In simple terms, you may be a low risk investor, retired and have money on deposit. You want to access the the Global markets. Don't understand how ETFs work and believe individual stocks are too risky as you lost too much in 08.
This is a solution (Albeit not perfect), you get access to the markets, have protection of the underlying bank and you rest easy at night. Yes the broker got his/her 2% and the provider got their 2%, but in 5 years if its up 10 -15% the client is happy. Yes there are 100 different/better options but this suits and is suitable to a certain cohort. Even better if broker fees are reimbursed to the client and allocation is 102 and they just charge their normal annual fee.
This is a solution (Albeit not perfect), you get access to the markets, have protection of the underlying bank and you rest easy at night. Yes the broker got his/her 2% and the provider got their 2%, but in 5 years if its up 10 -15% the client is happy. Yes there are 100 different/better options but this suits and is suitable to a certain cohort. Even better if broker fees are reimbursed to the client and allocation is 102 and they just charge their normal annual fee.