In yet another sign of commodification in investment management, financial advisors are increasingly using pre-built models as a tool to shift their practices upmarket and focus on client ...

More financial advisors are teaming up with model portfolio providers to use their models as a foundation for customization. Custom model portfolios can be adjusted to meet the specific preferences of ...

Model investment portfolios have become a staple for many financial advisors. Their simplicity allows advisors to scale their practices while spending more time managing client relationships. While ...

Assets under management, tied to model portfolios, are forecast to exceed $10 trillion by 2025. Some reasons for the category’s growth include increasing awareness and comfort among clients, a wider ...

A shift in how financial advisors structure client portfolios will drive asset allocation model portfolios to a new $2.9 trillion asset milestone by 2026, predicts a new report from Cerulli Associates ...

Assets in model portfolios grew by nearly 50% over the last 2 years. By fully or partially outsourcing the investment management function, it frees up more time for advisors to focus on building their ...

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 ...

Envestnet announced offerings of BlackRock custom model portfolios for registered investment advisers and direct indexing portfolios on the Envestnet unified managed account platform in collaboration ...

Alternative assets have become an increasingly important component of model portfolios, offering investors unique opportunities to invest in private market assets that are typically available only to ...

We've constructed three model portfolios using only funds from the Kiplinger 25, a list of our favorite no-load mutual funds. These plans are designed for investors with different goals, time horizons ...