All cost transparency articles
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NewsUK regulators launch value for money framework for DC schemes
Framework to allow trustees to compare costs and charges, investment performance and service standards
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Cost transparency provider targets European rollout
ClearGlass has built up substantial base of detailed cost and performance data for the UK market
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EIOPA opines on IORP cost reporting, DC scheme risk management
IORP II-related opinions aimed at enhancing supervisory convergence, feedback invited
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Dutch pension funds not transparent enough on costs – regulator
54% of pension funds provided incorrect or incomplete cost figures, AFM found
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Opinion Pieces
Viewpoint: Templates are only a staging post on the cost transparency journey
Cost templates are an important step, but there is much more distance for investors to travel
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Asset owners targeted investment costs during crisis, say data firms
“In the pandemic, you focus on the things you can manage,” says ClearGlass chair
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Cost Transparency Initiative delivers new tools ahead of ‘final push’
New resources include real estate investments guidance and private equity mapping guidance
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UK roundup: RPI reform impacts; cost transparency system live
PPI quantifies various potential impacts of RPI reform; Monitoring system launched for LGPS cost transparency code
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Swiss pension supervisor celebrates cost transparency boost
Cost transparency ratio almost at 100%
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Top pension schemes back industry cost reporting initiative
USS, Royal Mail, RBS and seven others pen letter endorsing new industry cost disclosure standard
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LGPS appoints tech firm to monitor investment costs and charges
Byhiras, a London-based technology group, will develop a monitoring and validation system for use by the UK’s £347bn local authority pension system
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UK roundup: L&G buys pension pot consolidator in ‘dashboard’ move
Plus: LGPS Central to use KAS Bank for cost transparency work
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Politicians urge government to legislate for cost disclosure
Industry cost reporting templates will not be sufficient to provide full transparency for pension funds and savers, argues Work and Pensions Select Committee
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Active global equity fees have dropped 11% since 2017: LCP
Investors now pay more for credit and liability-driven investment managers than for equity managers, consultancy’s fee survey reports
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Cost transparency poses threat to asset managers, says Moody’s
The UK’s Cost Transparency Initiative will ‘encourage institutional investors to negotiate rebates’, according to credit rating agency
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Managers urged to comply with new cost disclosure templates
Minister warns government could legislate to enforce new transparency codes if managers fail to adopt the templates voluntarily
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LGPS investment costs hit £1bn as cost code sheds light on fees
Public sector pension funds in England and Wales reported higher investment costs after a new code of transparency started to take effect
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Cost transparency firm hails quartet of ‘exceptional’ asset managers [updated]
Chris Sier’s ClearGlass highlights four stand-out performers from 105 manager interactions – although another five have failed to provide data
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LGPS to create compliance system for cost transparency code
Compliance and reporting system would be accompanied by policy for delisting
