Model Portfolio Sales Accelerate in Second Half of 2024, Finds New ISS MI Research

In today’s cost-conscious environment, IFAs are opting to take a balanced approach to investing. Interestingly, this is occurring through both the selection of balanced solutions and through the blending of actively and passively oriented solutions.
Model Portfolios Sell Out of UK Equities as Providers Go in Search of Gains

UK Model portfolio providers (MPPs) reduced their exposure to UK equities in the second quarter despite hiking their overall allocation to equities in a bid to boost returns, new data from ISS Market Intelligence reveals.
Model portfolio sales slowed in first half of 2024, finds new ISS MI research

Model portfolio sales grew just 6% over the course of H1 2024 both in aggregate and amongst individual firms using model portfolios, down from 13% in the same period a year earlier. Channel gross sales meanwhile grew by 14%.