Buying Power- explained

Created by Corinne O'Brien, Modified on Fri, 28 Jun at 12:56 PM by Rohith Krishna

The buying power algorithm runs dynamically during all major cashflow events (Cash top-ups, rebalancing & switches, and withdrawals), with the exception of Regular Contributions (see below *). 


Buying power will be incorporated into all 'cash flow' events (with the exception of manual dealing requests) so that the cash held back for fees, regular withdrawals and ringfence requirements is recalculated.

Buying Power will also trigger appropriate proportional sales, 4 days prior to an event, if an account has insufficient funds to process the next action, for example, a regular fixed withdrawal.

* Regular contributions are the exception to this rule, these are designed to invest the full cash amount (permitting a full investment will not create a cash shortfall), and not call buying power, as investors prefer to see their full regular contribution amount invested.  


Buying Power: 

To enable the maintenance of model portfolios without any fixed percentage allocation to cash and to ensure that your investors assets are not needlessly divested to generate sufficient cash to cover future obligations (such as fees or regular withdrawals), the Platform will automatically calculate and hold-back sufficient cash to cover future Adviser, Platform and DFM fees based on the current market value of the account. 


The Hubwise default  is calculated to be sufficient for a twelve (12) month fee period and, where requested, to cover six (6) months’ withdrawals.  


This held-back, or uninvested cash will automatically be re-calculated each time a cashflow event occurs namely a transaction. Re-calculation will also take place when an account goes into debt (following the posting of a fee invoice)


Buying Power Calculation


Total Cash Position

Minus Fees held back (based on the hold back period)

Minus Withdrawals held back (based on the hold back period)

Minus Cash that has been ring fenced for other activities

Minus Current Open Orders

Equals Surplus Cash / Cash Shortfall in Buying Power



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