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Fee transparency

FCA's Bailey: More work to be done on fees
FCA's Bailey: More work to be done on fees

Regulator does not want to 'incentivise short-termism'

  • Law and Regulation
  • 18 October 2017
PTL: Government focus on cost transparency will shift to DB
PTL: Government focus on cost transparency will shift to DB

Government and regulatory focus on costs and charges will shift to defined benefit (DB) schemes over the coming years, PTL has predicted.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 10 October 2017
FCA's Sier pans new methodology to calculate alternative investment fund fees
FCA's Sier pans new methodology to calculate alternative investment fund fees

Chair of FCA cost disclosure working group

  • Investment
  • 03 October 2017
How DC fund charges will become more transparent
How DC fund charges will become more transparent

From 3 January next year, firms looking after DC members' money will need to comply with new disclosure requirements. James Phillips reports.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 20 September 2017
EXCLUSIVE: B&CE discloses implicit costs of default; calls for 'soft cap' on such charges
EXCLUSIVE: B&CE discloses implicit costs of default; calls for 'soft cap' on such charges

B&CE has published a full breakdown of transaction costs for The People's Pension - revealing both the explicit and implicit costs for its default fund - and has also called for the introduction of a soft cap on such costs.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 20 September 2017
What are trustees looking for in fiduciary managers?
What are trustees looking for in fiduciary managers?

With fiduciary mandates on the rise and managers in the spotlight after the FCA's asset management study, James Phillips explores what trustees want from them.

  • Investment
  • 11 September 2017
FCA confirms membership of cost disclosure working group
FCA confirms membership of cost disclosure working group

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed the 20 members and four observer organisations of its Institutional Disclosure Working Group.

  • Investment
  • 08 September 2017
Royal London commits to LGPS transparency code
Royal London commits to LGPS transparency code

Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) has become the latest asset manager to sign up to the £217bn Local Government Pension Scheme's (LGPS) code of transparency.

  • Investment
  • 06 September 2017
Chris Sier to chair FCA cost disclosure working group
Chris Sier to chair FCA cost disclosure working group

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed Chris Sier to chair its working group on disclosure of costs and charges for institutional investors.

  • Appointments
  • 02 August 2017
Five stories you may have missed this week
Five stories you may have missed this week

This week's top stories include The Pensions Ombudsman rejecting a complaint against Standard Life for refusing to provide a second transfer value quotation.

  • Industry
  • 07 July 2017
Transparency means disclosure of costs and their impact
Transparency means disclosure of costs and their impact

Disclosure codes for costs and charges on pension funds need to show both the amount and impact of costs, due to their compounding effect.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 06 July 2017
This is the watershed moment for transparency, the government must act now
This is the watershed moment for transparency, the government must act now

Shadow pensions minister Alex Cunningham says the FCA's final report on the asset management market is a turning point and urges the government to take action

  • Investment
  • 28 June 2017
Have your say: Should MNTs be paid?
Have your say: Should MNTs be paid?

This week we want to know whether member-nominated trustees should be paid in addition to being reimbursed for travel and other expenses.

  • Industry
  • 31 May 2017
How West Midlands saved millions of pounds through cost transparency drive
How West Midlands saved millions of pounds through cost transparency drive

The West Midlands Pension Fund is well on the way to full transparency, and has already used it to challenge managers on fees and exit high cost funds, CIO Jason Fletcher tells Stephanie Baxter.

  • Investment
  • 30 May 2017
A big step towards cost transparency
A big step towards cost transparency

Stephanie Baxter says the launch of a transparency code shows the balance of power is finally starting to move in the direction of investors.

  • Investment
  • 23 May 2017
LGPS takes a big leap towards cost transparency
LGPS takes a big leap towards cost transparency

As a transparency code is launched for the Local Government Pension Scheme, Stephanie Baxter looks at how it could set a gold standard across the industry.

  • Investment
  • 23 May 2017
Five stories you may have missed this week
Five stories you may have missed this week

This week's top stories include reports that a deal for the British Steel Pension Scheme could be very near, while recent falls in life expectancy may not be a blip.

  • Industry
  • 31 March 2017
A national DB scheme would be a 'recipe for chaos', industry says
A national DB scheme would be a 'recipe for chaos', industry says

A supermajority of pensions buzz respondents rebuked a suggestion that all defined benefit (DB) schemes should be merged into one.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 03 March 2017
Government to consult on pension cost disclosure this year
Government to consult on pension cost disclosure this year

Work and pensions minister Damian Green has confirmed the government will consult on hidden costs and charges later this year.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 31 January 2017
Transaction costs 'just one piece of jigsaw' for FCA's steps to transparency
Transaction costs 'just one piece of jigsaw' for FCA's steps to transparency

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has been urged to consider a broader section of pension costs than simply transaction costs.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 11 January 2017
Government to implement FCA's cost transparency proposals
Government to implement FCA's cost transparency proposals

Pensions minister Richard Harrington has said the government will work with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to improve transparency of pension costs.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 10 January 2017
Has the FCA found the right solution for hidden transaction costs?
Has the FCA found the right solution for hidden transaction costs?

As the FCA closes its consultation on improving transparency of costs and charges in pension schemes, James Phillips asks the industry whether the watchdog has the right solution.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 06 January 2017
MPs urged to probe costs and charges
MPs urged to probe costs and charges

The Transparency Taskforce (TTF) has called on the Work and Pensions Committee (WPC) to establish an inquiry into costs and charges for savers.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 13 October 2016
Asset managers are taking action on cost transparency
Asset managers are taking action on cost transparency

Jonathan Lipkin says the Investment Association is getting closer to delivering a complete framework for disclosing costs.

  • Investment
  • 13 October 2016
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