LOS ANGELES, February 1, 2023 — Capital Group, home of American Funds, has launched 12 active-passive model portfolios featuring Capital Group as the strategist. The models will be comprised of American Funds’ actively managed mutual funds and passively-managed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) from Vanguard, Schwab, and BlackRock. As the strategist, Capital Group will select the passive ETFs in each model and manage the allocations.
“As the needs of financial professionals and investors continue to evolve so has the way we think about delivering our investment solutions to them,” said Kris Spazafumo, head of portfolio solutions and services at Capital Group. “We know that financial professionals are increasingly creating active-passive portfolios for their clients because they want both a lowcost, tax-efficient portfolio with the potential for excess returns.”
The latest series of active-passive model portfolios from Capital Group - including growth, growth and income, preservation and income, and retirement income strategies - have been designed to help financial professionals balance the demands of investment management with the need to scale their businesses and deepen client relationships.
Spazafumo added, “These models were designed to allow financial professionals to scale their practice and free them up to spend more of their valuable time helping clients plan for their financial goals. Like our existing all-active models, the new active-passive portfolios will leverage Capital Group’s objective-based investment philosophy, which emphasizes a strategic approach to portfolio construction.”
An area of strategic focus for the firm, Capital Group’s model portfolios business has more than tripled in assets under management since 2018. This brings the total number of model portfolios available nationally from Capital Group to 31. The new models – nine of which will be core and three which will be retirement-income focused — include:
To learn more about Capital Group’s suite of model portfolios, visit capitalgroup.com/modelportfolios.
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