Hidden active fund costs amount to £1.75bn – SCM Direct
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.
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.
If the financial services community needed any further evidence of the sea change currently underway, a quick scan of Monday’s headlines should have done the trick.
Former head of the Investment Association Daniel Godfrey has called for greater simplicity and transparency from investment managers, in an interview with the Financial Times.
The Investment Association has issued a list of core principles that should be followed by money managers to maintain client confidence.
Lower service charges may not necessarily be on the cards, but wealth managers must provide value for their percentage, according to the head of Brown Shipley’s Manchester office Jon Sherlock.
The financial services industry is often prone to fads where a boutique structure or an institutional-type investment vehicle is desired by the retail world.
With RDR weeks away, the emphasis for change is far too heavily focused on lowering costs rather than anything related to offering improved, more transparent product and advisory propositions.
Mutual funds are as willing as ETF providers to stock-lend but don’t get the same negative attention