More Attention on Tax-Aware Investing Is a Good Thing for the Industry and Investors

中文标题

对税务意识投资的更多关注对行业和投资者都是一件好事

AQR08/06/2026updated 10/17/2026

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Citable research brief

Core conclusion · Tlines extraction

AQR highlights the growth and increased attention on tax-aware long/short investing, viewing it positively for the industry and investors. The firm emphasizes the importance of transparency, education, and evidence-based discussion to differentiate strategies by economic substance and expected pre-tax profits. It notes the large direct-indexing industry and stresses evaluating net after-tax outcomes, including liquidation tax liabilities.

Institution: AQR
Published: 08/06/2026
Research topic: Community oversight · Tax-aware investing · Account counts
Time horizon: current · 2026-03-31 · 2025-12-31 · long-term

Key arguments

Tax-aware long/short investing is small but gaining attention, which is beneficial for industry and investors.
Interest from broader community can help identify and prevent practices undermining investor confidence.
Tax-aware investing should be based on credible and time-tested investment strategies.
Investors should look beyond top-line metrics and examine net after-tax position including liquidation taxes.

Key numbers

Direct-indexing industry size: $1.2 trillion
Parametric accounts: 136,000
Goldman accounts: 68,000
BlackRock accounts: 33,000

Main risks

Liquidation tax liabilities can be significant for tax-aware strategies.
Potential practices could undermine investor confidence in tax-aware strategies.

Corresponding source evidence

In our view, interest from the broader tax, investment, and academic community can help identify and prevent practices that could undermine investor confidence in these strategies. · current
Parametric manages 136,000 accounts as of 3/31/2026 · 2026-03-31
Goldman 68,000 accounts as of 12/31/2025 · 2025-12-31

Conditions / invalidation

For economically profitable strategies

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