Article: Customized approach works well for boutique firm.(Street Wise)

Byline: Jeff Benjamin

As the separately managed account industry swells to about $1 trillion, gaining momentum through the popularity of mass-marketed model portfolios, at least one boutique asset management firm is clinging to a more customized approach.

Abner Herrman & Brock LLC, a $750 million Jersey City, N.J.-based money manager, is leveraging in-house strategies such as its large-cap-core balanced portfolio to help financial advisers prevent their clients from running out of money in retirement.

Of the $275 million that AHB manages in the strategy, about half is managed on behalf of advisers for their clients. The rest of the money is ...

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