transparency
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.
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.
Kempen: Industry could be wasting time on implicit cost disclosure
Disclosure of investment costs can be achieved without necessarily finding out the true value of implicit costs, Kempen Capital Management argues.
LGPS launches cost transparency code for asset managers
The Local Government Pension Scheme Advisory Board (SAB) has launched a transparency code to help schemes get a better handle on their costs and fees.
IA consults on 'blueprint' for cost disclosure
The Investment Association (IA) has revealed its proposed code to standardise cost disclosure across collective funds, segregated mandates, and institutional investors.
Debbie Abrahams: Brexit could make poorer savers worse off
The economic uncertainty caused by Britain's decision to leave the European Union (EU) could make poorer savers worse off says shadow work and pensions minister Debbie Abrahams.
John Kay: Transparency will not help improve returns for savers
Increased transparency will not deliver better outcomes for savers in pension schemes says economist John Kay.
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.
Shadow minister: Savers need to understand 'every dot and jut' of costs
Alex Cunningham, the shadow pensions minister, speaks to James Phillips about his new brief, auto-enrolment, and DB deficits
TTF calls on MPs to launch costs inquiry
Members of the Work and Pensions Committee (WPC) have been urged to set up a broad inquiry into hidden costs and charges faced by pension schemes.
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.
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.
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.
Greater transparency could save average scheme £800k per year
Greater transparency of costs and charges for pension funds could save the average pension fund £800,000 per year, The Association of Member Nominated Trustees (AMNT) says.
FCA's cost transparency consultation is 'significant step forward'
The industry has welcomed the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consultation on forcing asset managers to provide greater transparency on transaction costs.
FCA proposes complete transparency for asset managers on pension scheme transaction costs
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has proposed the introduction of a duty on asset managers to disclose aggregate transaction costs to pension schemes that invest in their funds.
LGPS must explain costs properly to avoid misunderstandings
Failure to communicate Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) investment costs in the right way could lead to misunderstandings among members, says Jeff Houston.
Freedom and choice most radical and 'irresponsible' coalition policy, industry says
The coalition government's most radical pension policy was freedom and choice, according to 69% of Pensions Buzz respondents.
Are deficits starting to spook investors?
The cost and size of pension deficits are increasing which has consequences for trustees, company directors and shareholders. Michael Klimes asks if investors are starting to worry.
Could trustees be sued over excessive charges?
As US savers fight their pension schemes over high costs and charges, there is concern British trustees could see similar action. James Phillips reports
IA's advisory board refuses to endorse 'Loch Ness Monster' fees research
The chair of the Investment Association's (IA) advisory board on cost transparency Mark Fawcett has distanced himself from the trade body's controversial report on charges.
Industry rejects IA's 'nonsense' report on hidden costs
The Investment Association's (IA) report on hidden costs and charges has been blasted as "amateurish and totally misleading" in a damning attack from the industry.
Hidden fees are the 'Loch Ness Monster of investments', says IA
There is “zero evidence” to support the “hidden fees hysteria” that unknown costs are damaging pension funds, the Investment Association (IA) has argued.
LGPS transparency code to launch this Autumn
A transparency code for asset managers will soon be introduced in the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) to improve and standardise the reporting of investment costs.
