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Tax & Regulation | news 14 Apr 16
Fund fees fall by a fifth after RDR
Investors are now paying over a fifth less in annual fund fees as a result of the introduction of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), according to analysis by online investment platform rplan
Fund buyers warm up to high yield bonds again
European investors reduced their high yield bonds holdings by a net €12bn last winter. But the arrival of spring is heralding a change in sentiment.
Asian price-to-book ratios look compelling – BlackRock
The price-to-book ratio of companies in Asia excluding Japan and the region’s 40-year market history are combining to indicate now is the right time to invest there, according to BlackRock’s Andrew Swan.
Tax & Regulation | news 13 Apr 16
Bespoke Sipp providers may ‘flounder’ in FCA cap ad changes
A number of British firms offering bespoke self-invested personal pensions (Sipps) could go out of business when the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) new capital adequacy requirements come into force in September, according to James Hay, one of the UK’s largest Sipps providers.
Tax & Regulation | news 13 Apr 16
Jersey defends secrecy of beneficial ownership register
Jersey Finance, which represents the finance industry, has come out fighting against calls for the island’s register of who owns which companies to be made public in the wake of the Panama Papers leak.