Do we need to pay good asset managers more?

Towers Watson EMEA head of investment Ed Francis talks to PP about active management

Jonathan Stapleton
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Jonathan Stapleton speaks to Towers Watson EMEA head of investment Ed Francis about why we need less active investment but may need to pay managers more.

Towers Watson has just restructured its UK investment business in order to focus on two key areas - advice to defined benefit (DB) schemes and the delegated management of pension funds. As a res...

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