Fees & Costs – Page 33
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Special Report
Special Report, Fees & Costs: If the price is right
Surveys suggest that investors feel more could be done to make private equity fund terms fairer. But Jennifer Bollen finds that pension funds also recognise that simply squeezing costs may not be the wisest approach.
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Special Report
Special Report, Fees & Costs: Selling fees short
Hedge fund fees have fallen and managers have come around to the idea of negotiating on them, writes Joseph Mariathasan. But structures still need to be more sophisticated.
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Special Report
Special Report, Fees & Costs: Coming together to cut costs
Caroline Liinanki finds Danish pension providers merging and teaming up to cut investment costs as they reach the limits of what they can achieve themselves.
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Special Report
Special Report, Fees & Costs: Winds of change
Brendan Maton reports on the anxious vigilance around costs in pension fund management, but finds progress to be frustrated and incomplete.
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News
Fixed fees most often not in investors' best interests, study shows
Only when third-party managers are very skilled can fixed fees be the right choice for clients, says Cass Business School
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News
Report: No justification for lack of full disclosure on investment fees
London’s Cass Business School calls for managers to fully disclose all cash, non-cash costs affecting asset performance
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News
Diversified Growth Funds under pressure to cut fees
Consultants seek changes from DGF managers as 75bp cap looms on default workplace pensions
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Special Report
Europe’s Pension Consultants: Are fees wasted?
After a recent academic paper raised serious questions about consultants’ competence in manager selection, Gail Moss talks to the industry about the nuances of the research and the defence of their practices
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News
UK government bows to internal pressure on DC fees disclosure
Opposition takes credit for ‘forcing government’s hand’
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Country Report
Nordic Region: High salary, high fees
Well-paid Swedes face high charges if they opt out of the ITP pension system in favour of a private plan, finds Rachel Fixsen
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NewsHedge funds with higher fees perform better, study shows
GLOBAL – Managers charging more than 20% saw best net returns over past six years, Preqin says.
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Features
The end of fees as we know them
Taking to the stage on the first day of the National Association of Pension Funds Investment Conference in early March, Paul Marsh of the London Business School unwittingly set the tone for the rest of the event.
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NewsImproving industry's fiduciary standards will lower fees – IMA
UK – IMA chief executive argues that greater focus on industry's 'end client' needed.
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NewsFees prompt infrastructure investors to go direct
EUROPE – Investors increasingly put off by private equity-style remuneration, study shows.
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NewsMercer study sees falling fees for alternative asset management
GLOBAL – 'Supply and demand dynamics' putting pressure on managers, consultancy says.
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NewsFrance's UMR to avoid 'excessive' PE fees with new deal structure
FRANCE – Pension fund aiming to arrange deals without help of fund managers.
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News
Swedish roundup: AP fund performance, AP7 fees, Swedish Church
SWEDEN – Swedish Finance Committee gives AP national buffer funds poor marks on performance.
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Interviews
On the Record: Fees take a backseat in manager selection
What approach do you take when selecting managers?
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NewsFund managers must be 'creative' with LGPS management fees
UK – Head of Norfolk Pension Fund says LGPS should consider pooling assets 'virtually'.
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News
UK roundup: LCP on DC fees, Legal & General, LDI
UK – LCP says trustees ‘unaware’ of level of fees charged for investment options.
