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The art and science of benchmarking investment costs

John Simmonds

13 July 2020 • 4 min read

John Simmonds explains why cost transparency must be backed up by quality benchmarking

Cost transparency is here to stay. The industry is now working with data collected using Cost Transparency Initiative (CTI) templates. Already we're learning lessons. The question is whether will w...

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