Fees & Costs – Page 36
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Management fees predicted to shift downwards
[17:00 CET 20-02] GLOBAL – Pension consultant Mercer predicts asset managers will show greater willingness to negotiate fees downwards this year and beyond, under pressure from the economic downturn.
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Pension funds devour alternatives despite fees
[16:55 CEST 23-06] GLOBAL – Alternative assets managed on behalf of pension funds by the 99 largest investment managers shot up 40% in 2007, but managers need to adjust their towering fees, warns investment consultant Watson Wyatt.
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NewsATP to push private equity fees
[13:00 CEST 10-04] EUROPE - Private equity fees have risen to unreasonable levels, according to ATP, Denmark’s giant labour market supplementary fund, but the fund sees scope for negotiating them down in the future.
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Search for alpha increases fees by 50%
[11:00 CET 29-02] GLOBAL - Pension funds are paying 50% more in fees compared to five years ago, following an increased appetite for 'alpha' in the form of hedge funds and private equity, Watson Wyatt has revealed.
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Absolute returns needs lower fees - Watson Wyatt
[11:00 CET 13-02] EUROPE – Pension funds and asset owners who want to generate alpha from absolute return investments need to toughen up their "procurement skills" and push asset managers to cut costs, according to consultancy Watson Wyatt.
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Competition drives down Swedish ITP fees
The move of Sweden’s ITP scheme from DB to DC has had some unexpected consequences, finds George Coats
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'Pre-talk' talks open on Lithuanian fees
[12:15 CEST 11-09] LITHUANIA – Pre-negotiation talks are underway in Vilnius between second pillar pension fund providers and authorities who are demanding providers reduce their fees.
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German institutional asset mgmt fees ‘rise 10%’
GERMANY – Domestic asset managers providing active portfolio management raised their fees on institutional investors by up to 10% last year, according to a new study by consultant Georg Seil.
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Fees undermine active management - survey
UK – Net of fees active managers underperformed in bonds, property and all equity markets except emerging markets in 2006, according to the Mellon CAPS pooled pension fund survey.
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Asset management fees stable since 2004 – Mercer
GLOBAL – Institutional asset management fees have remained stable since 2004, according to Mercer Investment Consulting.
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Who has the lowest costs of all?
If we measure the long-term average annual investment management cost incurred by funds from different global regions, we find that European funds, at 19 bps, spend the least while Australian funds, at 44 bps, spend the most. However, before we conclude that European funds are the world’s lowest cost funds, ...
