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 ...

Model portfolios, which provide financial advisors with a prebuilt framework for investment portfolio design, are surging in popularity. Assets following model portfolios grew to $349 billion as of ...

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.

Fidelity Investments is adding alternative investments to the custom model portfolios it makes available to its registered investment advisor and broker-dealer customers. The move brings together two ...