PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED ACCOUNTS
WHAT ARE PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED ACCOUNTS?
Professionally Managed Accounts are a specific type of investment vehicle offered by licensed financial services firms (such as GTL Capital Management) that provide a fully managed and flexible trading service to individuals, Self-Managed Super Funds (SMSF), hedge funds and institutions looking to diversify their investment portfolios.
Managed Discretionary Accounts (MDAs) and Managed Accounts (MAs) are not an innovative investment prospect, far from it, but they are fast becoming part of a prudent investment strategy for many sophisticated investors. Demand for MDA and MA products is ever increasing due to their clear and transparent fee structure, consistent documented performance and proven strategies. With the availability of daily statements and a direct link to your account adviser/trader it makes MDAs and MAs an attractive investment option.
WHY CHOOSE A PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED ACCOUNT?
Managing an investment portfolio requires extensive market experience and above all time. Effective investment management requires constant monitoring to take advantage of up to date information and capitalise on opportunities. Our MDA and MA services are designed to make those imperative decisions on your behalf. Our role is to seek profitable opportunities in the markets and act on them so you don’t have to and we let our performance speak for itself.
KEY FEATURES
- Experienced trading professionals – industry trained and experienced investment managers control your investment.
- Performance fees are based on results – Performance is the key to the MDA/MA trader client relationships and our trading results are paramount to overall success. We cannot take a performance fee from our clients if our strategies are not creating positive results.
- Daily statements – clients have access to daily position statements for full transparency of their investment.
- No entry or exit fees – there are no charges to start or close a managed account.
- No minimum time frames – there are no set time frames with managed accounts.
- Access to the Investment Manager – unlike industry super funds you have direct contact with your investment manager.
- Access multiple strategies – control your investment opportunities with multiple asset classes and strategies.
- Control your Super – investors want to take charge of the destiny of their own super to maximise their investment opportunities. Managed accounts provide you with diversification, while maintaining control.
EXCHANGE TRADED DERIVATIVES
MANAGED DISCRETIONARY ACCOUNT (MDA)
GTL Capital Management employs a patient and disciplined approach with our Exchange Traded Derivatives MDA, in order to achieve successful performance on a quarterly basis.
Whilst waiting for opportunities rather than being forced into trades, GTL has a performance objective that targets an “Absolute Return” for our clients. By absolute return we mean that, unlike traditional asset managers who try to track and outperform a benchmark (a reference index such as the Dow Jones or S&P 500) we typically employ a variety of strategies in order to produce a positive return regardless of the direction and the fluctuations of capital markets.
INVESTMENT STRATEGY
The Global Volatility Options Strategy exploits the bias between implied and realised volatility through quantitative models, which define under and over-priced volatility, among the underlying asset classes to build a non-directional long / short volatility portfolio.
The quantitative model identifies when the implied volatility of an underlying asset class is at a premium to historic volatility. Analysis focuses on the relationship of implied volatility, as a function of the price of options over the underlying asset, in which options pricing disparities can occur.
The trading approach is a patient one, looking to harness market volatility rather than being forced in to directional trades, for the wrong reasons. The asset classes of the Strategy’s investment need to be liquid markets. The strategy trades in the following contracts: Metals; Gold, Silver, Platinum, Copper, Energy; Crude oil, Heating oil, unleaded gasoline, Natural gas and Global stock market indexes.
FEE SCHEDULE:
- Performance Fee: 20% of profit calculated quarterly
- Administration Fee: 2% p.a. calculated daily
- Minimum Investment: AUD 50,000
For More information Call +611 300 786 880 or Email The Investment Manager
INVESTMENT STRATEGY
The Commodity Calendar Spread Strategy is a calendar spread-based trading system for futures contracts trading in a select group of US and Australian futures markets. This investment strategy looks for absolute returns, for all investors. By absolute return we mean that, unlike traditional asset managers who try to track and outperform a benchmark (a reference index such as the Dow Jones or S&P 500) we typically employ a variety of strategies in order to produce a positive return regardless of the direction and the fluctuations of capital markets.
The Strategy seeks to take advantage of price movements referred to as the price differential between identical futures contracts but with different expiry months i.e. calendar spreads. The basis for entry and exit of these commodity pairs has two primary triggers; historical seasonal statistics specific to each commodity and technical analysis. As the spread is over the same underlying commodity many factors which would affect the pricing of both is naturally hedged by having offset contracts. The Strategy uses only exchange-listed calendar spreads from the CME Group of Exchanges, ICE and the Sydney Futures Exchange.
FEE SCHEDULE:
- Performance Fee: 20% of profit calculated monthly
- Administration Fee: 2% p.a. calculated daily
- Minimum Investment: AUD 20,000
For More information Call +611 300 786 880 or Email The Investment Manager
OVER THE COUNTER (OTC) DERIVATIVES
MANAGED ACCOUNT (MA)
INVESTMENT STRATEGY
The Global Market Trends Strategy is based on technical analysis and follows trend and price momentum in the underlying markets. This investment strategy looks for absolute returns, for all investors.
The Strategy seeks to take advantage of price momentum which can follow periods of pent up activity between market participants and can represent waves of price action that show recognisable patterns.
The objective of the strategy is to capture the reduced correlation diversification between independently trending markets. The strategy trades in major currency pairs, cross-rate currency pairs, commodities and global cash market index futures contracts, on short to medium term time scales.
FEE SCHEDULE:
- Performance Fee: 20% of profit calculated monthly
- Administration Fee: 2% p.a. calculated daily
- Minimum Investment: AUD 20,000
For More information Call +611 300 786 880 or Email The Investment Manager
GTL Capital Management provides Managed Discretionary Account (MDA) trading services across multiple asset classes.
Utilising over 100 years of combined trading knowledge the investment team provides a dedicated focus on absolute returns for our clients.
GTL Capital Management Pty Ltd ABN: 69 155 174 637 is a wholly owned subsidiary and a Corporate Authorised Representative (# 416815) of GTL Tradeup Pty Ltd ABN: 36 145 955 906 ASFL: 381 349
Rob Clayton
Senior Technical
Analyst
Robert has been a Foreign Exchange and Money Broker since 1988. Robert has expanded his career by mastering the skills of an institutional technical analyst. Robert held the role of Senior Technical Analyst at Westpac Banking Corporation’s Institutional Banking Division, for over twelve years. Robert currently provides analysis on Foreign Exchange, Futures, Commodities and Interest Rate products. Robert brings a wealth of technical analysis and trading knowledge to GTL Capital Management. His analysis is offered to Institutional and professional customers in Australasia, Europe and the Middle East.
Dean Clarke
Senior Investment Manager
Dean is a career financial service professional having been involved in trading and broking for over 25 years. Dean has spent the past twelve years as a derivatives trader & advisor in Options, Futures and Margin FX. As Director and Principal Investment Manager for the Capital and Derivative Management Group (CDM Pacific) Dean traded derivative portfolios of up to AU$30m for both retail and wholesale customers via Managed Discretionary Accounts (MDAs). Dean currently manages all trading and investment activities for GTL Capital Management utilising Options, Futures, Margin FX and Commodities
Jay Richards
Investment Manager
Jay Richards trading experience began over 25 years ago at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) working as an arbitrage dealer in the Gold and Foreign Currency trading pits. He was recruited by Ord Minnett Futures as a market specialist onto the trading floor of the Sydney Futures Exchange in 1986. In 1996 Jay joined ANZ Futures as an institutional advisor, servicing ANZ Treasury, Bankers Trust and other financial institutions. Since then Jay has refined his skills as a spread trader and educator where he actively manages the “ Just Spreads” educational service, training other traders, presenting seminars and contributing articles in various financial trading publications
Lee Sparke
Global Sales
Lee has been directly employed in international money markets for 25 years. Lee’s experience has been gained in London, Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo and Sydney. He was the Head Trader for Fay Rich-White Futures and later held the same position with Tullet & Tokyo Sydney. Lee was part of the first ‘Green Badge’ trading team pioneering ‘Give-up’ trading on the Sydney Futures Exchange and has traded for companies such as Merrill Lynch, UBS and Macquarie Bank amongst others. Lee’s now oversees the development of the marketing and sales strategy for GTL Capital Management and GTL Tradeup.
Risk Warning: Trading in leveraged or geared products such as derivatives and margin foreign exchange carries a high level of risk to your capital and you should only trade with money you can afford to lose. We encourage you to consider your investment objectives, your risk tolerance and trading experience when deciding to deal in GTL Tradeup products. It is possible to lose more than your initial invested funds when trading in geared products. Trading derivatives may not be suitable for all investors, so please ensure that you fully understand the risks involved.
General Advice: Any advice or trading view provided by GTL Tradeup is general in nature and does not take into account any of your objectives, financial situation or needs unless specifically agreed to by a statement of advice (SOA). For this reason, before you act on any information, you should consider the appropriateness of the information to you and if necessary seek independent advice. The Financial Services Guide (FSG) , the Over-the-Counter Derivatives (CFDs & Margin FX) Disclosure Statement (PDS) and the Exchange-Traded Derivatives Product Disclosure Statement (PDS) for GTL Tradeup services are available from our website www.gtltradeup.com or by contacting us by email: sales@gtltradeup.com or by phone: +611 300 786 880. The FSG and PDS should be considered before deciding to enter into any derivative or foreign exchange transaction with GTL Tradeup.