Advisors using Morningstar Managed Portfolios as a third-party source for investment assets can now access allocations from the Morningstar Funds Trust.
The trust is an open-end investment management company consisting of nine multi-manager active funds chosen and managed by Morningstar Investment Management.
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Historically, Managed Portfolios were limited to thirty-party funds that Morningstar had chosen. Now Managed Portfolios can allocate assets to funds in the Morningstar Trust whose managers may not even offer a mutual fund or whose subadvised account structure is less expensive, allowing Morningstar Investment Management to pass along costs savings to investors and implement more investment ideas more nimbly.
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