Top Portfolio Products: New Site Tracks, Compares MLPs

Advisors Asset Management Inc. has teamed with International Strategy and Investment Inc., the money management arm of International Strategy and Investment Group LLC, to launch a unit investment trust (UIT), the American Renaissance Portfolio, Series 2013-1.

The UIT seeks to achieve above-average total return primarily through capital appreciation. ISI Inc. acts as the UIT's portfolio consultant, selecting stocks that have the potential to benefit from the firm's three "American Renaissance" economic growth drivers — resurgence and renewed competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing, U.S. energy independence resulting from growing production of low-cost energy, and favorable long-term labor costs and demographics.

3) Litman Gregory Offers Model Portfolios

Litman Gregory has announced that it is now offering its proprietary active-core/opportunistic-satellite model portfolios to advisors through Placemark Investments. The model portfolios are available through Placemark's unified managed account platform, UMA Marketplace.

Advisors have access to four distinct risk-managed global portfolio strategies, each using the Litman Gregory Masters Funds as actively managed core equity and alternative strategies holdings. As portfolio strategist, Litman Gregory will pursue tactical opportunities to add returns, make ongoing risk management decisions, and adjust manager exposure as needed. The models are offered to advisors with no additional strategist fee.

Read the Jan. 24 Portfolio Products Roundup at ThinkAdvisor.