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 ...

Model portfolios – ready-made third-party investment plans – surged to a record $7.7 trillion in assets in the first quarter of 2025, underscoring the growing demand for efficient, off-the-rack ...

Third-party model portfolios had $646 billion in assets under advisement as of March 31, 2025—an increase of 62% since Morningstar last surveyed for assets in June 2023, less than two years ago.

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 ...

Brooks Friederich is a little-known figure in the world of investment advisory, even among the Wall Street cognoscenti. Yet every year, the 39-year old — and his Berwyn, Pennsylvania-based employer ...

Susan Dziubinski: I’m Susan Dziubinski with Morningstar. Model portfolios have gained traction with financial advisors, and asset managers have flooded the marketplace with options. Given their ...

Advisors reported having an average of 39% of their current assets under management in model portfolios, up from 32% three years ago, according to Model Portfolios: Adaptive Solutions for Advisory ...

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 ...

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 ...

This Model Portfolio identifies 20 recommended securities to build monthly income. The portfolio covers various sectors including business development companies, real ...

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 ...