Margin loans can only be linked to Investment accounts and must be applied for directly with the Margin lender. Once successful the Margin loan details can be inputted into the new wrap investment account application in stage 1.
To link a margin loan upon account opening:
- Log in to Adviser Online and select Applications and click Open an account and then Open wrap
- Select Create a new application
- In stage 1 enter your adviser details and the application type (Email your client/s or print, sign, and upload)
- Enter the product details and select yes to ‘Linked to a margin loan?’
- Enter the Margin loan details including the margin lender, client margin loan number, margin loan open date, link the account as and the margin lender nominated account details.
Not all lenders have provided straight through processing via the online application. If the lender you’re looking for isn’t available to select in the online application, you’ll need to complete a paper application form. You can find this form in Macquarie Adviser Tools by searching for “margin loan”.
For margin lender accounts the margin lender is the signatory and the client has enquiry authority only (all account requests that are signed by the client must also be signed by the margin lender).
These include and are not limited to:
- Periodic payments from the Cash Management Account (CMA), Cash Account or Wrap Cash Account
- Cheque writing facility (cheque books)
- Direct debits
- Macquarie Online and PhoneLink access
- Cash account interest payments will be reinvested and not paid to a pre-nominated account.
To remove a margin loan from an existing wrap investment account or standalone CMA complete the Security Interest Release Form which can be found in Macquarie Adviser Tools. This form is to be signed by both the margin lender and investor(s).
