FCA
Investment | 28 Jun 17
Investors hit by £27.7m extra costs in FCA plans
Investors could see fund costs soar by £27.7m a year as asset managers pass on the expensive burden of satisfying new FCA regulations.
Do expensive funds provide value for money?
When investors decide to buy a fund that charges higher-than-average fees, they presumably do so because they expect the manager to compensate for this by delivering outperformance.
Investment | 28 Jun 17
FCA backs all-in fee in scathing report on UK funds industry
The Financial Conduct Authority has confirmed plans to crackdown on excessive fund charges in a damning final report on the UK’s £7trn asset management industry, and outlined plans to investigate the investment platform industry.
Macro Views | 27 Jun 17
Five groups most at risk in the FCA asset management report
With the final report from the FCA’s market study of asset management due on Wednesday morning, speculation is rife about what the long-awaited recommendations could say.
We look at the five groups who could face the repercussions.
Retirement | 23 Jun 17
Up to £50bn pulled from DB schemes in pension transfers
The amount of money being withdrawn through transfers from defined benefit (DB) pension schemes in the UK has reached a record £50bn since the pension freedoms came into force, according to new figures released by professional service group Mercer.