Goldman Sachs Model Portfolios

3 Phase Active Investment Process
1. Strategic Asset Allocation
Drawing on more than 30 years of research, our proprietary asset allocation framework is designed to utilize a disciplined, long-term foundation for portfolio construction.
2. Dynamic Asset Allocation
We aim to actively position portfolios to respond to evolving market conditions, leveraging near-term views and tactical adjustments to potentially capitalize on new opportunities.
3. Implementation
Our views are implemented through a flexible, open-architecture approach, allowing the capability to select high-conviction strategies across Goldman Sachs and third-party managers.1
ETF
Provides 100% ETF allocation-based model portfolios, with allocation strategies designed for long-term consistency and adaptability.
Hybrid
Provides split allocations to ETFs and Mutual Fund products, for investors seeking increased diversification across factor-based investing and quant funds.2
Multi-Manager
Provides allocations to both proprietary and third-party investment managers, utilizing an open-architecture framework of ETFs and Mutual Funds for investors seeking to outperform the benchmark with actively managed funds.3
Tax-Aware
Provides tax-sensitive allocations utilizing municipal bonds, tax-managed mutual funds, and tax-aware ETFs, incorporating systematic tax-loss harvesting to potentially minimize the impact of capital gains, dividend taxes, and taxable income with the intent to allow clients to keep more of their investment earnings.4
High-Net-Worth
Provides sophisticated, multi-asset allocations incorporating alternative investments, private markets, and specialized Separately Managed Accounts (SMAs), for affluent investors seeking comprehensive wealth preservation and growth.
ETF
Provides 100% ETF allocation-based model portfolios, with allocation strategies designed for long-term consistency and adaptability.
Hybrid
Provides split allocations to ETFs and Mutual Fund products, for investors seeking increased diversification across factor-based investing and quant funds.2
Multi-Manager
Provides allocations to both proprietary and third-party investment managers, utilizing an open-architecture framework of ETFs and Mutual Funds for investors seeking to outperform the benchmark with actively managed funds.3
Tax-Aware
Provides tax-sensitive allocations utilizing municipal bonds, tax-managed mutual funds, and tax-aware ETFs, incorporating systematic tax-loss harvesting to potentially minimize the impact of capital gains, dividend taxes, and taxable income with the intent to allow clients to keep more of their investment earnings.4
High-Net-Worth
Provides sophisticated, multi-asset allocations incorporating alternative investments, private markets, and specialized Separately Managed Accounts (SMAs), for affluent investors seeking comprehensive wealth preservation and growth.
4 Goldman Sachs does not provide accounting, tax or legal advice. Please see additional disclosures at the end of the webpage.
Our Leadership Team
Frequently Asked Questions
Our model portfolios are institutional-grade, diversified investment blueprints managed by our MAS team.5 They combine factor-based strategic asset allocation, dynamic asset allocation (typically 4 to 6 trades per year), and rigorous fund implementation. Advisors can choose from 11 distinct risk profiles across ETF, Mutual Fund, or Hybrid formats, structured as either cost-efficient proprietary models or open-architecture multi-manager strategies.
These portfolios are primarily used by financial advisors to outsource day-to-day portfolio management who report estimated potential time saved of 9.1 hours per work to focus on client relationships.6 They serve as diversified global core holdings within Unified Managed Accounts (UMAs) and Separately Managed Accounts (SMAs). Additionally, through partnerships with platforms like GeoWealth and iCapital, they are used to integrate public assets with evergreen private equity and private credit alternatives in a single account.7
GSAM model portfolios leverage our MAS team, which has managed multi-asset portfolios for some of the world's largest corporate and government pensions, nonprofits, sovereign wealth funds, and financial institutions and intermediaries since 1995. Unlike traditional models, our Goldman Sachs models utilize a proprietary risk-factor-based strategic allocation. In addition, we offer bespoke customization at the RIA level to work directly with a Goldman Sachs Portfolio Manager to tailor to the specific needs of your clients.
Our Goldman Sachs model portfolios are our standardized solutions, designed to deliver institutional expertise through a consistent investment approach. Our custom model portfolios are tailored to specific RIAs and their clients' objectives, allowing for greater flexibility and implementation preferences.8
Our custom model portfolio solutions offer a highly collaborative and flexible level of customization, allowing RIAs to work directly with a Goldman Sachs Portfolio Manager to design portfolios tailored to their clients' specific goals, tax considerations, and investment preferences.9 Through an open-architecture approach, RIAs can customize fund preferences, rebalance frequencies, and benchmark views, while seamlessly integrating public and private assets within a single Unified Managed Account (UMA).
To support implementation and client communication, financial advisors gain access to a robust library of resources, including fact cards, commentary, trade alerts, and desk notes, designed to keep advisors informed, communicate more effectively, and implement model portfolios with confidence. By leveraging these materials, advisors can streamline their daily operations, freeing up time to focus on client relationships, business growth, and strategic planning.
Goldman Sachs Asset Management model portfolios are hosted across major wealth management and Turnkey Asset Management Platforms (TAMPs), including GeoWealth, Envestnet, LPL Financial, and Merrill Lynch. Additionally, advisors can implement these models directly through custodial platforms such as Charles Schwab and Fidelity.
While Goldman Sachs Asset Management does not typically enforce strict minimums at the model level, the hosting platforms or specific implementation vehicles (such as SMAs) generally establish their own minimums, which typically range from $25,000 to $100,000+. For specialized public-private models, evergreen alternative sleeves can often be accessed with lower minimums starting around $10,000 to $25,000.10
Our model portfolios utilize an open-architecture approach that combines proprietary Goldman Sachs and third-party mutual funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and Separately Managed Accounts (SMAs).11 Depending on the model type, they may also incorporate direct indexing and evergreen alternative investments like private equity, private credit, and real assets.
During the implementation process, your firm retains complete discretionary control and remains the fiduciary for your clients' accounts. Goldman Sachs Asset Management acts solely as a non-discretionary model provider, meaning you have the ultimate authority to accept, modify, or reject any recommended allocations or tactical updates. This framework allows you to leverage our institutional strength while maintaining full autonomy over trading, rebalancing, and client-specific needs.
Our full suite of model portfolios is available through our investment dashboard, where advisors can access advanced analytics, trade alerts, investment insights, and additional tools designed to support portfolio implementation and help deliver stronger client outcomes.
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*Source: The Cerulli Report. 2025. #1 OCIO provider in the U.S. and #2 Global OCIO provider. The Cerulli Report created and tabulated the award. This award was received on November 2025 and was based on the time-period of the calendar year 2024. Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s, and The Cerulli Report’s products are not related, and The Cerulli Report have not endorsed either Goldman Sachs Asset Management or its products. Awards don’t represent compensated endorsements. Past performance is no guarantee of future results, which may vary.
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1 Goldman Sachs Asset Management leverages the resources of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC subject to legal, internal and regulatory restrictions. Allocation to GS managed investment products in investment portfolios raises potential risks and conflicts of interest, which may create incentives to recommend GS managed investment products rather than non-GS managed products. Please see additional disclosures.
2 Diversification does not protect an investor from market risk and does not ensure a profit.
3 Allocation to GS managed investment products in investment portfolios raises potential risks and conflicts of interest, which may create incentives to recommend GS managed investment products rather than non-GS managed products. Please see additional disclosures.
4 Goldman Sachs does not provide legal, tax or accounting advice, unless explicitly agreed between you and Goldman Sachs (generally through certain services offered only to clients of Private Wealth Management). Any statement contained in this presentation concerning U.S. tax matters is not intended or written to be used and cannot be used for the purpose of avoiding penalties imposed on the relevant taxpayer. Notwithstanding anything in this document to the contrary, and except as required to enable compliance with applicable securities law, you may disclose to any person the US federal and state income tax treatment and tax structure of the transaction and all materials of any kind (including tax opinions and other tax analyses) that are provided to you relating to such tax treatment and tax structure, without Goldman Sachs imposing any limitation of any kind. Investors should be aware that a determination of the tax consequences to them should take into account their specific circumstances and that the tax law is subject to change in the future or retroactively and investors are strongly urged to consult with their own tax advisor regarding any potential strategy, investment or transaction. Non-US marketing materials Goldman Sachs does not provide accounting, tax or legal advice. Please see additional disclosures at the end of this presentation. Goldman Sachs does not provide legal, tax or accounting advice to its clients. All investors are strongly urged to consult with their legal, tax, or accounting advisors regarding any potential transactions or investments. There is no assurance that the tax status or treatment of a proposed transaction or investment will continue in the future. Tax treatment or status may be changed by law or government action in the future or on a retroactive basis.
5 Diversification does not protect an investor from market risk and does not ensure a profit.
6 Source: FP Transitions, “The Value of Time: Quantifying how client focus increases the value of your business”, 2018.
7 References to the term “partnership” in this presentation are not intended to connote a type of organizational structure or any type of legal relationship between Goldman Sachs, iCapital, and GeoWealth. Rather, the term “partnership” is intended to refer to the long-standing relationship between Goldman Sachs, iCapital, and GeoWealth.
8 There is no guarantee that objectives will be met.
9 Goldman Sachs does not provide accounting, tax or legal advice. Please see additional disclosures at the end of this presentation. Goldman Sachs does not provide legal, tax or accounting advice, unless explicitly agreed between you and Goldman Sachs (generally through certain services offered only to clients of Private Wealth Management). Any statement contained in this presentation concerning U.S. tax matters is not intended or written to be used and cannot be used for the purpose of avoiding penalties imposed on the relevant taxpayer. Notwithstanding anything in this document to the contrary, and except as required to enable compliance with applicable securities law, you may disclose to any person the US federal and state income tax treatment and tax structure of the transaction and all materials of any kind (including tax opinions and other tax analyses) that are provided to you relating to such tax treatment and tax structure, without Goldman Sachs imposing any limitation of any kind. Investors should be aware that a determination of the tax consequences to them should take into account their specific circumstances and that the tax law is subject to change in the future or retroactively and investors are strongly urged to consult with their own tax advisor regarding any potential strategy, investment or transaction.
10 For a comprehensive and detailed understanding of the required minimums applicable per model, financial advisors should refer to relevant platform and/or implementation vehicles disclosures.
11 Allocation to GS managed investment products in investment portfolios raises potential risks and conflicts of interest, which may create incentives to recommend GS managed investment products rather than non-GS managed products. Please see additional disclosures.
Additional Information
Description of Model Provider
Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. (“GSAM” or “Model Provider”) is part of a worldwide, full-service investment banking, broker-dealer, asset management and financial services organization. The Multi-Asset Solutions (“MAS”) team within GSAM is responsible for managing and maintaining these model portfolios (“Models”) and selecting the underlying investments, such as exchange-traded funds, mutual funds, and other investment products (“Portfolio Funds”), comprising the Models. Model Provider will monitor the composition and performance of the Models on an ongoing basis and adjust Portfolio Fund weights back to target in light of changes in market conditions or other factors. Model Provider makes non-discretionary recommendations for the purchase, sale and retention of Portfolio Funds consistent with the management of the Models. Model Provider gives advice, makes recommendations, and takes action in the performance of their duties to clients, or for their own accounts, that may differ from decisions or actions regarding the Models or their Portfolio Funds.
Model Provider distributes Models through Model platforms offered by sponsors and providers (each, a “Platform”) and to persons subscribing to receive the Models from a Platform (“Advisor”) and to Advisors directly. Unless explicitly agreed to in writing, Model Provider is not a fiduciary to and there is no actual or implied investment advisory relationship with any Platform or Advisor. Model Provider will not act as a fiduciary to and has not entered into any advisory or other relationship with any client or client account of any Platform or Advisor. Model Provider has no duty to supervise or monitor the services provided by any Platform or Advisor. Model Provider gives no representation or warranty as to the performance or profitability of any Model, any part thereof, or the Portfolio Funds.
Additional information about the Model Provider, including conflicts of interest, is set forth in the Model Provider's Form ADV, which should be reviewed prior to using a Model. A copy of Part 1A and Part 2A of the Model Provider's Form ADV is available on the SEC's website (www.adviserinfo.sec.gov) (“Form ADV”).
Required Expertise and Responsibility of Advisors
No Model is personalized or in any way tailored to reflect the personal financial circumstances or investment objectives of any client of the Advisor. By accessing a Model, Advisors agree to the limited use of the Model to assist the Advisor in developing its own investment recommendations and discretionary management of eligible accounts of its clients. Advisor is responsible for conducting its own diligence and monitoring of, and determining that it has sufficient information about, the Models and Portfolio Funds to determine the appropriateness of and select such investments for their clients. Access to Models is available to the Advisor on the condition that it (i) is capable of evaluating investment risks independently, both in general and with regard to all transactions and investment strategies involving a security or securities; (ii) will exercise independent judgment in evaluating any information, recommendations or advice provided in the Models; (iii) will interpose its own best judgment in making investment decisions or investment recommendations to its clients and will not rely on any Model as the sole or primary basis for any Advisors investment decisions or investment recommendations; and (iv) is registered as an investment advisor or legally advised of exemption from such registration. To the extent the Advisor makes an investment decision or recommendation involving a Model to a client or prospective client, the Advisor must not state, imply or attribute any such investment decision or recommendation to GSAM or that GSAM has made or endorsed any such investment decision or recommendation by the Advisor or otherwise has any relationship or obligations to any of the Advisor's clients. No information provided through the Models will supplant the obligation of the Advisor to interpose its’ own best judgment in making investment decisions or investment recommendations to its’ clients. As between GSAM and the Advisor, before making an investment decision or recommendation regarding a security or investment, the Advisor must have a reasonable basis for any such decision or recommendation without having relied on information from the Model and Advisor must take into account their client's circumstances, objectives and risk tolerance to ensure the Model or Portfolio Funds are suitable for the client.
The Models are subject to additional terms, conditions and disclosures that are printed on or accompany the Models and their related information.
Compilation of Models
When selecting Portfolio Funds for inclusion in a Model, Model Provider generally expects to select Portfolio Funds sponsored and managed by Model Provider or its affiliates (“Model Provider Fund”) without considering or canvassing the universe of external Portfolio Funds (“Third Party Funds”), even though there may (or may not) be Third Party Funds that may be more appropriate for inclusion in such Model (including available Third Party Funds in the applicable asset classes / sub-asset classes that have lower fees and expenses or other favorable terms relative to a Portfolio Fund). Model Provider, in its sole discretion, may also consider Third Party Funds for inclusion, without canvassing the broader universe of such Third Party Funds. The use of Model Provider Funds and the underlying investments in such funds will affect how the Models are constructed, and may cause a Model to differ from other Models developed by Model Provider that use Third Party Funds (or use Third Party Funds in different percentages from those used in the other Models). For models that include Model Provider Funds and Third-Party Funds, GSAM generally will recommend an allocation to Model Provider Funds designed to meet a certain revenue range target for GSAM. The actual revenue from Model Provider Funds may be higher or lower than the target at any given time. Revenue range targets are available upon request.
Model Provider, in its sole discretion, may refrain from selecting certain Portfolio Funds due to: (i) regulatory requirements; (ii) Model Provider's internal policies and procedures; (iii) actual, potential, or perceived conflicts of interest; or (iv) any other reason.
Model performance has important inherent limitations, particularly that the results do not represent actual trading of investor accounts and may not reflect the impact that material economic and market factors might have had on the Model Provider’s decision-making if the Model Provider were actually managing investors' money. Investors following the Model may experience different performance than reported.
Compensation
Model Provider will benefit from the Advisor’s clients investing into Model Provider Funds included in the Models. Model Provider or its affiliates will generally receive compensation in connection with the management of Model Provider Funds included in a Model. As Model Provider is compensated for the compilation of Models if the assets are invested in Model Provider Funds, Model Provider is incentivized to include Model Provider Funds in Models. Additionally, Model Provider will be disincentivized to remove any Model Provider Funds from a Model. Such incentives could have an adverse effect on the performance of the Models. A Platform may limit or restrict an Advisor's ability to substitute Model Provider Funds with Third Party Funds in a Model. Model Provider will not be required to share any fees, allocations, compensation, remuneration or other benefits received in connection with any assets invested in the Model Provider Funds with a Platform, Advisor, or the clients thereof.
Delay in updating Models
There may be timing differences in the updates to the Models through a Platform and the receipt of such updates by other persons. Model Provider may delay updating information regarding Models or any updates thereto through a Platform until after Model Provider has commenced or completed trading in securities included in the Models or Portfolio Funds for its’ clients or for its’ own accounts. In addition, there may be circumstances outside of Model Provider's control which result in timing differences in the updates to Models through a Platform and/ or the availability of such updates to clients of Model Provider. Because of any such timing differences, Model Provider may have taken action or advised other clients of Model Provider with respect to changes in the Models before updating this information through a Platform. In this circumstance, trades ultimately placed by the Advisors for their clients may be subject to price movements, particularly with orders that are large in relation to the given security's trading volume. As a result, the accounts of the Advisors' clients may not track the Models and may receive prices that are less favorable than the prices obtained by Model Provider for its’ clients or for its’ own accounts. Furthermore, any delay in updates of Models may in certain instances reduce or eliminate the Model's usefulness or suitability for a Platform, Advisors and their clients.
Other Important Disclosures; Certain Risk Considerations:
Past performance does not guarantee future results, which may vary. The value of investments and the income derived from investments will fluctuate and can go down as well as up. A loss of principal may occur.
Investments made pursuant to the Model allocations in Portfolio Funds involve substantial risks and conflicts of interest and could result in the loss of all or a substantial portion of the assets invested pursuant to the Model allocations. Model portfolios are constructed using Portfolio Funds across different asset classes, each carrying its own set of inherent risks that can impact the overall portfolio performance. Advisors and their clients should review the offering documents, such as prospectuses or product disclosure statements, for each Portfolio Fund for a comprehensive understanding of specific risks, fees, and expenses.
Diversification does not protect an investor from market risk and does not ensure a profit.
References to indices, benchmarks or other measures of relative market performance over a specified period of time are provided for your information only and do not imply that the portfolio will achieve similar results. The index composition may not reflect the manner in which a portfolio is constructed. While the Model Provider seeks to design a portfolio which reflects appropriate risk and return features, portfolio characteristics may deviate from those of the benchmark. Indices are unmanaged. The figures for the index reflect the reinvestment of all income or dividends, as applicable, but do not reflect the deduction of any fees or expenses which would reduce returns. Investors cannot invest directly in indices.
Model Provider is not providing investment, tax, legal, accounting or financial advice to any Platform, Advisor, or any clients thereof, and has no obligation to, and will not, take into account the tax status, investment goals or other characteristics of any Advisor or their client when compiling the Models. Investors should obtain their own independent tax and other advice based on their particular circumstances.
Although certain information has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable, we do not guarantee its accuracy, completeness or fairness. We have relied upon and assumed without independent verification, the accuracy and completeness of all information available from public sources.
Views and opinions expressed are for informational purposes only and do not constitute a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any security. Views and opinions are current as of the date of this document and may be subject to change, they should not be construed as investment advice.
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