More than four-fifths of financial advisers expect to up MPS usage

Research from Nedgroup Investments

Isabel Baxter
clock • 2 min read

More than four-fifths of financial advisers (82%) expect to increase their usage of model portfolio services (MPS) to deliver investment solutions to clients over the next two to three years, according to research from Nedgroup Investments.

Of the 100 advisers included in the research, 34% said it would do so ‘significantly', while 48% said they would ‘somewhat'. Just 4% surveyed claimed they were looking to reduce their MPS usage over the next two to three years, while 14% said they were looking keep their use of MPS ‘about the same' over the time period. Table 1: How do you expect your firm's use of MPS to change over the next 2–3 years? Increase (Net) 82.00% Increase significantly 34.00% Increase somewhat 48.00% Remain about the same 14.00% Decrease somewhat ...

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