAM Close Brothers funds.
“Through this new tool, we hope advisers will be better able to access the opportunities VAM presents through our discretionary fund management offering, providing detailed information on portfolios and valuations as and when advisers need it. VAM’s international discretionary fund management service gives advisers access to talented fund managers and expert tactical asset allocation through a team of 60 plus investment professionals at Close Brothers Asset Management. Now, this is combined with leading-edge technology to put everything advisers might need from VAM at their fingertips.”
