Managing investments can become a large part of a day’s work. Between meetings, marketing and figuring out best-in-class asset allocations, advisors can be hard-pressed to deal with the rest of their ...

A new report from State Street Global Advisors shows how model portfolios are playing a pivotal role for advisors' practices, with more professionals using them to streamline portfolio management and ...

Susan Dziubinski: What’s the allure of model portfolios for financial advisors? Jason Kephart: Model portfolios are a useful option for advisors who’d rather spend less time thinking about stocks and ...

Among surveyed advisers, 42% increased their use of model portfolios and time spent on client acquisition and relationship-building in the last two years, per Escalent. Financial advisers are evolving ...

The amount of assets moving into model portfolios has surged in recent years, illustrating their growing popularity among financial advisors, according to Morningstar. Third-party model portfolios ...

Fidelity Investments is the latest asset manager to ramp up its model-portfolio business as demand for off-the-shelf and customized investment strategies across asset classes continues to pick up. The ...

Christine Benz: Hi, I’m Christine Benz for Morningstar. I’ve noticed that many investors do a good job of selecting investments, but they struggle putting the pieces together into a portfolio that ...

For Bloomberg, Nir Kaissar shares his thoughts on why Blackrock’s model portfolio business is lagging in terms of adoption, and why he believes this will continue. The purpose of model portfolios is ...

Individuals who invested in portfolios overseen by professional asset managers may be less stressed, more trusting of their advisors, and more financially confident than peers who don’t use models, ...

As part of the broader trend of increased adoption of model portfolios, advisors are increasingly working with asset managers to build custom models to offer to clients, according to new research from ...

The Model Portfolio identifies 20 recommended securities to generate $10,000 per year in income. The portfolio covers various sectors like real estate, business development companies, bonds, and ...

I am updating my DIY Retiree Portfolio Model, which outperformed the 60/40 model in 2024 so far, but could be better. The Standpoint Multi-Asset Fund remains the core at 40%, providing global ...