Fees, costs and past performance: Questions for LF ASI Income Focus
Fund buyers and analysts have broadly backed the management team behind the reopened Income Focus vehicle formerly run by Neil Woodford, but questions remain with regard to fees, portfolio manager past performance and the cost of shedding the new-look portfolio’s former holdings.
Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) confirmed last week the LF ASI Income Focus fund would reopen under new managers Thomas Moore and Charles Luke, who are still in the process of offloading Woodford's...
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