Macquarie has announced that international listed securities and domestic fixed income securities are now available as investment options on its platform, Macquarie Wrap.
Justin Delaney, Head of Wealth Product for Macquarie’s Banking and Financial Services Group, said the launch of international listed securities and domestic fixed income securities is part of Macquarie’s ongoing commitment to provide advisers and their clients with greater investment choice and improved functionality to help them work more efficiently.
“Providing access to the new investment options is part of a series of recent enhancements we have made to the platform. They follow the expansion of our managed account functionality, which has now made separately managed accounts available on Macquarie Wrap as of late last year. This is another example of us listening to our clients and responding to their feedback,” Mr Delaney said.
“The enhancements may help advisers to diversify their clients’ portfolios, while being able to access and transact on their entire portfolio through a single platform.
“Macquarie Wrap offers a wide range of investment choices which continues to grow, currently providing access to more than 600 managed funds, term deposits and one of the broadest ASX-listed security offerings in the market.”
Mr Delaney said Macquarie is providing advisers and their clients with the opportunity to diversify their portfolios across a range of international markets and other asset classes, while ensuring they can receive a complete view of their investments and consolidated reporting through the platform.
“International listed securities allow advisers to trade fully paid ordinary shares and common stocks on behalf of their clients across 14 exchange platforms and their corresponding primary indices across 10 countries.
“The Macquarie Wrap platform now has the flexibility to support domestic fixed income securities issued by the Commonwealth Government, state governments and corporations, giving investors the potential for a steady and reliable return.
“With our ongoing focus and commitment to providing high quality financial services products to our clients, we look forward to them receiving the benefits of being able to access these new asset classes through the platform,” Mr Delaney concluded.