Asset allocations

Clients are advised to keep some of their savings in cash and focus on their long-term prospects.

Many pre-retirees leave the workforce sooner than anticipated as a result of various factors, such as job loss and illness.

Retirees may benefit from moving money to various locations that offer better savings rates and returns.

Financial planners should at least consider modeling early retirement to prepare clients for the possibility of uncertainty, says Morningstar.

There's a way to offer sound counsel to clients and also permit them the opportunity to take a profitable flier from time to time.

Equity funds tracking the sector are the second-most popular asset class after U.S. government bonds this year, BNP Paribas says.

Fee compression and commoditization of investment products over the past decade are threatening already slim margins in asset management.

If approved, the fund would be the first in the U.S. to follow a quantitative approach that allocates across asset classes based on risk.

If reached, the deal would precede a potential IPO of the $52 billion firm, which oversees asset allocations of domestic and offshore pension funds.

Asset managers are embracing new distribution technology, big data and alternative investment strategies.