Fees & Costs – Page 28
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Country ReportUK roundup: BlackRock backs LGPS cost transparency code
Also: Tesco halves deficit with discount rate switch; Mencap pension scheme selects fiduciary
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NewsAlternatives trade body develops cost disclosure for hedge funds
Standarised ratio intended to aid comparisons and monitoring of structural costs in alternative asset classes
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Asset management roundup: GSAM to cover MiFID II research costs
Also: Natixis makes Australian acquisition, Swiss pension fund targets US muni bonds
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NewsFidelity introduces risk-sharing fund fee in global overhaul [updated]
Asset management giant also declares intention to charge clients directly for research, bucking industry trend
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NewsUK roundup: Poor governance could see trustees exit, says TPR
Also: ONS data shows record pension membership; PPF to reduce industry levy bill
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FCA to prep further consultation on transparency in asset management
Consultation to cover benchmarking, performance reporting and could include all-in fee
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Higher cost strategies outperform for Swiss Pensionskassen
Complementa study indicates simple, cheap approaches are not always successful
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NewsLow-cost, passively run funds outperformed in 2016: researchers
TPRA argued that active management didn’t result in consistent outperformance
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Asset management roundup: MJ Hudson makes Brexit move
Plus: New LGPS transparency code commitments, HSBC MiFID II research decision
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NewsShell's Dutch DC scheme introduces drawdown plan
Participants have also the option of buying fixed annuities from an external provider
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Managers should cover research costs, pension funds tell IPE
Latest montly IPE focus group asks pension funds for views on MiFID II research cost question
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UK watchdog to force transaction costs disclosure for DC schemes
Asset managers will have to report transaction costs when requested by DC governance boards
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NewsPerformance fee funds ‘can be cheaper’: research
At managers offering a choice of fee structures the performance-fee shares are cheaper, research shows
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NewsFour managers U-turn on MiFID II research costs [updated]
IPE lists 31 managers as having decided how they will comply with European cost unbundling rules
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Moody's: Goldman Sachs takes ETF price war to smart beta
Sub-10bp management fee on smart beta ETF a blow to traditional active managers’ thinking
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The small Dutch adviser influencing the UK’s biggest schemes
Rotterdam-based Ortec Finance lifts the lid on performance attribution for multi-billion-pound schemes
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Aberdeen Standard, Newton, Aviva to cover MiFID II research costs
MiFID II rules come into effect in January
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Amin Rajan: Active investing needs meritocratic fee structures
Meritocratic incentive structures part of active managers’ response to growth in passive investing
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UK roundup: Use artificial intelligence gains to halt state pension age hike, say unions
Plus: New backer for LGPS cost code, large companies reduce quarterly reporting
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DNB: Number of pension funds to drop to just over 200
Of current 268 schemes, 45 have indicated they would liquidate, according to Dutch regulator




