Tag Archives: chris sier

Private Equity Laid Bare (by the FT)

Posted on June 16, 2020 by henry tapper

  Yesterday I wrote about Ludovik Phalippou’s report  “An Inconvenient Fact: Private Equity Returns & The Billionaire Factory”. My interest had been prompted by an article of Chris Sier’s  I’d re-published on my blog. It showed that 2/3 of the … Continue reading →

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Segregated mandates – a club for large pension schemes only

Posted on June 15, 2020 by henry tapper

With a few exceptions, most pension schemes do not go overboard with the number of asset management products they use.   Having worked with some super-large, super-complex pooled schemes and fiduciary managers, I can understand at least one reason. Lots … Continue reading →

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If you think you know your costs, you could be wrong

Posted on June 13, 2020 by henry tapper

This is the third of Dr Chris Sier’s insights into cost transparency and it gets right to the heart of the issue: just how much of a pension schemes total costs were previously unknown?   ‘You can’t manage what you … Continue reading →

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Not all asset managers are created equal

Posted on June 12, 2020 by henry tapper

This is the second of ten articles written by Chris Sier which were originally published in Pension Expert. The original can be found here and is republished with the kind permission of the editor In the first piece of this … Continue reading →

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Asset managers are no longer the problem on cost transparency

Posted on June 11, 2020 by henry tapper

This is the first of ten articles by AgeWage co-founder Dr Chris Sier. All articles have first been published in the FT’s Pension Expert and are re-produced with its kind permission. The oritinal of this article can be found here … Continue reading →

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Pensions need a “dashboard-ready” standard

Posted on October 24, 2019 by henry tapper

Jo Cumbo has called out the “elephant in the room” as the data quality of the pension schemes that look after  our money , our data and our resources for security in retirement. If data is money them money is … Continue reading →

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The hidden costs of charges are pants!

Posted on December 13, 2018 by henry tapper

Yesterday’s Moneybox with Lesley Curwen was a cracker. It brought together the voices of a number of investors together with the views of Michelle Cracknell, Chris Sier and Gina Miller. All were clear and interesting But the best contribution came … Continue reading →

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A good week for transparency

Posted on November 8, 2018 by henry tapper

It’s been a good week for transparency, with the FCA’s publication of the IDWG’s final report.  Chris Sier and his team have created the opportunity for investors to properly understand the total cost of intermediation when buying assets through a … Continue reading →

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Pensions dashboard – for the consumer or the industry?

Posted on September 27, 2018 by henry tapper

    Yesterday I suggested that the Pensions Dashboard Summit being held in London was likely to be “feisty” – it was. The organisers chose to put the event under Chatham House rules, as if a debate about transparency can … Continue reading →

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Sier and Agethangelou kick off Government pension transparency inquiry

Posted on August 30, 2018 by henry tapper

Chris Sier (left) and Andy Agethangelou (right) are due to kick off the Work and Pensions Select Committee costs  transparency inquiry – giving oral evidence on 5th September. It’s fitting that the two will appear together, Chris Sier did a great … Continue reading →

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