Cost disclosure templates to launch mid-May
The Cost Transparency Initiative (CTI) has set out plans to launch the long-awaited cost disclosure templates for pension schemes in mid-May.
Following around 300 tests across a spread of pension schemes and asset managers, three separate reporting templates will be issued, each with a different degree of granularity. The templates will be...
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