Former InvestorWeb executives Toby Potter and Paul Collins have turned up at Model Portfolios, a new administration service for individually managed accounts.
Potter, InvestorWeb’s chief operating officer until 2003, said Model Portfolios would provide advisers with “managed discretionary accounts”, which he describes as “IMAs [individually managed accounts] with better administration”.
Potter will be chief executive of the new venture, whose other full-time staff member for now is Gary Angel, the former Commonwealth Bank securities custody boss who will head Model Portfolios’ operations.
Both are shareholders in the venture, along with Collins, the InvestorWeb co-founder who left the business in December; Chris Lavers, who recently sold his share of Neville Ward Direct; and Rob McGregor, who once worked with Potter at Morningstar and now provides investment consulting to dealer groups including Bongiorno and Matrix.
Model Portfolios will use FMCSuite as its software platform, for a service which Potter said could efficiently implement a large number of IMAs using block trades, while still providing individual portfolio details to clients’ desktops.
A panel of funds managers and brokers are now being selected to underlie Model Portfolios’ options, which Potter said would be available in June.
