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Tag Archives: Funds
The Treasury’s review of funds should remember all who use them!
The Government faces four particular challenges in its regulation and promotion of the UK asset management industry. It has much to lose and little to gain from change – Britain is Europe’s largest asset management hub and the disruption of … Continue reading
Workplace pensions – what we pay and why we pay it!
David Hutchins , who is the presiding genius at Alliance Bernstein, a firm whose investment services power many workplace pensions has written a strongly worded piece in the FT that calls on product providers to ensure savers know what they … Continue reading
Posted in accountants, advice gap, age wage
Tagged Alliance Bernstein, david hutchins, Funds, Value for Money, VFM
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So what can our past performance tell us of the future?
Very excited by developments in @agewageuk scoring that are helping us understand the risks each saver experiences relative to all relevant risks members can take, more in weeks to come! — Henry Tapper (@henryhtapper) July 2, 2020 It is narcissistic … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, age wage, pensions
Tagged AgeWage, Experience, Funds, past, Performance
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Why do we need funds?
James Coney, formerly of the Daily Mail and now of the Times is a campaigning journalist who says it as he sees it- and that’s refreshingly transparent He is asking in an article the question that’s in the title of … Continue reading
What does SJP “sacking” Woodford mean?
“HL removed Woodford from its Wealth 50 but did not force sell the funds as SJP has.” But this shows a fundamental misunderstanding of how SJP (costly restricted funds) and HL (costly self-select platform) work! https://t.co/6eQoSKNK0T — Alistair Cunningham (@Cunningham_UK) … Continue reading
Posted in FCA, governance, pensions
Tagged Funds, governance, Hargreaves Lansdown, pensions, pooled fund, segregated mandate, SJP, Woodford
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Championing better funds – well done Chris Sier
And last but by no means least our 2019 industry champions are … #PIPA2019 @SierChris @margaretsnowdon pic.twitter.com/ImeRIye3Tr — Pensions Expert (@pensions_expert) May 15, 2019 It’s good to see Chris get this award and see him in his kilt Congratulations to … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, FCA, pensions
Tagged AgeWage, Awards, Clearglass, Funds, LGPS, pensions
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“Smiling at delinquents”; how we prevail over fund ignorance and indolence
I had one of those moments just now, when a whole load of things came together and I saw the wood for the trees. My Eureka moment? I was reading an FCA document , the Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, pensions, Pensions Regulator
Tagged AgeWage, DWP, Eureka, FCA, Funds, MifidII, pensions, Priips, Transparency, VFM
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Why funds should be free!
My friend Robin Powell has produced a series of disruptive info graphics around comments he’s garnered following Fidelity’s announcement of “free funds”. He’s also written a good blog on the subject. Of course “free funds” is a disruptive idea and … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, hedge funds, pensions
Tagged #TEBI, Fidelity, free, free funds, Funds, Hedge Funds, Ondex trackers, Robin Powell
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“The belly of the beast” – Con Keating and the Investment Association
Con Keating is not everybody’s cup of tea, but he’s mine – especially when he’s after transparency. This shows him with a timely warning to those who think leaving transparency in the hands of the Investment Association is a good … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, advice gap, pensions
Tagged Con Keating, Funds, Investment Association, Portfolio Turnover Rate, Transparency
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So who IS accountable for your pension returns?
The little I can remember of my O level maths was the dictum “show your working”. It is a primitive call for what we call an “audit trail”, allowing the marker to find out how wrong you were or … Continue reading