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Effortless Access to Tax-Optimized Investing

Seamless Onboarding. Personalized Investing From Day One.

Transitioning to VAST is easier than you think. No client paperwork. No tech headaches. Just streamlined access to personalized, tax-efficient investing backed by a dedicated onboarding team.

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Effortless Onboarding

Step-by-step support from contracting through account inception

Custodian-Ready Integration

Integrated with leading custodians like Charles Schwab and Fidelity

Dedicated Transition Support

Advisory consultants accessible from day one to go-live, and beyond.

Tax-Optimized Investing

Multi-asset overlay management with accounts reviewed daily for tax-loss harvesting opportunities.

Your VAST Transition in 5 Simple Steps

Kick-off & Setup

You sign—we get to work.

Sign a single sub-advisory agreement to get started, gain access to your white-labeled VAST portal, and meet your dedicated onboarding team for personalized training.

Build Your Investment Experience

We tailor the platform to fit your strategy.

Assign user roles, configure your models using 1,300+ strategies or your own, and collaborate with Vestmark or your preferred providers to tailor VAST to your investment approach.

Transition Analysis & Funding

Design the investment journey.

Select your funding method, customize each client’s tax experience, and evaluate three transition scenarios to align with their unique investment goals.

Account Setup & Linking

We ensure everything connects without a hitch.

Assign Vestmark VAST as manager via a growing list of custodians like Schwab or Fidelity and we’ll link and prepare everything for portfolio management.

Go-Live & Optimization

The switch is seamless—and the value starts immediately.

Your accounts go live with daily review for tax-loss harvesting and risk monitoring, backed by continuous support and platform enhancements from the VAST team.

Have Questions?

Learn more and connect with our team.

Download our fact sheet and explore our FAQ to learn how simple the VAST onboarding process can be. Ready to talk? Fill out the form and a Vestmark representative will be in touch shortly.

Ready to Make the Switch?

Start delivering scalable, tax-efficient investing—without the operational drag. Contact us to get started.

Our onboarding process is designed to get you live quickly, with full support from our dedicated team. Whether you're transitioning legacy accounts or starting from scratch, we make the process seamless—so you can focus on growing relationships, not managing logistics.

Rob Battista Executive Vice President, Advisory Solutions
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Onboarding and Transition FAQ

What RIAs Are Asking

  • Vestmark VAST is a real-time, dynamic platform. Any updates made to your models are automatically reflected in the system, including the transition analysis portal and linked client accounts. You can be confident that your model updates flow through immediately and accurately—no delays, no manual steps required.

  • No. Vestmark is designed to fit into your existing workflow. You can continue using your current reporting provider or choose to leverage Vestmark’s built-in reporting tools. We can also deliver data extracts to feed into your existing reporting platform—ensuring consistency and minimizing operational disruption.

  • Onboarding is efficient and streamlined. Most firms are up and running in one week. The process includes a kickoff call and User Interface setup—all guided by a dedicated Vestmark team.

  • No. A single sub-advisory agreement is executed between your firm and Vestmark. Clients do not need to sign any additional paperwork, making the process fast and frictionless.

  • Vestmark VAST currently supports major custodians, including Charles Schwab and Fidelity. As part of the onboarding process, we ensure accounts are properly linked using VAST-specific identifiers to enable seamless data flow.

  • Yes. VAST is model-agnostic and highly flexible. You can create and manage your own custom models or select from a library of over 220+ managers and 1,300+ third-party strategies

  • Each firm is assigned a dedicated onboarding team, including an advisory consultant and technical support. You'll also receive hands-on training, periodic check-ins, and a point of contact for any post-launch questions or optimizations.

  • Once your accounts are active, advisors can begin setting up new accounts for VAST overlay management and construct multi-asset portfolios using their selected models and strategies. Vestmark VAST supports ongoing overlay management, including tax optimization and seamless execution of tax transitions—ensuring portfolios stay aligned with each client's unique investment objective.


Investment strategies that seek to enhance after-tax performance may be unable to fully realize strategic gains or harvest losses due to various factors. Market conditions may limit the ability to generate tax losses. Tax-loss harvesting involves the risks that the new investment could perform worse than the original investment and that transaction costs could offset the tax benefit. Also, a tax-managed strategy may cause a client portfolio to hold a security in order to achieve more favorable tax treatment or to sell a security in order to create tax losses. Prospective investors should consult with a tax or legal advisor before making any investment decision

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Vestmark Advisory Solutions, Inc. (“VAS”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Vestmark, Inc., is an investment advisor registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). VAS acts as a paid sub advisor and/or overlay portfolio manager offering VAST and tax optimization services. Registration does not imply a certain level of skill or training. VAS has its principal place of business in Wakefield, MA. Investing involves risk. The value of an investment will fluctuate over time, and an investor may gain or lose money. Past performance is no guarantee of future returns and individual investor results will vary. Please consult our full disclosure document for a discussion of risks related to the services provided by VAS.