CMA: Evidence consultants 'steer' clients towards own fiduciary management services

James Phillips
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The CMA's latest working paper finds trustees are very likely to choose their existing investment consultant for a fiduciary management mandate without third-party advice, James Phillips reports

There is emerging evidence that investment consultants steer pension fund clients towards their own fiduciary management services, perhaps leading to poor competition, the Competition and Markets A...

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