Fee-Based Advisors Clamoring for Muni Bond Ladders
Are fee-based advisors looking to move more managed account assets into municipal bonds? There is evidence that this is the case and that muni bonds as a percentage of managed account assets could grow over the next few years. Research from MMI/Dover shows consistent growth of fixed-income SMA objectives that corresponds to a consistent decline in […]
Current Challenges for UMA Sponsors
This post is a summary of a session from the MMI’s 2011 Annual Convention. The moderator for this session was Lee Chertavian, Chairman & CEO, Placemark Investments. The panelists were Marilee Ferone, Executive Director, UBS Financial Services, Roger Paradiso, President, Chief Investment Officer, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney and Russell W. Tipper, Director, Third Party Discretionary Programs, Managed Solutions Group Merrill Lynch. According to Dover […]