M&G makes a move in the fee cut race
M&G Investments said it is to launch a new online service this summer offering ‘lower fund charges’ to investors who sign up.
M&G Investments said it is to launch a new online service this summer offering ‘lower fund charges’ to investors who sign up.
The cheaper a fund is, the better the chance it outperforms its peer group, a study by Morningstar has shown.
The investment profession’s value proposition is not well understood, while there remains a need for improved transparency and disclosures in fees and charges, according to CFA UK.
Hidden transaction costs for actively managed UK domiciled funds are currently running at around 0.38% per annum, or £1.75bn according to research by SCM Direct.
Neil Woodford’s self-named firm will “absorb research costs” for the CF Woodford Equity Income Fund he manages rather than passing them onto investors.
With returns from European equities distinctly harder to come by than during the QE inspired climb last year, active funds falling short in active share terms are going to find investors less forgiving.
High net worth clients are likely to demand fixed fee structures rather than charges calculated based on their asset levels, found the fourth 2015 Futurewealth report by NPG Wealth Management, SEI and Scorpio Partnership.
Hargreaves Lansdown is changing its financial advisory service to a restricted model and removing the minimum investment requirement.
BlackRock has slashed the charges on some of the trackers in the BlackRock Collective Investment Funds range by more than half.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has rejected calls for a freeze in its fee hikes and has confirmed a 10.2% increase in 2015/16 for financial advisers.
Eliminating all potential conflicts of interest has been the lynchpin of why Arbuthnott Latham has grown as much as it has in the past ten years, says StJohn Gardner, head of investment management.
Advisers are underestimating all-inclusive costs to clients by as much as 1% per year a new survey by Defaqto suggests.