Vanguard expands LifeStrategy brand into model portfolios

MPS Classic and MPS Global

Elliot Gulliver-Needham
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Vanguard has today expanded its popular ‘LifeStrategy’ brand into two ranges of model portfolios, the Vanguard LifeStrategy MPS Classic and MPS Global.

Vanguard LifeStrategy is one of the UK's best selling fund ranges, having seen more than £36bn of investment. The new launch means that advisers will now have the option to hold LifeStrategy in a model portfolio format. The LifeStrategy MPS range each consist of five model portfolios based on underlying index funds at varying risk levels, similar to the LifeStrategy funds. This range varies from 20% equities to 100%. MPS Classic also has a tilt towards the UK in both the equity (25%) and fixed income (35%) segments, with the rest of the portfolio market-capitalisation weighted. The MP...

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