Vanguard Flips The Script On 60/40 Investment Strategy

Newcomer Convexitas added an options strategy. John Hancock Investment Management, Nuveen Asset Management, and ZEGA Investments also expanded their current offerings to respectively include all cap core, small cap core, international value ADR, and a tactical ETF options strategies.

"Since we began generating this data, Insights related to IRA contributions and underperforming products have consistently ranked among the most utilized—highlighting ongoing advisor focus on retirement planning and identifying underperforming holdings within client portfolios."

"We're building more than portfolios," said Persson. "We're building frameworks that let advisors move their businesses upstream, without sacrificing control, precision, or tax outcomes. By combining traditional, alternative, and direct indexing with long-short capabilities and coordinated income-offset strategies, we're helping investors do more than grow—we're helping them keep more."

Firms across financial services are facing the convergence of strategic, economic, and technological trends—creating mounting pressure to reduce operational costs and improve margins, while scaling, transforming, and adapting to evolving client expectations. Here are 5 key considerations.