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Tag Archives: Funds
“Strap me in and platform me up”
One of the great financial mysteries of Britain today is the success of fund platforms. Last night, light was shed on their murky secrets by a high priest of their dark arts at a talk I attended in a … Continue reading
Searching for the Loch Ness Monster
The Investment Association has concluded that hidden charges within funds are like the Loch Ness Monster, much talked about but never seen. Presumably those of us consumers seeking to find the financial Nessie are like the cranks who sit upon … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged Financial services, fund managers, Funds, Investment Association, Loch Ness Monster, Nessie, Norma Cohen, pension, pensions, Pitt-Watson
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Midsummer Madness as £3.5bn’s lost to real assets!
The Investment Association reported yesterday that jerks kneed £3,500,000,000 out of funds in June – “clearly Brexit has been unsettling, with property and equity funds particularly affected” – the report opined. Well £2.8bn was lost from equity funds and £1.4bn … Continue reading
Buying our funds the Ottoman way. What British investors can learn from Turkey.
Last week at a meeting of the Transparency Task Force, I listened to Dr Chris Sier talk of his work in Turkey, understanding how that country’s regulators are getting to grips with fund costs and charges and ensuring that fund … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged AMC, Funds, Management charges, Transparency Task Force, TTF
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“Search and Stewardship” – all that we want from asset managers
I spent yesterday morning listening to John Kay talk about the ideas behind his new book “Other people’s Money”. The big idea is that the UK asset management industry spends too much time talking to itself and not enough … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged Aberdeen, alpha, Asset Managers, Beta, Book, Funds, John Kay, Money, Other People's Money, Prospect
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Another consultation on investments
The reason we are having another consultation on investments is simple. It’s because the others haven’t worked. Will this one work? Only if it has genuine teeth. There are issues – unresolved issues – from previous consultations. Evidence has … Continue reading
Why can’t we know what we pay for “fund management”?
We have the right to know what we are paying for funds. The cost of a fund can best be defined as the difference between what you would have received from a theoretical return on the assets in the fund … Continue reading
Posted in FSA, governance, life insurance, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement, steve webb
Tagged Business, charges, costs, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, FCA, Fund, Funds, IMA, Management, manager, pension playpen, pensions, portfolio, Retirement
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Cass calls on fund managers to be paid on results.
Dr Nick Motson of Cass Business School has issued another broadside at the funds industry who have been dilatory at best in responding to consumer pressure to better align its fees to the value it brings to consumers. … Continue reading
Posted in accountants, advice gap, David Pitt-Watson, dc pensions, pension playpen, pensions
Tagged advice, Business, charges, costs, dc pensions, de-risking, Employment, Fees, fund management, Funds, IMA, Insurance, Justin, Pension new, pensions, Retirement, Transaction costs
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Why the IMA are so wrong about fund research.
There had been signs that the Investment Management Association (IMA) was at last coming to terms with the needs of consumers and those who advise them to reveal the cost of owning their funds. In May , Daniel Godfrey- its … Continue reading
Posted in annuity, pensions
Tagged Banks, Business, Dealing, Employment, Financial services, Funds, Government, IMA, pension, Research, Retirement, Spreads, Steve Webb, Transactions
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Business relies on transparency – it’s time platform managers come clean
General principles Buying low and selling higher is the basis of all commerce. Intelligent purchasers seek to cut out intermediaries to buy direct. Smart intermediaries use their financial muscle to bulk-purchase, getting a better price than a single purchaser can … Continue reading
Posted in Change, FSA, pensions, smelly
Tagged charge, DWP, fee, fund charges, Fund platforms, Funds, Government, pension, Pension new, pensions, Retirement
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