Tag Archives: Mutual fund
“These charges are no more- they have ceased to be”
Tell me about your Charges Sir Can’t do that …they’re hiddeen Tell me about your hidden charges then Don’t know what you’re talking about Sir. Much of the problem rests with the word “discretionary”. If you … Continue reading
Posted in Bankers, dc pensions, FSA
Tagged Business, City, Collective investment scheme, Funds, Hedge fund, Investing, Investment management, Mutual fund
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General Melchett revisited
An interesting picture is beginning to emerge which suggests that the subjective satisfaction scores given by schemes in relation to their consultant may be inversely related to the value delivered through default solution design Continue reading
Posted in dc pensions, de-risking, Liability Driven Investment, NEST, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement
Tagged corporate risk, dc pensions, de-risking, Defined contribution plan, Deutsche Bank, Employment, Financial services, Investment, Liability Driven Investment, Mark Jackson, Melchett, Mutual fund, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pensions, pensions, Retirement, Saving, The PEnsion Regulator
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Whose NEST is being feathered?
In everyday speak- the early phase NEST default investment approach is patronising nonsense and its only value is to NEST and Government Continue reading
Big-Up for NEST’s investment strategy
I’ve been growing ever more confident that NEST is going in the right direction- especially with regards investment options.
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Posted in NEST
Tagged Business, Funds, Investing, Investment management, Mutual fund, NEST, pension, Target date fund, Volatility (finance)
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Bish bash and off to the pub -DC fund governance
I can only assume that one day investment consultants will wake up to these realities but that will be the day that they start to think as DC experts and not as DB consultants looking for something to do. Continue reading
Tagged BlackRock, Business, Fund, Investing, Investment, Mutual fund, Tracking error, United States
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Is Fiduciary Management right for small DB plans?
Fiduciary Managers have tended to market themselves to plans with substantial assets (say £100m +). My interest is in the smaller plans where the need for Fiduciary Management is probably greater but the means to pay for the complex strategies commonly … Continue reading
D I Versify
And it is no picnic in this neck of the wood
Where the bear’s are no teddies and your shares are no good.
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